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The Crowood Press Ltd Stone on Stone
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Arcadia Publishing Catholic Churches of Detroit Images of America
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Lexington Books Reading the Islamic City
Book SynopsisWhile it seems clear that the shariâah had a formative influence on property rights, public space and land use, the primary aim of this book is to study what implications the practice of the Maliki school of Islamic law have for the inhabitants of the Islamic city (madinah).Trade ReviewReading the Islamic City: Discursive Practices and Legal Judgment contributes to an ongoing dialog in urban studies in significant ways. It illuminates a rich history of Islamic urban form and civic development, while providing our emergent 21st century world-view with ways to bridge Islamic urban practices with Western ideologies, and to merge various disparities between (mis)understandings as presented in varying forms of discourse or media. Filtering its analysis through Foucault's notion of 'discursive practices,' it reiterates that understandings, social relations, and spatial action are at once negotiated and given legitimization in particular milieus, but also in turn supplying the formative base upon which new epistemes are assembled spatially. It assembles an otherwise disparate, multifaceted subject into a 'continuity of discourse' and presents critical issues underlying collective action and subsequent urban form. It highlights that Islamic urban fabrics, as with many places, are composed within intertextual palimpsests of meaning and necessary relations between discursive points of view. Urban development is viewed as formed epistemically and axiologically, bearing on the coincidence of knowledges, ideals, power, laws, order, practices, social customs, cultural bearings, and religious views. From a historic perspective, the book situates the relations between juridical practices, law, and policies that have long directed building practices and planning, and thus urban inhabitation. At the same time, it acknowledges that local knowledges, self-practices, and communities of knowledge gain affordances toward co-substantiating urban form, through modes that co-inform each other. The book provides an advocate voice for an often under-represented subject in current Western didactics of urban form, so that it can be understood or given meaning in current times. Beyond the construction of cities from functional standpoints, religious or idealistic views also underlie structural form and foster rich notions of tranquility, beauty, equity, and responsibility that go alongside civic urban life. As such it provides a cross-referential vantage point that can guide future city design practices along these lines. General readers of urban studies will benefit from the book's multidisciplinary dialog toward urban development, be it analytical, pedagogical, or application oriented, while researchers interested in the more particular subject matter will greatly benefit from its rigor of scholarly reference and detail. -- Craig Anz, Southern Illinois UniversityWith compelling insights into the ethos and power structures of Islam, Reading the Islamic City deftly weaves vivid images taken from poetry, prayers, and paintings through Foucault’s analytical discussion of governmental rule of law to convey a deeply humanistic dimension contained within the rigid dogma of Maliki law that informed the development of the Islamic urban form. Kahera’s interdisciplinary approach to understanding the Islamic city provides not only a very precise and methodical deconstruction of the historic development of the Islamic city, but peels back its complex layering in a very accessible read that reveals Islam to be not simply a religion, but 'a way of being in the world' that informs every aspect of one’s life–including the development of one’s personal dwelling and broader surroundings. This analysis also prompts discussions about the nature and development of one’s own cities and dwelling places and would be of interest not only to religious scholars, but also to architects, urban planners, demographers, economists, and anyone interested in the human race. -- Sheryl Tucker de Vazquez, Prairie View A&M UniversityTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction Reading The Islamic City Reading Legal Texts Whose Culture? And Whose City? The Framework for the Book’s Analysis Chapter One Genealogies of Place The Power/knowledge of Uqbah’s Dream The Power/knowledge of Idris’s verba concepta The Power/knowledge of the Jurist-consult Chapter Two Discursive Practices The Practices of the Maliki School The Practice of Social Norms/customs The Practice of Legal Opinions Chapter Three Discursive Readings The Indeterminacy of Marginal Sites The Adjudication of Canonical Spaces The Interpretation of Territory & Land Chapter Four Discursive Formulations The Judgment of Self-ordering The Judgment of Informal Orders The Judgment of Random Incursions Conclusion On Intertextuality On Discursive Relations On Reading the Madinah Bibliography Glossary Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3
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Rlpg/Galleys CavailleColls Monumental Organ Project for Saint
