crown , halo , and hair of the Virgin originally in the centre of the east window ( see fig . 11 ) exemplify this technique .
III . In composition , the main lights of the early sixteenth-century window are a continuation of the side-panel saints in the chapel . The figures stand under similar architectural canopies , while the space between is filled with an acanthus pattern , alternating between red and blue for each window . The sixteenth-century figures , however , show a stark change to their predecessors . The female saints are elongated , with curved , swan-like necks and slender , delicate hands . Their facial features are smaller , their eyes less bulbous , and their silhouettes less rigid .
Windows such as that in Thurbern ’ s Chantry represent a pivotal moment in English-led stained glass production . Around 1507 – 10 , shortly after the Thurbern ’ s window was completed , Twygge glazed a selection of windows in Westminster Abbey . Meanwhile , Henry VII was making plans for the glazing of his new chapel in the east end of the abbey , but did not choose Twygge to carry out the work and instead turned to foreign glaziers . This incident reflects a wider demand for the most sophisticated styles of mainland Europe . It is therefore likely that the glass of Thurbern ’ s Chantry represents some of the last medieval Gothic glass to be produced by English-led workshops .
II . King Richard II from east window of chapel ( 1392 – 93 ), reassembled in Thurbern ’ s Chantry ( 1951 )
III . St Helena from Thurbern ’ s Chantry , south window ( 1502 – 3 )
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