LINCOLN CATHEDRAL
Concordance of Window Numbers
The following concordance brings together four window-numbering systems that have been adopted
at various times for Lincoln Cathedral.
The first two systems are historical and have been superseded by the most recent version of the
CVMA system and the current Lincoln Cathedral workshop system. The first of the two historical
systems, akin to the CVMA system, was current in the 1970s, and was used to identify only windows
containing painted glass. The second was that adopted by Nigel Morgan in his CVMA (GB) volume
on Lincoln Cathedral (The Medieval Painted Glass of Lincoln Cathedral, CVMA (GB), Occasional
Paper III, London, 1983).
The CVMA system has been revised recently in order to accommodate all the windows in the
cathedral visible from the interior. The chantry chapels are treated as separate units, and suffixes have
been introduced to identify parts of the building not covered by a traditional application of the CVMA
system (e.g., CH for the chapter house). The three lancets above the clerestory windows NXI and
NXII remain unnumbered.
The Lincoln Cathedral workshop numbering includes all window openings, whether blocked or not,
glazed or unglazed, and include windows not visible from the interior, such as those in the roof
spaces. A system of prefixes, more developed than that used by the CVMA, is has been adopted to
denote the area of the building in which the window is situated. Where a prefix consists of two or
more letters and the first letter is N, S, E or W, this designates a compass point.
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



















EG – east ground floor
SG – south ground floor
NG – north ground floor
ST – south triforium level
NT – north triforium level
SC – south clerestory level
NC – north clerestory level
ER – east roof level
SR – south roof level
NR – north roof level
SW – south-west west front
SWT – south-west tower, west front
W – west front, central west front (the two west roof-level windows are now numbered as part
of the central west front, as W3 and W4)
NWT – north-west tower, west front
NW – north-west west front
CH – chapter house
CT – central tower
A–H – stairwells and tower stairwells
V – Canons’ Vestry
M – muniment room
Y – Slype, vergers kitchen and communication offices
LG – cathedral refectory
LF – library
1970s
I
s2
n2
n3
n4
n5
CVMA:
Morgan
1983
I
sII
nII
n6
n7
n8
n9
I
sII
nII
nIII
nIV
Fleming
Chantry nI
Fleming
Chantry nII
Fleming
Chantry nIII
nV
nVI
nVII
nVIII
nIX
nX
nXI
n10
n11
nXII
nXIII
n12
n12
n13
n13
n14
n15
n16
n17
n18
n19
n20
n21
n22
n23
CVMA:
current
nXXVI
nXXVII
Treasury wI
Treasury wII
Treasury wIII
Treasury wIV
nXIV
nXV
nXVI
nXVII
nXVIII
nXIX
nXX
nXXI
nXXII
nXXIII
nXXIV
nXXV
nXXVI
nXXVII
nXXVIII
nXXIX
nXXX
Lincoln
Cathedral
workshop
EG1
SG2
EG3
NG1
NG2
NG3
Notes
NG4
NG5
NG6
NG7
NG8
NG9
NG10
NG11
NG12
NG12a
NG13
NG14
NG14a
NG15
NG16
NG17
NG18
NG19
NG20
NG21
NG22
NG23
NG24
NG25
NG26
NG27
NG28
NG29
NG30
NG31
NG32
NG33
NG34
NG35
stained glass only in
tracery
unglazed opening
small panel in nearby
stairwell
1970s
CVMA:
