An Outstanding Window That is Almost Not-a-Window (13th Century)

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"Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose."--G. Stein,  (Sacred Emily, Geography and Plays)

"A rose is a rose is an onion."--E. Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

By all measures, this window is of course a window. It is almost not a window because in the mass of the structure it is almost not there. But it certainly was--even if its height is great than ten times its width--when this cathedral at Asti was being built in the 13th century (and into the 14th). In any event, whatever the "is" might be here and in spite of the apparent isn'tness, it has a very appealing appeal.

--Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, found in Cesar Daly (editor), Revue Generale de l'Architecture et des Travaux Publics, ca. 1860 (not sure of the volume).