Section of medieval stained glass window showing multiple panels, depicting meeting of Mary and Elizabeth, nativity etc.
Sans titreLarge stained glass window, taken from inside church, curtains and stonework visible in foreground.
Sans titreWhole stained glass window, taken from low angle inside church.
Sans titreStained glass window (south gallery? Ahaz and Josiah?).
Sans titreMale bearded figure at prayer, with Latin scroll adjacent. Medieval.
Sans titrePhoto of large stained glass window, taken from within church.
Sans titreStained glass window from St Georges, possibly 18th or 19th century.
Sans titreImage of a man (Knowles?) standing in front of a 'Deflexem' Machine made by Heaton & Son of London.
Sans titreStained glass window depicting the Annunciation (18th/19th century?).
Sans titreStained glass window. (18th/19th century?).
Sans titreStained glass window (early modern?).
Sans titreInterior of church, taken from low angle, with five stained glass windows visible.
Sans titreWhole of stained glass window (early modern?).
Sans titreImage of stained glass window depicting angels, Christ with alpha and omega symbols.
Sans titreStained glass window showing Ascension, from Le Mans Cathedral. Medieval (as in KNO/24/780).
Sans titreExterior, Chartres Cathedral.
Sans titreStained glass window from North Transept of Chartres cathedral.
Sans titreStained glass window.
Sans titreExterior of church - figures in late 19th/early 20th century dress and horse-drawn cart in foreground.
Sans titreCircular panel of stained glass depicting the devil and a woman on horseback. Medieval.
Sans titreImage of parts of two stained glass window, showing seven female figures at prayer (donors?) and coats of arms.
Sans titrePhoto of interior of cathedral - stained glass windows, pews, statue.
Sans titreImage of circular stained glass panel with four sections within it, depicting events from life of saint(?). Medieval.
Sans titreCircular stained glass panel with quadrants depicting events from life of a saint or visitors to a shrine. Medieval.
Sans titreClose up image of a quadrant of stained glass panel [from KNO/24/837], depicting two male figures - one with cloth or a scroll. Medieval.
Sans titreClose up image from a stained glass panel with two figures, male and female. Medieval.
Sans titreMagnified image of degraded stained glass.
Sans titreMagnified image of degraded stained glass.
Sans titreScrapbook compiled by J W Knowles containing newspaper cuttings and handwritten notes as well as leaflets on the order of service at York Minster and concert programmes for various York venues.
Sans titreScrapbook compiled by J W Knowles containing newspaper cuttings, photographs and information about local affairs.
Sans titreIncludes information about priests clothing.
These numbered volumes contain newspaper clippings and handwritten notes on a variety of subjects relating to artists and the arts.
Sans titreThe volume was compiled by J W Knowles and consists of newspaper cuttings and handwritten notes relating to art and artists. Includes a handwritten index.
Sans titreThe bundle includes newspaper cuttings compiled by J W Knowles relating to various exhibitions held at York City Art Gallery.
Sans titreThe bundle includes newspaper cuttings compiled by J W Knowles relating to exhibitions held during 1927 at York City Art Gallery.
Sans titreIncludes one catalogue to the permanent collection of pictures in City of York Art Gallery, 1907; and two catalogues for Design and Handicraft exhibitions held at City of York Art Gallery and Museum, Exhibition Square, 1923 and 1925.
Sans titreIt is likely that this document was collected by J A Knowles.
The volume was compiled by J W Knowles and consists of newspaper cuttings on artists of local and national importance.
Sans titreIncludes: 'The Use of Colour in Decoratrion' 1889, York Arts Guild Meeting pamphlet, handwritten notes and newspaper clippings, York Arts Guild First Annual Exhibition of members works catalogue, a ticket for the Yorkshire Union of Artists exhibition, inf
The front cover of the notebook is seperate from the body of the book itself. Contains information about art pieces and pricings.
Includes newspaper cuttings, photographs, handwritten notes and pencil diagrams compiled by J W Knowles relating to the various stained glass windows in York Minster.
Sans titreIncludes handwritten histories of each church in the city, their rectors and monuments, as well as newspaper cuttings relating to various churches. Arranged alphabetically by church.
