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"A Rose Window is a circular window, divided into compartments by mullions and tracery radiating from a center, also called Catharine wheel and marigold window according to modifications of the design. It forms a fine feature of the church architecture of the 13th and 14th centuries."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Rose Window

"A Rose Window is a circular window, divided into compartments by mullions and tracery radiating from…

A Rose window (or Catherine window) is often used as a generic term applied to a circular window, but is especially used for those found in churches of the Gothic architectural style and being divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery. The name "rose window" was not used before the 17th century and according to the Oxford English Dictionary, among other authorities, comes from the English flower name rose.

Rose Window, Church of St. Ouen, Rouen

A Rose window (or Catherine window) is often used as a generic term applied to a circular window, but…

Tracery (stone support design) of the transept rose window from Westminster Abbey, England.

Tracery

Tracery (stone support design) of the transept rose window from Westminster Abbey, England.

A rose window from the Bishop's Palace at Southwark. Rose windows fitted with stained glass are common in Gothic architecture during the fourteenth century. The illustrated rose window with hexagonal tracery is unusual in Gothic architecture.

Gothic Architecture Rose Hexagonal Window

A rose window from the Bishop's Palace at Southwark. Rose windows fitted with stained glass are common…

A circular window, divided into compartments by mullions and tracery radiating from a centre, also called Catharine-wheel, and marigold-window.

Rose Brickwork Window

A circular window, divided into compartments by mullions and tracery radiating from a centre, also called…