Sentence examples for rose window from inspiring English sources
noun
Any circular window, especially one of those found in churches of the Gothic architectural style and divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery.
A rose window dominates the otherwise spartan abbey scenes.
Black smoke emanated from the rear rose window.
The north rose window in Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France.
The otherwise plain facade boasts a Renaissance rose window.
In Chartres, for example, the five central windows of the choir clerestory and the north rose window are consecrated to the Virgin, the south rose window to the glorification of Christ, and the west rose window to the Last Judgment.
On the opposite wall, an entire rose window is substituted by translucent white glass.
The introduction of Flamboyant tracery changed the character of the French rose window.
But eventually the advocates of a brand-new rose window won out.
It sports a solemn Gothic with striking rose window and dramatic main portal.
The rose window in the north transept portrays figures from the Old Testament.
In the addition there is a magnificent south-facing rose window, six feet in diameter.
