York Minster Five Sisters Window

koster | 00:35 Sat 17th Feb 2007 | History

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Why is it called the Five Sisters Window?

The Holocaust and German Civilians.

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http://www.yorkminster.org/documents/downloads 125.pdf

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Thanks. The document says there are numerous theories about the name's origin, but doesn't say what they are.

Charles Dickens' tale of the five sisters was written long after the window was made and is fictional.

The window was completed in 1260. Dickens was born in 1812.

kempie

Did you not read the section entitled The Five Cistercians?

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Thank you very much. I just read page 6, not realising that page 7 is also about the Five Sisters Window. Sorry.

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