Book SynopsisAristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811-1899) is often referred to as the greatest organ builder of all time. The pipe-organ, being the most complicated musical instrument mechanically and tonally, as well as the most expensive, adds significantly to that world''s greatest designation. The talents required to be such a person range far from music-making to advanced physics, architecture, and engineering. That, plus the obvious knack to raise vast sums of money. Cavaillé-Coll''s Monumental Organ Project for Saint Peter''s, Rome: Bigger Than Them All, by Ronald Ebrecht, is the story of the quest to build the largest-ever mechanical-action organ in the biggest church at the time. Cavaillé-Coll''s model for that organ and the book he wrote outlining his proposal are the core of Ebrecht''s discussion. Cavaillé-Coll bestrode a century as well as an art-form. His century complicated the project with the most intricate, intractable problems. Saint-Peter''s Square, now a part of the Vatican City State, Trade ReviewIn Mr. Ebrecht’s book we have the first exhaustively researched and documented account of a plan to build the world’s largest organ in the world’s most famous church. There is also a plethora of historic and relative information regarding organ builders, organists, venues, composers, and dignitaries in several countries during the mid-late 19th century. This book should be in every academic library, and anyone involved in teaching, studying, or simply learning about pipe organs will find it a fascinating as well as a significant read. -- Frederick Swann, University Organist and Artist Teacher of Organ, University of RedlandsRonald Ebrecht’s book about the Cavaillé Coll Organ Project in Rome is a must for every pipe organ enthusiast, organ player, organ builder, and everyone interested in this monumental building. The story behind the vision of one of the greatest organ builders of the world, who conducted an organ project for one of the greatest church buildings of the world, gives insight to a previously unknown dimension. -- Philipp C.A. Klais, organbuilder and president of Orgelbau Klais, Bonn GermanyThis is a very well-researched book about a spectacular and unfortunately not realized organ project. Illustrating the historical context, Ebrecht makes the reader understand the path to this terrific project and the reasons why it did not happen. An excellent reading that tells us a fascinating story of a genius organ builder and his time. -- Stefan Stürzer, Managing Director, Glatter-Götz OrgelbauTable of ContentsForeword Preface Introduction Chapter I - An Auspicious Début, a Difficult Era Chapter II - One Hundred Stops, Saint-Sulpice, Paris' Greatest Organ Chapter III - Willis' One Hundred Eleven Stops, and Cavaillé-Coll's Septet of Secular Organs Chapter IV - The Rome Project and Book Chapter V - The Scene: How Developments in France Impacted Italy, and the Organs in Rome Chapter VI - The Vedette: the Model, Its Evaluation and Exhibition Chapter VII - The Jubilee Chapter VIII - Others Build Ever Bigger; Cavaillé-Coll's Final Gloies and Impoverished Death Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Abbeys and Priories Discovering Books 57
Book SynopsisWhat exactly is an abbey and does it differ from a priory? This book clarifies the seeming confusion by answering these questions and much more besides. This new edition, in a larger format, includes descriptions of over 200 individual sites open to the public and over 90 colour photographs.Table of ContentsIntroduction; The earliest monasteries; The monastic orders; The officers of the monastery; The layout of a monastery; The daily life; The Dissolution; Principal monastic sites in England; Principal monastic sites in Scotland; Principal monastic sites in Wales; Other monastic sites; Monasteries today; Further reading
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Stained Glass Shire Library
Book SynopsisFor over a thousand years stories of Christian belief and great moments in British history have filled the windows of our cathedrals and parish churches. The glow of painted and stained glass, its radiant colours and vivid pictures, has inspired generations of audiences and artists.This beautifully illustrated book traces the development of a unique art from its earliest beginnings in Anglo-Saxon England to the present day. It includes fascinating descriptions of medieval and renaissance glass, the religious upheavals of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries which saw thousands of windows destroyed, the rebirth of the craft in Georgian and Victorian Britain, and the pioneering of exciting new styles and techniques by modern artists.Explanations of how stained glass windows are made, the secrets of medieval glaziers, the subjects that can be seen and where the best examples from the seventh to twenty-first centuries can be found add to its pleasures.Table of Contents?Introduction / Anglo-Saxon Window Glass, AD 700–1066 / The Normans, 1066–1220 / The Early Thirteenth Century / The Decorated Style, 1250–1380 / The International Style and the Renaissance / Seeing Stained Glass / Stained Glass and Other Arts / Reformation, Renewal and Destruction,1538–1660 / Interregnum, 1660–1800 / Recovery and Mass Production, 1800–1900 / The Twentieth Century to the Present / Further Reading / Places to Visit / Index
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Edinburgh University Press Scotlands Best Churches
Book SynopsisIn this book a hundred and eighty-four churches still used for worship are illustrated with line drawings and photographs, with pithy texts drawing out where they fit into the fabric of Scotland, and into nearly a thousand years of church construction.Trade ReviewA panoramic view of 1,000 years of Christianity in Scotland ! Hume has approached a huge task with not inconsiderable relish and skill. A panoramic view of 1,000 years of Christianity in Scotland ! Hume has approached a huge task with not inconsiderable relish and skill.
