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rose window

Seen mainly in Gothic architecture, rose windows are circular windows with symmetrical decorative tracery resembling the petals of a flower. Wheel windows, which have simpler tracery resembling spokes, are a sub-type of rose window.

North Rose Window, Detail
Detail of the north rose window (c.1250), with a theme of the Old Testament. Image credit: Holly Hayes

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old-fashioned flower design element

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old-fashioned flower design element

Circular windows containing patterned tracery, particularly stained glass windows that are divided into compartments by mullions radiating from a center, or filled with tracery suggestive of the form of a rose or wheel.

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