Rose windows / Painton Cowen.
By: Cowen, Painton
Contributor(s): Purce, Jill
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TextSeries: Art and imaginationPublisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c1979Description: 144 p. : ill. ; 29 cmSubject(s): Rose windows | Christian art and symbolism | Glass painting and staining, Medieval | CathedralsAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Rose windows.DDC classification: 748.5/9 LOC classification: NK5308 | .C64| Item type | Current library | Collection | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Gift; Gaston Petit, O.P.; 2020.
"A Prism edition."
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 142.
Light into darkness. A present from the past ; A symbol of truth ; Queen of cathedrals -- The making. From wheels to roses and to flames ; The rose in the cathedral ; The glass in the rose -- The meaning. Purification: wisdom (The universe: turning to one ; From time to eternity: wheel and rose ; A key to nature ; Numbers and geometry of creation) ; Illumination: knowledge (The star ; Jewelled light) ; Union: love (The enlightening rose ; The rose and the grail ; The kingdom of the Spirit) -- Divine geometry. Geometrical schemes ; Creation ; Roses for the Queen of Heaven ; Revelation.
Photographs and accompanying text describe the history and architectural achievements of various cathedral rose windows in Europe and the United States.
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