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Edinburgh University Press The Kaaba Orientations
Book SynopsisExplores the Kaʿba as it has been conceptualised, represented and used by Muslims from the earliest period of Islam onwards.Table of ContentsLIST OF FIGURES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Introduction Chapter One: The Kaʿba as Qibla Chapter Two: The Kaʿba as Navel Chapter Three: The Kaʿba as Substructure Chapter Four: The Kaʿba as Beloved Chapter Five: The House as Holder Chapter Six: The House as Dwelling Conclusion bibliography ENDNOTES
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AA Publishing Tiny Churches
Book SynopsisA handpicked selection of Britain's most interesting diminutive churches written in an amusing, accessible style to appeal to modern readers.
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The History Press Ltd Black Country Chapels
Book SynopsisIllustrated with a wide range of old and new photographs, drawings and paintings, posters and other ephemera, Black Country Chapels will bring back memories for anyone who was born and brought up in the Black Country.
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The History Press Ltd More Black Country Chapels
Book SynopsisFor several years chapels have been at the heart of Black Country life. A follow-up to Black Country Chapels, this illustrated book provides an account not only of the buildings themselves, but also of the active social life that surrounded them. It is useful to those born and brought up in the Black Country.
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The History Press Ltd Devons Torre Abbey
Book SynopsisTorre Abbey is an archaeological site of national importance. The extent of its survival makes Torre Abbey the best preserved medieval abbey in Devon and Cornwall. The story of Torre Abbey mirrors in a remarkable way the story of English Catholics during the years of the penal laws.
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The History Press Ltd Holy Trinity Sutton Coldfield
Book SynopsisThe first full history of Holy Trinity, Sutton Coldfield which also reveals new information about key features of the churchTrade Review[Holy Trinity] has had a central role to play throughout the history of the town, so this new history should find its way into every Sutton household -- Roger Lea
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The History Press Ltd Cloister Abbot and Precinct
Book SynopsisCloister, Abbot and Precinct in Medieval Monasteries
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The History Press Ltd A Concise Guide to the Parish Church
Book SynopsisA guide to Britain''s churches, which talks about the richness and diversity of over 1500 years of Christian heritage. It also explains the importance of place in the siting of a church, the architectural styles, the layout of the interior in relation to religious practice, the purpose and meaning of stained glass and wall paintings, and more.
