Author: STEMP, RICHARD
Title: The secret language of churches & cathedrals : decoding the sacred symbolism of Christianity's holy buildings
Description: London. U.K. : Duncan Baird Publishers ; New York. NY : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Sterling Pub. Co. 2010. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.Physical description; 224 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm. Contents; Outside & in -- The thematic decoder -- The historical decoder. Summary; This carefully researched guide takes the reader into some of the world's most famous churches. decoding messages that are hidden in plain sight-in stained-glass windows. statuary. patterned flooring. ornamentation. and even the buildings' architectural design: Why do fierce beasts and grotesque faces peer from the walls? Who chose to depict one particular saint and not another? What's the significance of an eagle? A dragon? A pelican? No one who reads this book will ever again experience a visit to a cathedral in quite the same way. Subjects; Symbolism in architecture. Church architecture. Weight in Kg appr.:

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