St John the Baptist, c.1340, heavily restored 1906 Original design by Master Robert Ketelbarn (?). Restored by Curtis, Ward & Hughes Part of the east window, Selby Abbey, Yorkshire. This figure of St John the Baptist was from a great Tree of Jesse, a visual interpretation of Christ's family tree as recounted in the New Testament. The east window of Selby Abbey was severely damaged by a fire in 1906. The restoration approach illustrated in this window, in which almost no medieval glass has been preserved, has changed. Today new techniques enable modern conservators to preserve rather than replace old glass. Inv. No. 1983/18 Lent by the late Dennis King MBE.