rosace
Americannoun
noun
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another name for rose window
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another name for rosette
Etymology
Origin of rosace
1840–50; < French < Latin rosāceus rosaceous
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The rosace above the door is one of the handsomest of the Transition period in Spain, and the stained glass is both rich and mellow.
From The Cathedrals of Northern Spain by Charles Rudy
The west rosace should be seen toward sunset so as to get the rays of the sun passing directly through it.
From Stained Glass Tours in France by Charles Hitchcock Sherrill
The southern has an ogival portal surmounted by a rosace; the northern, one that is plateresque, the rounded arch, delicately decorated, reposing on Corinthian columns.
From The Cathedrals of Northern Spain by Charles Rudy
The second piece of silk contains a large rosace.
From Needlework As Art by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford
In the first stage of this tower, as it rises above the portal, is what, at a distance, appears to be a diminutive rosace.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
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