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The History Press Ltd Discovering the Smallest Churches in Wales
Book SynopsisA small church nestling deep in the countryside is instantly evocative. Why is it there at all? Whom does it serve? These are worthy questions to ask of the many picturesque churches that are scattered across our landscape. Many smaller churches have a fascinating history and wonderful architecture: these buildings deserve our attention and further study.This companion volume to the author's successful Discovering England's Smallest Churches covers over fifty churches in Wales which have naves of thirty feet or less. The churches are selected from the whole of the Principality, north, mid and south, and are arranged by county. Some, like Pilleth, are on battlefield sites; others, such as Llanano, have magnificent screens. The book, which is lavishly illustrated with colour and black-and-white photographs, drawings and location maps, will appeal both to those living in Wales and to visitors. Additionally, the appendices provide the reader with informa
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The History Press Ltd The Early Medieval Church in Wales
Book SynopsisChristianity arrived in Wales with the Romans and spread rapidly in the early medieval period. Evidence for its success survives in the form of early stone sculpture and inscriptions, reliquaries and other holy objects and frequent references in historical documents. However, there are also many myths and misconceptions about Christianity in this period, often created in the medieval records of early saints, but perpetuated by later writers.This book explores the archaeology of the early Church in Wales from the arrival of Christianity in the Roman period until the end of the independent Welsh kingdoms in the late thirteenth century. It attempts to disentangle fact from fiction and develop a clearer understanding of the early Welsh Church. It looks at all aspects of religious life in this period from death and burial to the construction of churches and the writing and decoration of manuscripts. Using this information, combined with the historical evidence, the author presents an authoritative overview of the growth and spread of Christianity in Wales. He shows that although the early Welsh Church had some distinctive elements, it was not isolated or out-of-touch but closely linked with the growth of early Christendom elsewhere in the British Isles and mainland Europe.
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The History Press Ltd Discovering the Smallest Churches in England
Book SynopsisA small church nestling deep in the countryside is instantly evocative. Why is it there at all? Whom does it serve? In a county by county guide to the smallest gems of English ecclesiastical architecture, John Kinross provides the reader with descriptions of over 100 of the country''s loveliest and most interesting churches and chapels, and offers directions on how to find these churches for those inspired to seek them out. The book, which is comprehensively illustrated with colour and black-and-white photographs, drawings and location maps, will appeal both to those living in England and to visitors.
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The History Press Ltd Discovering the Smallest Churches in Scotland
Book SynopsisA small church nestling deep in the countryside is instantly evocative. Why is it there at all? Whom does it serve? This companion volume to the author''s successful titles on the smallest churches of Wales and England is a county-by-county guide to the smallest gems of Scottish ecclesiastical architecture. John Kinross provides the reader with descriptions of over 50 of the country''s loveliest and most interesting churches and chapels, many of which have a fascinating history and their own unique features. These buildings deserve our attention and further study, and the book offers maps and directions on how to find these churches for those inspired to seek them out.
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The History Press Ltd Shadows in the Nave
Book SynopsisThe haunted history of England's churches and chapels is brought vividly to life in this comprehensive and beautifully illustrated modern guide. Here you will encounter the compelling world of the unseen linked with a thousand years of worship including the Tudor phantom of Rycote, the lonely monk of Minsden Chapel and the black-magic ghosts of Clophill, to name but a few. From the authors of The Borley Rectory Companion comes this astonishing book, which covers seventy-five of the most notorious and lesser known of our haunted ecclesiastical buildings. Combining a wealth of historical and paranormal information with stunning original and atmospheric photographs, this volume is perfect for researchers and armchair ghost hunters alike. Paranormal historian Paul Adams and writer and photographer Eddie Brazil join Peter Underwood, the UK's most experienced ghost hunter and respected author of over fifty books on the supernatural, in another literary partnership that will chill all but th
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Cathedrals Built by the Masons
Book SynopsisThrough well-researched text, as well as drawings and color photography, this book captures the magnificence of European cathedrals and the brilliance of the Master Builders and craftsmen who designed and built them. Cathedral building is a fusion of man's greatest accomplishments in the arts, sciences, and humanities over the centuries. More than 250 photos and drawings capture the quality and craftsmanship built into these stunning structures created to replicate God's house or heaven on Earth. Color photos illustrate the gorgeous naves, detailed fan vaulted ceilings, beautiful stained-glass windows, flying buttresses, and 650-year-old parchment drawings of the cathedrals. Discover the origin of Gothic architecture, see how Gothic cathedrals were built using primitive tools, and learn about the development of Freemasonry and its direct descent from the stonemasons of the Middle Ages. Enjoy 30 cathedral tours and acquire a few Masonic secrets of the stonemasons.Trade ReviewCathedrals Built by the Masons was featured in a full-page article in The Square, the Independent Magazine for Freemasons, in June 2016. "Russell Herner is a Freemason who loves cathedrals. He also knows a lot about them and this is obvious when you read his book. It is slightly larger than A4, some 240 pages and beautifully illustrated. The book has 14 chapters, appendices, glossary, and good references. It falls into three groups. Firstly, a collection of wonderful pictures of cathedrals. The second part is a description of how cathedrals were built and the tools that were used. The third is a resume of the transition from Operative to Speculative Masonry..."
