The 'Bishop's Eye' and 'Dean's Eye' are the two large rose windows in which English cathedral?

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The “Bishop’s Eye” and “Dean’s Eye” are the two great rose windows of Lincoln Cathedral in England. They face one another across the cathedral’s north and south transepts.

The Dean’s Eye, in the north transept, is the older window. It belongs to the rebuilding associated with St Hugh of Lincoln after an earthquake damaged the cathedral in 1185, and it dates mainly from the early thirteenth century. Its imagery is connected with the Last Judgment.

The Bishop’s Eye, in the south transept, was rebuilt about a century later, around 1330, in the Decorated Gothic style. Its flowing curvilinear tracery shows a later development in the design of circular windows. Much of the surviving glazing has been altered, repaired or rearranged over time.

These windows are unusual because medieval English cathedrals more commonly have a single dominant rose window, often above the west entrance. Their names also carry symbolic meaning: medieval writers described them as the church’s two eyes, with the north associated with darkness and the south with light.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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