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Definition of Jesse window

Jesse window
Jesse Jes"se, n. [LL. Jesse, the father of David, fr. Gr. ?, fr. Herb. Yishai.] Any representation or suggestion of the genealogy of Christ, in decorative art; as: (a) A genealogical tree represented in stained glass. (b) A candlestick with many branches, each of which bears the name of some one of the descendants of Jesse; -- called also tree of Jesse. Jesse window (Arch.), a window of which the glazing and tracery represent the tree of Jesse.

Meaning of Jesse window from wikipedia

- the relation to King David, son of Jesse, and writer of the Psalms. Other examples include stained gl**** windows, stone carvings around the portals of...
- England Detail of a Tree of Jesse from York Minster (c. 1170), the oldest stained-gl**** window in England The Poor Man's Bible window from Canterbury Cathedral...
- (1140–1144) Windows of the Chapel of the Virgin at the Basilica of Saint-Denis. The Tree of Jesse window is on the right Detail of the Tree of Jesse window, Baslica...
- Reverse of the Thomas Becket window, showing leading and iron bars (late 12th-early 13th c.) Portion of a Tree of Jesse window, York Minster (late 12th –...
- fragmented. The east window of the choir is a broad, seven-light window dating from 1340 to 1345. It depicts the Tree of Jesse (the genealogy of Christ)...
- are the remains of a 14th-century Jesse window. The church had 29 windows damaged in 2006, including the Jesse window. Vestments and an altar cloth were...
- These are the oldest windows in the cathedral. The right window, the Jesse Window, depicts the genealogy of Christ. The middle window depicts the life of...
- reading public; Jesse referenced Scott in several of his works. Jesse decorated the Great Hall with stag's heads between each window, banners displaying...
- under Suger in the 12th century. Abbot Suger depicted in the Tree of Jesse window (19th c.) Louis VI of France visiting St. Denis (14th century illustration)...
- interior. The east window of its chancel is a Jesse window with stained gl**** made by C.E. Kempe & Co in 1907. Above it is a rose window by Hardman & Co...