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Plain Meetinghouses
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McFarland & Company Historic Places of Worship Stories of 51
Book SynopsisFrom the pre-Columbian Anasazi kivas of Colorado built in the 1300s to the Peace Chapel constructed in 1970 on the Canadian border, this examines the roots of 51 historic sites throughout the US. Each entry provides detailed background material on the place of worship and those who established it, along with its location and religious affiliation.Trade Reviewunique--Library Journal; ""important...a useful resource""--Public Library Quarterly; ""look[s] at 51 places of worship that have influenced society and culture far beyond their immediate location. Individual entries tell the story of each place of worship, giving its background and significance in essays of 2,000 to 4,000 words""--ARBA
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Tuttle Publishing Borobudur Masterpiece in Stone Revised Third
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John Wiley & Sons Framing the Sacred
Book SynopsisBuilding on recent research that questions the “cultural” conquest of Mesoamerica, Eleanor Wake shows that colonial Mexican churches also reflected the beliefs of the indigenous communities that built them.
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MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma Building Yanhuitlan Art Politics and Religion in
Book SynopsisThrough years of fieldwork in Oaxaca, Mexico, art historian and archaeologist Alessia Frassani formulated a compelling question: How did Mesoamerican society maintain its distinctive cultural heritage? In Building Yanhuitlan, she focuses on an imposing structure - a sixteenth-century Dominican monastery complex in the village of Yanhuitlan.Trade ReviewSolidly researched and expertly written, Building Yanhuitlan covers the dramatic confrontation of Spanish and native Mixtec culture and the resulting synthesis of these two powerful traditions. The quantity and quality of historical resources employed here are unprecedented for the Mixteca, Oaxaca, or any other area of central New Spain or Mexico."" - Ronald Spores, coauthor of The Mixtecs of Oaxaca: Ancient Times to the Present
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University of Arizona Press MISSION SAN XAVIER DEL BAC
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University of Arizona Press Sanctuaries of Earth Stone and Light
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University of Alabama Press The Archaeology of Protestant Landscapes
Book SynopsisExplores how religious institutions used landscapes and architecture to express their religious and social ideologies. The book focuses on three religious institutions in the US South in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.Trade ReviewThe Archaeology of Protestant Landscapes contributes to a growing awareness in archaeology of the importance of and approaches to using material culture to tease out notions of religious belief, social and political ideology, and identity through the interpretation of religious landscapes. Using comparative examples to identify and analyze landscape patterns, Pyszka offers viable interpretations for variances across three specific religious landscapes in eighteenth- through twentieth-century America. By applying ideas developed in other landscape and church archaeology studies to this American context, Pyszka has moved the study of religious landscapes a step farther." —C. Riley AugÉ, author of Field Manual for the Archaeology of Ritual, Religion, and Magic
£38.66
University of Hawai'i Press Temples to the Buddha and the Gods
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Rizzoli International Publications How to Read Churches A Crash Course in
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Rizzoli International Publications The California Missions
Book SynopsisMagical spaces rich in history, the missions of California, featured here in all-new photography, invite reverie and hint of romance. The twenty-one missions of California, from San Diego to San Francisco Solano, are historic treasures and sites of pilgrimage for visitors from the world over. Intrinsically beautiful structures typically built of adobe brick and wood, adorned with towers, domes, whitewashed stucco, often surrounded by lush gardens, the missions are at the very heart of California. Established by Spanish padres, built by Native Californians, and preserved and restored by historians and architects, California’s missions are unique monuments to the region’s early American Indian and European histories. This colorful, informative exploration of all twenty-one missions, each with its own rich story to tell, journeys along the historic Camino Real, from Mission Dolores with its flower-strewn courtyard gardens, in San Francisco, to San J
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Church Architecture A Glossary of Terms by Child Mark Author ON Jan031998 Paperback
Book SynopsisThis book helps to identify ecclesiastical architecture. It is a dictionary explaining in simple language over 600 terms likely to be encountered on a church visits and is illustrated with more than 300 drawings.Table of ContentsIntroduction Guide books A dictionary of church architecture Bibliography
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Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd Building Jerusalem Jewish Architecture in Britain
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Batsford Ltd Chartres Cathedral and the Old Town English
Book SynopsisChartres Cathedral is one of the great monuments to medieval art, a spectacular attraction for visitors to this beautiful city. This guide shows all there is to be seen and is supported by stunning photographs by Sonia Halliday and Laura Lushington. Look out for more Pitkin Guides on the very best of British and French history, heritage and travel.
