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Rayonnant
Rayonnant Ray"on*nant, a. [F.] (Her.) Darting forth rays, as the sun when it shines out.

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- Rayonnant was a very refined style of Gothic Architecture which appeared in France in the 13th century. It was the defining style of the High Gothic period...
- choir (1210–1250) Rayonnant: west front of Strasbourg Cathedral (1277–1490) Rayonnant: Sainte-Chapelle upper level (1238-1248) Rayonnant – angel's choir...
- master-builder Pierre de Montreuil rebuilt the nave and the transepts in the new Rayonnant Gothic style. The abbey church became a cathedral on the formation of...
- open spandrels above the lights into a variety of decorative shapes. Rayonnant style (c. 1230–c. 1350) was enabled by the development of bar tracery...
- Lo Mavéli (Lö Mahavéli) or Le Volcan rayonnant (The radiant volcano), the unofficial flag of Réunion from 2003 used officially by various local authorities...
- A Rayonnant style rose window in Notre-Dame de Paris. In Gothic architecture, light was considered "the source and actual essence of all that is beautiful"...
- early example of the High Gothic period, and the Rayonnant style of Gothic architecture. The Rayonnant appeared in the triforium and clerestory, which...
- the mid-13th century, when the transepts were remodelled in the latest Rayonnant style; in the late 1240s Jean de C****es added a gabled portal to the...
- Cité in the centre of Paris. The Sainte Chapelle, a prime example of the Rayonnant style of Gothic architecture, was erected as a shrine for the crown of...
- and is also utilised with specific reference to Our Lady of the Rosary. Rayonnant Gothic: The rose windows are divided by mullions radiating from a central...