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    Look up œil-de-bœuf in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An oeil-de-boeuf (French: [œj.də.bœf]; English: "bull's eye"), also œil de bœuf and sometimes...
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    feature of Byzantine and Neoclassical architecture. It is also known as an œil-de-bœuf from the French, or simply a "bull's-eye". The oculus was used by the...
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  • Fredrik LeBlanc (1203) André de Coulours (1204) Guillaume Oeil-de-Boeuf (1207) André de Coulours (1208–1219) Guillaume de l'Aigle (1222) Fr. Aimard (1222–1223)...
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    of the Œil-de-Bœuf was formed in 1701 by combining two adjacent rooms, the deuxième antichambre and chambre du roi. The salon de l'œil de bœuf became...
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    sounds. The words involved include manœuvre, hors d'œuvre, œuvre, and œil de bœuf. However, most œ words use the traditional English pronunciation of borrowings...
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  • Bull's-eye window may refer to: Oeil-de-boeuf, an ornamental window with a circular frame A window made from crown glass Porthole, a circular nautical...
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    The King's apartment was accessed from the Hall of Mirrors from the Oeil de Boeuf antechamber or from the Guardroom and the Grand Couvert, the ceremonial...
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    family. His first magazine papers, among which were A Lounge in the Œil de Bœuf, An Excursion of some English Actors to China, Cousin Emily, and The...
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  • 'heavens' (but des ciels de lit 'bed canopies'); and œil [œj] > yeux [jø] 'eyes' (but des œils-de-bœuf 'oculi' (round windows), des œils-de-perdrix 'calluses'...
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  • appease the crowd, Louis XVI agrees to show himself, and goes to the œil-de-bœuf room where he is surrounded by Acloque, several officers, the ministers...
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    received a neoclassical portal and a large roof pierced with three oeil-de-boeuf windows. It was reconstructed once again in its current neo-Gothic form...
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  • an alternative name for crown glass (window) Bull's eye, an oculus Oeil-de-boeuf, (French, 'bull's eye'), a small oval window Bullseye (character), an...
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    seating alcove off to the right separated by a porticoed doorway with oeil-de-boeuf windows. Like the lounge, the room was raised above the Boat Deck, allowing...
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    Metropolitan Museum of Art Photo of a plaster model of an ornamental oeil-de-boeuf for the new Louvre; circa 1856; Metropolitan Museum of Art Jupiter and...
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    the former chapel dedicated to Notre-Dame de Lorette was used as a sacristy. The north-facing oeil-de-boeuf windows are used for lighting. The porch,...
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    est une sorte de petite tour carrée, bâtie avec des pierres très régulières, et renfermant une chambre voâtée qu'éclaire un œil-de-bœuf au-dessus duquel...
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    "Saint François Xavier prêchant le Tiers Monde"'. Located in the church's œil de bœuf. The following paintings can be seen in the enclos paroissial's ossuary...
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    It has Western style windows which were often topped with an oval oeil-de-boeuf. The French architect and engineer Pascal Coste was employed to add...
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    arcade, while the projecting central and end pavilions bear small round oeil de boeuf windows above them. In the second storey slender fluted pilasters separate...
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    Perfica, Perle Fine and Petite Chance (by Cherbourg); Gallia, Héroïne and Œil de Bœuf (by Dictateur); La France, Mina and Quenotte (by Don Quichotte); Marie...
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    received a neoclassical portal and a large roof pierced with three oeil-de-boeuf windows. The statues of saints accompanying the Virgin Mary were replaced...
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    in the Ottoman period the original columns. Many openings – windows, oeil-de-boeufs and arches – give light to the structure. The exterior of the building...
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    Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    was used to decorate the walls, columns and woodworks. Large oval "oeil-de-boeuf" windows, surrounded by relief petals, above the main doors are a characteristic...
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    St. Ulrich (Amendingen) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Three large windows are set into the main floor, with ornamental curved oeil-de-boeuf below them on the sides. In front of the portal is added a portico with...
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    (1950). She made her debut as a cabaret singer in the Parisian cabaret Le Bœuf sur le toit in 1949, performing the lyrics of a number of well-known French...
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    to the chapel, with four arches. The second is simply pierced by a oeil-de-boeuf. The third is made up of four arches supporting a square-sided dome...
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    directly on the vault by Charles de La Fosse. In the corners and between the statues, there was something like an oeil-de-boeuf, through which the sky could...
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  • Observation tower Octagon house Octagon on cube Oculus Odeon Oecus Oeil-de-boeuf Ogee Ogive Okinawan architecture Old Frisian farmhouse Old Frisian longhouse...
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    "End Sections of 2 Outbuildings at Kiveton Hall Farm Each Having Twin Oeil-De-Boeuf and Facing Kiveton Lane, Wales (1286344)", National Heritage List for...
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    story form an arcade, while the projecting pavilions bear small round oeil de bœuf windows above them. In the second storey slender fluted pilasters separate...
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