Paperback. White title and stained glass roof window on the blackcover.

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Please view the photographs. A rare quality paper copy. A collectors copy. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 276 pages : illustrations (colour), maps ; 33 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-274) and index. Contents; The rose window and the Gothic experience — From darkness to light : the origins of the rose window — The age of the rose : innovation in the thirteenth century — Experiments in form : from Curvilinear to flamboyant — Decline and revival : post-medieval roses — Cycles of meaning : iconography and enlightenment — The geometry of light : designing and building the rose window. Subjects; Rose windows. Glass painting and staining, Medieval. Christian art and symbolism Medieval, 500-1500 Themes, motives. Cathedrals Designs and plans. Stained glass windows. Church decoration and ornament. Decoration and ornament, Architectural.