ID: 700002998 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002998	Record Type: Built Work
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York Minster (cathedral (building); unknown architect, constructed under Walter De Gray (British...; constructed 1220-1472, restore...; York (York, England, United Kingdom, Europe, World, Top of t...)

Note: Considered one of England's greatest gothic buildings and the repository for the largest collection of medieval stained glass in England. The remains of a Roman basilica are located beneath the current structure. Several Christian churches have historically occupied this site: a wooden builing (destroyed 741), a stone Saxon church (destroyed 1075), and a Norman-style church. Archbishop Water de Gray ordered the construction of a Gothic structure starting in 1220. The Minster is built of oolite, or olitic limestone, from the Tadcaster area. The building was consecrated on July 3, 1472.

Titles:

York Minster (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,U,U)

Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York (C,U,FT,English,U,U)

Minster (C,U,English,U,U)

York Cathedral (C,U,English,U,U)

St. Peter's Cathedral (C,U,English,U,U)

Metropolitan Church of St. Peter, York (C,U,English,U,U)

Dean & Chapter of York (C,U,English,U,U)

Dean and Chapter of York (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

cathedral (work by context) [300007501] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings, churches (buildings), <church buildings by location or context>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: constructed 1220-1472, restored 1967-1972

Creator Display:

unknown architect, constructed under Walter De Gray (British archbishop, died 1255), restoration by Bernard Feilden (English architect and conservator, born 1919) and Ove Arup & Partners (British engineering firm and architectural firm, contemporary) [preferred,VP]

architect unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

overseer De Gray, Walter (British archbishop, died 1255) [500356783]

restorer Feilden, Bernard (English architect and conservator, 1919-2008) [500110328]

restorer Ove Arup & Partners (British architectural and engineering firm, contemporary) [500207783]

Locations:

Current: York [7011995] (Geographic)

Display Materials: oolite and stained glass

	oolite [300011310]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by form>)

	stained glass (material) [300010853]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, glass (material), <glass by technique>)

	stonemasonry [300386948]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, stone-working)

Dimensions: unavailable

Events:

consecration: 3 July 1472 York [7011995] ()

Cultures:

British (preferred)

English

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Gothic (Medieval) [300020775] (preferred,period)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European))

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

religion and mythology (purpose)

Specific Subjects:

	Saint Peter [901000056]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
York Minster	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ BWR [online] (2015-) BWR3790673; accessed 25 February 2015
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n50070955; accessed 25 February 2015
	........ York Minster [online] (2015-) accessed 7 January 2015
	........ History of York (2015-) accessed 7 January 2015
Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York	........ [VP]
	........ History of York (2015-) accessed 7 January 2015
Minster	........ [VP]
	........ BWR [online] (2015-) accessed 25 February 2015
York Cathedral	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n50070955; accessed 25 February 2015
St. Peter's Cathedral	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n50070955; accessed 25 February 2015
Metropolitan Church of St. Peter, York	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n50070955; accessed 25 February 2015
Dean & Chapter of York	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n50070955; accessed 25 February 2015
Dean and Chapter of York	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n50070955; accessed 25 February 2015

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

....................... BWR [online] (2015-) accessed 25 February 2015

....................... Engineering Timelines (2015-) accessed 25 February 2015

....................... York Minster [online] (2015-) accessed 7 January 2015

....................... History of York (2015-) accessed 7 January 2015

....................... Simpson, Yorkshire (2009) accessed 7 January 2015

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Simpson, Yorkshire (2009) accessed 7 January 2015
	..... History of York (2015-) accessed 7 January 2015
	..... Beckett and Hornak, York Minster (1981) 5-7
	..... Brown, Our Magnificent Fabrick (2003) accessed 7 January 2015