Editing Gothic architecture (section)

===Rose windows===
Rose windows were a prominent feature of many Gothic churches and cathedrals. The rose was a symbol of the Virgin Mary, and they were particularly used in churches dedicated to her. The French Gothic cathedrals of Chartres,<ref name="Jantzen1984">{{cite book |last1=Jantzen |first1=Hans |title=High Gothic: The Classic Cathedrals of Chartres, Reims, Amiens |year=1984 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-00372-6 |page=64 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d989DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA64}}</ref> Notre Dame de Paris, Reims, and Laon have them in the west façade, and in the transepts as well.<ref name="Marten2022">{{cite book |last1=Marten |first1=Bettina |editor1-last=Borngässer |editor1-first=Barbara |editor2-last=Klein |editor2-first=Bruno |title=Global Gothic: Gothic Church Buildings in the 20th and 21st Centuries |year=2022 |publisher=Leuven University Press |isbn=978-94-6270-304-9 |page=56 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e35fEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA56 |chapter=Tradition in the Age of Progress: Notions on Gothic Church Archicture in the United States}}</ref> Amiens Cathedral,<ref name="Lillich2011">{{cite book |last1=Lillich |first1=Meredith Parsons |title=The Gothic Stained Glass of Reims Cathedral |year=2011 |publisher=Penn State Press |isbn=978-0-271-03777-6 |page=107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f3id0xseq6EC&pg=PA107}}</ref> Strasbourg Cathedral<ref name="Stanford2016">{{cite book |last1=Stanford |first1=Charlotte A. |title=Commemorating the Dead in Late Medieval Strasbourg: The Cathedral's Book of Donors and Its Use (1320-1521) |year=2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-16398-5 |page=103 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dFM3DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT103}}</ref> and Westminster Abbey also have them in transepts.<ref name="Jenkins2011">{{cite book |last1=Jenkyns |first1=Richard |title=Westminster Abbey |year=2011 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-06197-2 |page=29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S9ha1hrIUuMC&pg=PA29}}</ref> The designs of their tracery became increasingly complex, and gave their names to two periods; the [[Rayonnant]] and the [[Flamboyant]]. Two of the most famous Rayonnant rose windows were constructed in the transepts of Notre-Dame in the 13th century.

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File:Rose Façade Cathédrale de Laon 150908 2.jpg|[[Notre Dame de Laon]] west window (13th century)
File:Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris - Rose Sud (DBW24-0421).jpg|South rose window of [[Notre Dame de Paris]] (13th century)
File:Cathedrale nd chartres vitraux015.jpg|South rose window of Chartres Cathedral (13th century)
File:Reims, Große Fensterrose West.jpg|West rose window of [[Reims Cathedral]] (13th century)
File:MK09074 Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Grande Rose.jpg|Grand rose of [[Strasbourg Cathedral]] (14th century)
File:Orvieto, cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta (070).jpg|[[Orvieto Cathedral]] rose window (14th c.) 
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