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WINDS Mat 24:31 . The winds which most commonly prevail in Palestine are from the western quarter, more usually perhaps from the southwest, Luk 12:54 . Not infrequently a north wind arises, Job 37:9, which, as in ancient days, is till the sure harbinger of fair weather; illustrating the truth of the observation in Pro … Continue reading “WINDS”

Windows of Heaven See ASTRONOMY, III, 4. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia WINDOWS OF HEAVEN Gen 7:11; Isa 24:18; Mal 3:10 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Windows in Church Architecture From the beginning Christian churches, in contrast to the ancient temples, were intended to be places for the assembling of the faithful. The temperament of the people of the East and of the South where Christian houses of worship first appeared, required the admission of much light by large openings in … Continue reading “Windows in Church Architecture”

WINDOWS of houses Jdg 5:28; 2Sa 6:16; 2Ki 9:30 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible Windows The method of building both in Barbary and the Levant seems to have continued the same from the earliest ages. All the windows open into private courts, if we except sometimes a latticed window or balcony toward the street. It is … Continue reading “Windows”

window, rose A circular window with mullions and tracery, generally radiating from the center, filled with stained glass. It is so named from its fancied resemblance to a rose. It is a beautiful characteristic of Gothic architecture in which it was developed. At first it was placed under a round, then under a pointed arch, … Continue reading “Window, Rose”

window, leper In medieval architecture, a low window in the chancel wall of a church, often guarded by a wooden shutter and iron bars, to enable lepers gathered in the churchyard to attend Mass. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

window, Jesse Favorite subject of the glass painters of 12th to 16th centuries, was the representation of the genealogical tree springing from Jesse, father of David, with figures of David and others down to Christ. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Window () The Gr. word properly means little door (from ). Though glass was largely manufactured by the Phnicians, who may have learned the art from the Egyptians (as is maintained in EBi ii. 1737, but see EBr 11 xii. 98), it was apparently never used by them or their Jewish neighbours for windows, which … Continue reading “Window”

Windischmann, Karl Joseph Hieronymus Philosopher, b. at Mainz, 25 August, 1775; d. at Bonn, 23 April, 1839. He attended the gymnasium at Mainz, and in 1772 took the course in philosophy at he university there. He continued this course at Wurzburg, where he also studied the natural sciences and medicine until 1796. After a year … Continue reading “Windischmann, Karl Joseph Hieronymus”

Windischmann, Friedrich Heinrich Hugo Orientalist and exegete, b. at Aschaffenburg, 13 December, 1811; d. at Munich, 23 August, 1861. He was a son of the philosopher Karl Joseph Windischmann; studied philosophy, classical philology, and Sanskrit at Bonn, theology at Bonn and Munich, and Armenian with the Mechitaists at Venice. After receiving the doctorate in theology … Continue reading “Windischmann, Friedrich Heinrich Hugo”