Sans titreOriginally labelled 'Vergers', the bundle contains one handwritten covering note and 10 photographs, presumably of the Minster vergers. Also includes one newspaper cutting dated 1908 regarding Mr Herbert Stansfield being appointed junior verger at the Minster.
Sans titreVolume of handwritten notes, black and white photographs, newspaper cuttings and original sketches relating to the stained glass in York churches. Arranged alphabetically by church, the volume covers All Saints North Street, Bedern Chapel, St Cuthbert's, St Denys, St George's RC Church, St Helen's, Holy Trinity and St John's.
Sans titreLoose newspaper cuttings which had not yet been bound into volumes.
Sans titreIncludes newspaper cuttings and handwritten notes, primarily relating to church bells in York (including those of York Minster).
Sans titreAn assortment of pieces including a book of christmas hymns, tickets, a Latin test and a few book pages detailing the reign of Solomon.
A booklet containing drawings of the coats of arms of the chapter house (most likely York Minster).
A collection of photographs of the interiors or churches around York.
The letterbook is interspersed with handwritten notes by J W Knowles relating to stained glass and glass painters, as well as newspaper cuttings and copies of printed articles. Also includes a small volume entitled 'Index to glass painters.'
Sans titreIncludes accounts of postage costs and a numbered list of photographic details.
Sans titreThe list of works is arranged alphabetically. Also includes a newspaper cutting dated 20 May 1912 regarding the business of J W Knowles and Sons.
Sans titreTypescript copy with handwritten annotations.
A collection of newspaper cuttings about the York Minster windows.
Newspaper cuttings about the York Minster glass.
Newspaper cuttings about the stained glass windows at Dewsbury Church.
Handwritten notes and newspaper cuttings about stained glass.
Volume of handwritten notes, black and white photographs, newspaper cuttings and original sketches compiled by J W Knowles about York School of Design (also known as York School of Art), of which he was a former pupil. Also contains annual reports for the school 1871, 1876, 1878, 1882 and 1883.
Sans titreBundles of loose handwritten notes and newspaper cuttings relating to the history of Stonegate. The bundles were originally tied separately into a variety of themes, including 'the booksellers', 'residents in the street', 'notes from The Spectator', '19th century various', 'T Thrush', 'Star, Punch Bowl, Coffee Houses', 'Laurence Sterne', 'notes to look up'
Sans titreThe drawing appears to be of panelling in the old council chamber, showing the names of various council dignatories.
Sans titreLoose newspaper cuttings which had not yet been bound into volumes.
Sans titreNewspaper cuttings and handwritten notes about Robin Hood's Bay
A book containing 36 illustrations to celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee.
Handwritten notes about York Goldsmiths from 1313-1896. Includes newpaper clippings.
Individual handwritten notes referring to properties in Goodramgate.
Includes loose handwritten notes, black and white photographs and newspaper cuttings compiled by J W Knowles about musicians and music in York, as well as various musical productions and pageants.
Sans titreCopy of the volume 'Universal psalmody containing upwards of one hundred and seventy of the most favourite and celebrated psalm and hymn tunes of various metres, calculated to be used in public worship or private devotion' produced by T H Tomlinson, organist of St Saviour's Church, York, and retained by J W Knowles. Marked 'John Creser's Book'.
Sans titreBundle of printed music sheets, primarily printed in York, as well as handwritten notes by J W Knowles on the subject of music in the city.
Sans titreColour photo of no. 9 window from Fairford Church, Gloucestershire, showing the Ascension of Christ and Pentecost. Reverse blank.
Sans titreColour photo of stained glass window depicting no 15 window from Fairford Church, Gloucestershire, showing St Michael weighing souls on Judgement day. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white photo of the Rose Window at Notre Dame. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white photo of stained glass window from Le Mans, depicting St Anthony and St Paul. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white close-up photo of a stained glass window from Le Mans, depicting the head and hand of a male saint. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white close up photo of a stained glass window from Le Mans, depicting the head of a Bishop donor, praying. Reverse blank.
Sans titreColour photo of two stained glass window panels, depicting part of the story of the Miracle of St William. Reverse blank.
