The five Sisters Window

I was in York this weekend for the annual UK gathering of the British Anglican Cursillo Movement. On Saturday morning, we had a wonderful service filling the Quire of the Minster with the 500 or so who had travelled from all parts of the UK to take part. Lovely singing filling this amazing building.
This picture is of the 5 Sisters Window, in the north transept sometimes also known as the Jewish Window. It dates from the 13th century and there are lots of theories as to how it got its name including one by Charles Dickens in Nicholas Nickleby and another linking it to the Cistercian abbey at Riveaux. The windows are the oldest in the Minster and are 16.3 metres high.
When the windows were last restored in 1924, they were re-dedicated as a memorial to  women of the British Empire who died in the first world war. Beautiful.