Rose Window Definition

noun
A decorative circular window with a roselike symmetrical pattern of tracery divided by mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel.
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Noun

Singular:
rose window
Plural:
rose-windows

Rose Window Sentence Examples

  • Maria di Collemaggio, just outside the town, has a very fine Romanesque facade of simple design (1270-1280) in red and white marble, with three finely decorated portals and a rose-window above each.

  • Domenico has a fine rose window.

  • The cathedral has a good rose-window and possesses, like several of the other churches, 15th-century paintings by Umbrian artists, especially works by Niccolo Alunno.

  • The castle was erected by Alphonso of Aragon; the cathedral, consecrated in 1088, has a rose window and side portal of 1481.

  • It is chiefly remarkable for the fine Gothic church of St Caterina, built in 1390 by Raimondello del Balzo Orsini, count of Soleto, with a fine portal and rose-window.

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