Morgan
1983
n24
n25
n26
n27
n28
n29
n30
n31
n32
n33
n34
n35
s2
s3
s4
s5
s6
s7
s8
s9
s10
s11
s12
s13
s14
s15
s16
s17
s18
s19
sII
CVMA:
current
nXXXI
Lincoln
Cathedral
workshop
NG36
nXXXII
NG37
nXXXIII
nXXXIV
nXXXV
nXXXVI
nXXXVII
nXXXVIII
nXXXIX
nXL
nXLI
nXLII
nXLIII
nXLIV
nXLV
nXLVI
nXLVII
nXLVIII
nXLIX
nL
sII
sIII
sIV
Russell
Chantry sI
Russell
Chantry sII
Russell
Chantry sIII
sV
sVI
Longland
Chantry sI
Longland
Chantry sII
Longland
Chantry sIII
sVII
sVIII
sIX
sX
sXI
sXII
sXIII
NG38
NG39
NG40
NG41
NG42
NG43
NG44
NG45
NG46
NG47
NG48
NG49
NG50
NG51
NG52
NG53
NG54
NW13
EG2
SG1
SG2
SG3
SG4
SG5
SG6
SG7
SG8
SG9
SG10
SG11
SG12
SG13
SG14
SG15
SG16
SG17
Notes
free hanging panel
(temporarily removed)
contains an inserted
section of stained glass
number may change
1970s
CVMA:
Morgan
1983
s20
s21
s22
s23
s24
s25
s26
s27
s28
s29
s30
s31
s32
s33
s34
s35
s36
s37
s38
s39
sXXVIII
sXXIX
sXXX
sXXXI
CVMA:
current
Canons’
Vestry eI
Canons’
Vestry eII
Canons’
Vestry sI
Canons’
Vestry sII
Canons’
Vestry wI
Canons’
Vestry wII
Canons’
Vestry wIII
sXIV
sXV
sXVI
sXVII
sXVIII
sXIX
sXX
sXXI
sXXII
sXXIII
sXXIV
sXXV
sXXVI
sXXVII
sXXVIII
sXXIX
sXXX
sXXXI
sXXXII
sXXXIII
sXXXIV
sXXXV
sXXXVI
sXXXVII
sXXXVIII
sXXXIX
sXL
sXLI
sXLII
sXLIII
sXLIV
sXLV
Lincoln
Cathedral
workshop
V1
V2
V3
V4
V5
V6
V7
SG18
SG19
SG20
SG21
SG22
SG23
SG24
SG25
SG26
SG27
SG28
SG29
SG30
SG31
SG32
SG33
SG34
SG35
SG36
SG37
SG38
SG39
SG40
SG41
SG42
SG43
SG44
SG45
SG46
SG47
SG48
SG49
Notes
1970s
CVMA:
Morgan
1983
CVMA:
current
s40
sXLVI
Lincoln
Cathedral
workshop
SG50
s41
sXLVII
sXLVIII
SG51
SG52
sXLIX
sL
SG53
SG54
sLI
SG55
w1
sLII
wI
W1
W1
WI
W2
W3
W4
n2
n3
NtII
NtIII
NtIV
NtV
NtVI
NtVII
NtVIII
NtIX
NtX
NtXI
NtXII
NtXIII
NtXIV
NtXV
NtXVI
NtXVII
NtXVIII
NtXIX
NtXX
NtXXI
NtXXII
NtXXIII
NtXXIV
NtXXV
NtXXVI
NtXXVII
NtXXVIII
NtXXIX
NT1
NT2
NT3
NT4
NT5
NT6
NT7
NT8
NT9
NT10
NT11
NT12
NT13
NT14
NT15
NT16
NT17
NT18
NT19
NT20
NT21
NT22
NT23
NT24
NT25
NT26
NT27
NT28
Notes
contains central medallion
with stained glass
stained glass in tracery
only
contains central medallion
with stained glass
contains central medallion
with stained glass
main five-light
Perpendicular window
principal west rose
plain leaded lancet at roof
level
plain leaded lancet at roof
level
1970s
n4
n5
n6
n7
n8
n9
n10
CVMA:
Morgan
1983
CVMA:
current
NtXXX
NtXXXI
NtXXXII
NtXXXIII
NtXXXIV
NtXXXV
NtXXXVI
NtXXXVII
NtXXXVIII
NtXXXIX
NtXL
NtXLI
NtXLII
NtXLIII
NtXLIV
NtXLV
NXXX
NtXLVI
NXXXI
NtXLVII
NXXXII NtXLVIII
NXXXIII NtXLIX
NXXXIV NtL
NtLI
NtLII
NtLIII
NtLIV
NtLV
NtLVI
NtLVII
NtLVIII
NtLIX
NtLX
NtLXI
NtLXII
StII
StIII
StIV
StV
StVI
StVII
StVIII
StIX
StX
StXI
StXII
StXIII
Lincoln
Cathedral
workshop
NT29
NT30
NT31
NT32
NT33
NT34
NT35
NT36
NT37
NT38
NT39
NT40
NT41
NT42
NT43
NT44
NT45
NT46
NT47
NT48
NT49
NT50
NT51
NT52
NT53
NT54
NT55
NT56
NT57
NT58
NT59
NT60
NT61
ST1
ST2
ST3
ST4
ST5
ST6
ST7
ST8
ST9
ST10
ST11
ST12
Notes
1970s
s2
s3
s4
S12
CVMA:
Morgan
1983
CVMA:
current
StXIV
StXV
StXVI
StXVII
StXVIII
StXIX
StXX
StXXI
StXXII
StXXIII
StXXIV
StXXV
StXXVI
StXXVII
StXXVIII
StXXIX
StXXX
StXXXI
StXXXII
StXXXIII
StXXXIV
StXXXV
StXXXVI
StXXXVII
StXXXVIII
