It opens to the nave, with two pointed arches with an oculus above.
The round chapel to the left of the apse has a cupola with an oculus and a lantern at the top.
The arms of the cross have wagon vaults; at the crossing is a quadripartite vault with ribs and central oculus on a higher level; rough projections along the ribs suggest the copying of leaf ribs of early mosaics.
Previously, each bay of the church had been lighted by a single lancet; now two lancets surmounted by an oculus were used, which added much dignity to the exterior aspect of the edifice.
In the XII-century north façade of the transept is an oculus big enough to be called the first rose window; a wheel of fortune it is called, because the images around its circle are an allegory of the fleet passing of man's greatness.
How several Bodies may be made transparent: an explication of the Phænomena of Oculus Mundi.
An account of some Experiments to this purpose made on anOculus Mundi: some other Considerations and Experiments about the porousness of Bodies: some other Considerations about the propagation of light and refraction.
Garrison has called attention in his "History of Medicine" to the fact that the book is notable as containing the first description of a modern truss, and a very early mention of spectacles under the Latin name oculus berellinus.
Bernard de Gordon mentions them under the name oculus berellinus early in the fourteenth century.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "oculus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
