Editing Westminster Abbey (section)

=== Stained glass ===
[[File:Rose Window, Westminster Abbey, England, July 20, 2023.jpg|thumb|The rose window in the north transept depicts Christ and the Apostles]]
[[File:Westminster Abbey - 51370500850.jpg|thumb|The Queen's Window, designed by [[David Hockney]]|alt=A stained-glass window in bright primary colours depicting a path in the countryside with trees and plants on either side]]

The abbey's 13th-century windows would have been filled with [[stained glass]], but much of this was destroyed in the [[English Civil War]] and [[the Blitz]] and was replaced with clear, plain glass. Since the 19th century, new stained glass, designed by artists such as [[Ninian Comper]] (on the north side of the nave) and [[Hugh Ray Easton|Hugh Easton]] and Alan Younger (in the Henry VII Chapel), has replaced clear glass.{{sfn|Jenkyns|2004|p=148}}

The north rose window was designed by [[James Thornhill]] and made by Joshua Price in 1722; it shows Christ, the apostles (without [[Judas Iscariot]]), the [[Four Evangelists]], and, in the centre, the Bible. The window was restored by J. L. Pearson in the 19th century, during which the feet of the figures were cut off.{{sfn|Reynolds|2002|p=4}} Thornhill also designed the great west window, which shows the Biblical figures of [[Abraham]], [[Isaac]], and [[Jacob]], as well as representatives of the [[Twelve Tribes of Israel]] underneath.{{sfn|Reynolds|2002|p=24}}

In the Henry VII Chapel, the west window was designed by John Lawson and unveiled in 1995. It depicts coats of arms and cyphers of Westminster Abbey's benefactors, particularly [[John Templeton]] (whose coat of arms is prominent in the lower panel). In the centre are the arms of Elizabeth II. The central east window, designed by Alan Younger and dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was unveiled in 2000. It depicts [[Comet Hale–Bopp]], which was passing over the artist's house at the time, as the [[star of Bethlehem]]. The donors of the window, [[Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham|Lord and Lady Harris of Peckham]], are shown kneeling at the bottom.{{sfn|Reynolds|2002|p=10}}

In 2018, artist [[David Hockney]] unveiled a new stained-glass window for the north transept to celebrate the reign of [[Elizabeth II]]. It shows a country scene inspired by his native [[Yorkshire]], with [[Crataegus|hawthorn]] blossoms and blue skies. Hockney used an iPad to design the window, replicating the backlight that comes through stained glass.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Mark |date=26 September 2018 |title=David Hockney unveils iPad-designed window at Westminster Abbey |url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/sep/26/david-hockney-unveils-ipad-designed-queens-window-westminster-abbey |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124143123/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/sep/26/david-hockney-unveils-ipad-designed-queens-window-westminster-abbey |archive-date=24 January 2023 |access-date=24 January 2023 |website=The Guardian |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>