rose window
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An untitled 2006 work by Scottish artist Richard Wright is a secular re-imagining of an ecclesiastical rose window.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024
The fugitives entered and left the attic through a rose window, usually under the cover of darkness.
From Reuters • May 4, 2022
Capture rare glimpses of the National Cathedral main floor after its chairs have been removed and of the recently cleaned west rose window and nave ceiling.
From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2015
The site's masonry team spent a year re-carving bosses and stonework above the rose window and arches, while half a dozen bosses were designed by children in a competition run by Blue Peter.
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2014
The masons put together the pieces of the rose window and installed the tympanums and voussoirs over the doors.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
