Britain's Most Fragile Treasure

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Cover 3 Information 4 Screenshots 5 Technical Specs 5.1 720p version 5.2 1080p version 6 Links 6.1 Further Information 6.2 Release Post 6.3 Related Documentaries 6.4 ed2k Links

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Arts Documentary hosted by Janina Ramirez, published by BBC in 2011 - English narration

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Historian Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of a centuries-old masterpiece in glass, the East Window at York Minster - the largest medieval stained-glass window in the country and the creative vision of a master craftsman called John Thornton. Within its 311 panels is the entire history of the world, from the first day to the Last Judgment, and the scale of Thornton's achievement is revealed as Dr Ramirez follows the work of a conservation team at York Glaziers Trust. They have dismantled the window as part of a five-year project to repair centuries of damage and restore it to its original glory. It is a unique opportunity for Dr Ramirez to examine Thornton's greatest work at close quarters, to discover details that would normally be impossible to see and to reveal exactly how medieval artists made images of such delicacy and complexity using the simplest of tools. The window is far more than a work of artistic genius, it's a window onto the medieval world and the medieval mind.

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• Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@3.1
  
• Video Bitrate: CRF 19 (~3560Kbps)
  
• Video Resolution: 1280x720
  
• Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  
• Frame Rate: 25 FPS
  
• Audio Codec: AAC-LC
  
• Audio Bitrate: 160 Kbps ABR 48KHz
  
• Audio Channels: 2
  
• Run-Time: 59 mins
  
• Number of Parts: 1
  
• Part Size: 1.53 GB
  
• Source: HDTV
  
• Encoded by: JungleBoy

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• Video Codec: x265/HEVC CABAC Main10@L4
  
• Video Bitrate: CRF 23 (~2497Kbps)
  
• Video Resolution: 1920x1080
  
• Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  
• Frame Rate: 25 FPS
  
• Audio Codec: AAC-LC
  
• Audio Bitrate: Q=0.45 VBR 48KHz (~127Kbps)
  
• Audio Channels: 2
  
• Run-Time: 59 mins
  
• Number Of Parts: 1
  
• Part Size: 1.08 GB
  
• Source: HDTV
  
• Encoded by: JungleBoy

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• BBC Site

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• MVGroup.org (ed2k)
• MVGroup.org (torrent)

[edit] Related Documentaries

• The Minster
• Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries
• Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age
• Goodbye to Canterbury
• Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
• Vikings (BBC)
• Britains Secret Treasures
• Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings
• Ceramics: A Fragile History
• Treasures of Chinese Porcelain
• Treasures of the Anglo Saxons
• The Viking Sagas
• Climbing Great Buildings
• The Normans
• Story of England
• Norman Walks
• Inside the Medieval Mind
• Churches - How to Read Them
• Christina - A Medieval Life

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