ST JOSEPH’S CATHEDRAL

CATHOLIC, DUNEDIN, NZ

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The rose window above the main entrance door up in the choir loft has a tracery of 132 pieces of coloured glass. The window was also supplied by Mayer and Co., Munich, in February 1887. The Rose Window, a feature of the Gothic style, is so designed that the eight intersecting circles overlap to form the leaf pattern. The window was a gift from Mr P. and Miss Murphy. • The Oamaru stone tracery window (shown at right) was probably carved under the direction of L.J. Godfrey. The window is 17 feet in diameter, and 36 feet from the sill to the arch above the circle, which encloses the seven rose petal sections and the centrepiece. The symbolism of the number seven is used again with the rosette circle resting on the seven Gothic arches which meet the window sill.

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