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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...
- window of Poitiers Cathedral Late Gothic Tree of Jesse window from Evreux Cathedral The south transept windows from Chartres Cathedral Medieval gl**** in Germany...
- 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 –...
- (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...
- 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...
- 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)...
- 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...
- Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847 – April 3, 1882) was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and leader of the James–Younger Gang...
- Jesse (/ˈdʒɛsi/) or Yishai (Hebrew: יִשַׁי – Yīšay, in pausa Hebrew: יִשָׁי – Yīšāy, meaning "King" or "God's gift"; Syriac: ܐܝܫܝ – Eshai; Gr****: Ἰεσσαί...
- 2016 a new stained-gl**** Jesse window designed by Helen Whittaker was installed in the Lewis Chapel, incorporating the wooden Jesse at its foot. The project...