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What (who) is rose window - definition

CIRCULAR WINDOW
Rose windows; Catherine window; Rose Window; Catherine wheel (window); Rosette window; Rosenfenster; Rosette (window); Wheel window; Rose-window; Wheel-window; Rosace
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  • [[Chartres Cathedral]]
  • Ávila]], Spain.
  • Symbolism:  the north rose of Notre Dame, Paris, has at its centre the Blessed Virgin Mary and Christ Child in Majesty, surrounded by prophets and saints.
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  • [[Reims Cathedral]], France
  • Interior of the rose at Strasbourg Cathedral
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  • Architectural drawing of the rose window of Strasbourg Cathedral
  • Exterior of the rose at [[Strasbourg Cathedral]], France

rose window         
¦ noun a circular window with mullions or tracery radiating in a form suggestive of a rose.
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(rose windows)
A rose window is a large round stained glass window in a church.
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Rose window is often used as a generic term applied to a circular window, but is especially used for those found in Gothic cathedrals and churches. The windows are divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery.

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Rose window

Rose window is often used as a generic term applied to a circular window, but is especially used for those found in Gothic cathedrals and churches. The windows are divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery. The term rose window was not used before the 17th century and comes from the English flower name rose.

The name "wheel window" is often applied to a window divided by simple spokes radiating from a central boss or opening, while the term "rose window" is reserved for those windows, sometimes of a highly complex design, which can be seen to bear similarity to a multi-petalled rose. Rose windows are also called "Catherine windows" after Saint Catherine of Alexandria, who was sentenced to be executed on a spiked breaking wheel. A circular window without tracery such as are found in many Italian churches, is referred to as an ocular window or oculus.

Rose windows are particularly characteristic of Gothic architecture and may be seen in all the major Gothic Cathedrals of Northern France. Their origins are much earlier and rose windows may be seen in various forms throughout the Medieval period. Their popularity was revived, with other medieval features, during the Gothic revival of the 19th century so that they are seen in Christian churches all over the world.