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Medieval stained glass St Anselm Chapel Window Canterbury Cathedral

Stained Glass Canterbury Cathedral-This window in the Anselm chapel is the only example of a 14th century Decorated Gothic window in the cathedral and is in the Kent style with split cusps and pendants in the tracery. Canterbury Cathedral's most celebrated feature is its wonderful collection of stained glass, much of it dating back to the late 12th and early 13th centuries including a sequence of the Ancestors of Christ and the especially beautiful 'Miracle windows' in the ambulatory (relating various miracles associated with Becket's shrine). The glass is famous as the very finest in Britain,August 1st 2016