Sans titreColour photo of a panel from the Canterbury Cathedral Miracle Glass, depicting Adam the forester shot by a poacher. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white photo of the East Window from Windemere Parish Church, St Martins. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white photo of stained glass from Poitiers cathedral. Reverse: postcard from G.H. Kenyon about travels and stained glass in Burgundy and Poitiers, addressed to JA Knowles. Postmarked 2nd June 1959.
Sans titreBlack and white image of stained glass window - four lights depicting different saints. Written on reverse 'window designed by F Sydney Eden' and a description of the dedication at foot.
Sans titreBlank postcard with black and white photo image glued to it, depicting reproduction of engravings and poems from German book - 'Der Glasser and Der Glassmaler'. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlank postcard with a black and white photo image glued to it, depicting a drawing of a window(?) various medieval figures at work or play across six panels with spaces for scrolls and shields, including image of glazier's workshop from KNO/24/1891. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlank postcard with black and white photo image glued to it, of a circular panel of stained glass, depicting the Last Supper. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlank postcard with black and white photo image glued to it, depicting close up of donor window from St Denys, York - top half of Robert de Skelton presenting his own donor window. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlank postcard with black and white image glued to it - part of stained glass window, depicting kneeling young male donor figures in decorative armour. Piece of paper stuck as a flap over image. 'Local Fashions in Costume, Thomas de St Quentin, Harpham 1420' written on paper. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlank postcard with black and white image glued to it - stained glass window, depicting St Mary Cleophas, her husband Alphaeus, their children St Simon, Jude, James the Less, Joseph Justus. Flap of paper glued to postcard, with handwritten notes: 'Holy Families, Typically Local Subject, costume, armour' and a quote from Chaucer's Wife of Bath - 'When can be seen in any manner age, that high God defended marriage, by express word, I pray you telleth me, on where commanded he virginitee?' Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlank postcard with black and white image glued to it - part of stained glass window depicting St Christopher carrying the Christ Child. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlank postcard with black and white image glued to it - line drawing of medieval stained glass window borders, depicting man with horse; woman chasing fox(?) with goose in its mouth; monkey with bird. Flap of paper stuck to card reading 'Fox runs away with the goose. North Side of Nave York Minster. Also in miseire seat, Ripon Minster'. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlank postcard with black and white image glued to it - three panels of stained glass window (subject unclear). Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlank postcard with black and white image glued to it - part of stained glass window depicting two kneeling young male figures (donors?). Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlank postcard with black and white image glued to it - line drawing of glassmaker's workshop. Reverse blank.
Sans titrePostcard depicting 'Visiting the sick' 15th century stained glass panel, held at Leicester museum. Postcard addressed to Noel Heaton of London, from Sidney Pitcher; 'I shall be pleased to see you and if you can let me know when it will be, so much the better.' Postmarked Gloucester, 5th Aug 1924(?).
Sans titrePostcard of stained glass from Le Mans, depicting St Gervais and St Protais, standing , beside figure with hammer. Reverse blank.
Sans titreTwo more lights of no. 2 stained glass window from Lady Chapel, Liverpool Cathedral, depicting more 'notable women': Charlotte Stanley, Angela Burdett-Coutts, Queen Victoria and Catherine Gladstone. Reverse blank.
Sans titreTwo lights of no. 3 stained glass window from Lady Chapel, Liverpool Cathedral, depicting 'notable women': Christina Rossetti, Margaret Beaufort, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Anne Clough. Reverse blank.
Sans titreTwo lights of no 2 stained glass window from Lady Chapel, Liverpool Cathedral - two female saints. Reverse blank.
Sans titreSepia image of Burne-Jones Window from Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge. On back: note from 'JK?MK?' to JA Knowles confirming receipt of translation; also 'please thank Dad for the papers' - could be from Millward, or one of the Knowles sisters (possibly Jane? - compare similar handwriting KNO/24/1993) Postmarked 27 June 1928.
Sans titreBlack and white image of stained glass window from Valleyres-sous-Rances, by Clément Heaton, 1911 - the women at the tomb at the Resurrection. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white photo of Judgement Day window, from St-Etienne Church. On the reverse (addressed to JA Knowles), is 'Viewing glass here is a duty/and some glass here has its beauty/here on some day we might confer/For the present adieu dear Sir'. Drawn face/caricature for signature? Postmarked 29 September. French.
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