StXXXIX
StXL
StXLI
StXLII
StXLIII
StXLIV
StXLV
StXLVI
StXLVII
StXLVIII
StXLIX
StL
StLI
StLII
StLIII
StLIV
(see SXXXV
below)
StLV
StLVI
Lincoln
Cathedral
workshop
ST13
ST14
ST15
ST16
ST17
ST18
ST19
ST20
ST21
ST22
ST23
ST24
ST25
ST26
ST27
ST28
ST29
ST30
ST31
ST32
ST33
ST34
ST35
ST36
ST37
ST38
ST39
ST40
ST41
ST42
ST43
ST44
ST45
ST46
ST47
ST48
ST49
ST50
ST51
ST52
ST53
ST54
ST55
ST56
Notes
1970s
N2
N3
N4
N5
N6
StLVII
StLVIII
StLIX
StLX
StLXI
StLXII
StLXIII
StLXIV
StLXV
StLXVI
StLXVII
StLXVIII
StLXIX
StXLXX
StXLXXI
NII
NIII
NIV
NV
NVI
NVII
NVIII
NIX
NX
NXI
Lincoln
Cathedral
workshop
ST57
ST58
ST59
ST60
ST61
ST62
ST63
ST64
ST65
ST66
ST67
ST68
ST69
ST70
ST71
NC1
NC2
NC3
NC4
NC5
NC6
NC7
NC8
NC9
NC10
N7
NXII
NC11
NXIII
NXIV
NXV
NXVI
NXVII
NXVIII
NXIX
NXX
NXXI
NXXII
NXXIII
NXXIV
NXXV
NXXVI
NXXVII
NXXVIII
NXXIX
NC12
NC13
NC14
NC15
NC16
NC17
NC18
NC19
NC20
NC21
NC22
NC23
NC24
NC25
NC26
NC27
NC28
N8
N9
N10
N11
N12
CVMA:
Morgan
1983
CVMA:
current
Notes
three lancets above NXI
and NXII
three lancets above NXI
and NXII
1970s
CVMA:
Morgan
1983
N13
no
number
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
S10
S11
CVMA:
current
NXXX
NXXXI
Lincoln
Cathedral
workshop
NC29
NC30
NXXXII
NXXXIII
NXXXIV
NXXXV
NXXXVI
NXXXVII
NXXXVIII
NXXXIX
NXL
NXLI
NXLII
NXLIII
NXLIV
NXLV
NXLVI
SII
SIII
SIV
SV
SVI
SVII
SVIII
SIX
SX
SXI
SXII
SXIII
SXIV
SXV
SXVI
SXVII
SXVIII
SXIX
SXX
SXXI
SXXII
SXXIII
SXXIV
SXXV
SXXVI
SXXVII
SXXVIII
NC31
NC32
NC33
NC34
NC35
NC36
NC37
NC38
NC39
NC40
NC41
NC42
NC43
NC44
NC45
SC1
SC2
SC3
SC4
SC5
SC6
SC7
SC8
SC9
SC10
SC11
SC12
SC13
SC14
SC15
SC16
SC17
SC18
SC19
SC20
SC21
SC22
SC23
SC24
SC25
SC26
SC27
Notes
1970s
S12
S13
S14
WI
N2, N3,
N4
CVMA:
Morgan
1983
no
number
CVMA:
current
SXXIX
SXXX
SXXXI
SXXXII
SXXXIII
SXXXIV
SXXXV
SXXXVI
SXXXVII
SXXXVIII
SXXXIX
SXL
SXLI
SXLII
SXLIII
SXLIV
SXLV
SXLVI
SXLVII
SXLVIII
SXLIX
SL
WI
Lincoln
Cathedral
workshop
SC28
SC29
SC30
SC31
SC32
SC33
ST54
SC34
SC35
SC36
SC37
SC38
SC39
SC40
SC41
SC42
SC43
SC44
SC45
SC46
SC47
SC48
W2
ER1
NR1
NR2
NR3
NR4
NR5
NR6
NR7
NR8
NR9
NR10
NR11
NR12
NR13
NR14
NR15
NR16
NR17
NR18
NR19
Notes
the three lancets above
NXI and NXII
1970s
CVMA:
Morgan
1983
CVMA:
current
Lincoln
Cathedral
workshop
NR20
NR21
NR22
NR23
NR24
NR25
NR26
NR27
NR28
NR29
NR30
NR31
NR32
NR33
NR34
NR35
NR36
SR1
SR2
SR3
SR4
SR5
SR6
SR7
SR8
SR9
SR10
SR11
SR12
SR13
SR14
SR15
SR16
SR17
SR18
SR19
SR20
SR21
SR22
SR23
SR24
SR25
SR26
SR27
SR28
Notes
1970s
CVMA:
Morgan
1983
CVMA:
current
CHnIX
CHnVIII
CHnVII
CHnVI
CHnV
CHnV
CHnIV
CHnIV
CHnIII
CHnIII
CHnII
CHnII
CHI
CHI
CHsII
CHsII
CHsIII
CHsIII
CHsIV
CHsIV
CHsV
CHsV
CHsVI
CHsVII
CHsVIII
CHsIX
CHwI
CHWI
Lincoln
Cathedral
workshop
SR29
SR30
SR31
SR32
SR33
SR34
SR35
SR36
SR37
SR38
CH1
CH2
CH3
CH4
CH5
CH6
CH7
CH8
CH9
CH10
CH11
CH12
CH13
CH14
CH15
CH16
CH17
CH18
CH19
CH20
CH21
CH22
CH23
CH24
CH25
CH26
CH27
CH28
CH29
CH30
CH31
CH32
CH33
Notes
above consistory court, not
in main roof
numbers CH29–51 may
change in the future
1970s
CVMA:
Morgan
1983
CVMA:
current
Lincoln
Cathedral
workshop
CH34
CH35
CH36
CH37
CH38
CH39
CH40
CH41
CH42
CH43
CH44
CH45
CH46
CH47
CH48
CH49
CH50
CH51
Notes