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Batsford Ltd Chartres Cathedral and the Old Town French
Book SynopsisChartres Cathedral is one of the great monuments to medieval art, a spectacular attraction for visitors to this beautiful city. This guide shows all there is to be seen and is supported by stunning photographs by Sonia Halliday and Laura Lushington. Look out for more Pitkin Guides on the very best of British and French history, heritage and travel.
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Ships Of Heaven
Book SynopsisChristopher Somerville is the walking correspondent of The Times. He is one of Britain's most respected and prolific travel writers, with forty-two books, hundreds of newspaper articles and many TV and radio appearances to his name.He lives in Bristol.Trade ReviewWriting about the spirit of place is sometimes like nailing jelly to the wall, but Somerville's thoughtful, occasionally poetic prose hits the spot for a book that sets out to define the genius loci of these magnificent buildings. -- Ian Vince * Countryfile *Cathedrals are all things to all people. ... To capture all this, vividly and stylishly, in one, not-very-long book suggests something close to divine inspiration ... Yet it’s not the breadth of his travels that impresses. You can buy many a glossy gazetteer that gives you the tourist spiel on dozens more British cathedrals than the 20 he covers. Rather, it’s the depth of the “cathedral experience” that he uncovers by the old-fashioned journalistic method of getting knowledgeable people to talk freely about what they know best, then using his sharp eyes and wits to fill in the rest of the story. -- Richard Morrison * The Times *[Christopher Somerville's] writing is utterly enticing -- Jenny Walters * Country Walking *[A] friendly wander around twenty-one British Cathedrals, Christopher Somerville, the walking correspondent of The Times, passes the hard test giving life to buildings that most readers have never visited…He provides many human faces to the cathedrals he visits…I hope he inspires readers to go for themselves * Literary Review *Cathedrals are perhaps Christianity's greatest modern ambassadors in these islands: welcoming portals to experiences and emotions beyond everyday concerns. Christopher Somerville is a genial companion as far as the remotest among these glorious communities, and charmingly opens the private doors at which visitors cast speculative glances. -- Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford
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Vendome Press The StainedGlass Windows of St. Andrews Dune
Book SynopsisAlice Cooney Frelinghuysen is the Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Curator of American Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is the author or coauthor of five books on the stained glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany, among many other publications. She lives in New York City. Tria Giovan specialises in interiors, still life, food, and portrait photography. Her books include Vendome's Summer to Summer: Houses by the Sea, Out East: Houses and Gardens of the Hamptons, and Island Hopping: Amanda Lindroth Design. Giovan lives in Sag Harbor and New York City. Joseph Coscia Jr. is head photographer at the Frick Collection and formerly chief photographer at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. Churches of Minnesota
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Cornell University Press The Symbolism of the Stupa
Book SynopsisA close analysis of the architecture of the stupa—a Buddhist symbolic form that is found throughout South, Southeast, and East Asia. The author, who trained as an architect, examines both the physical and metaphysical levels of these buildings, which...Trade ReviewThis volume is without a doubt the most complete presentation of this infinitely complex phenomenon. * Journal of Asian Studies *
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Ibis Press Gothic Cathedrals
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Inner Traditions Bear and Company The Temple in Man
Book SynopsisThis book contains the first published results of Schwaller''s 12 years of research at the temple of Luxor and its implications for interpreting the symbolic and mathematical processes of the Egyptians through their sacred architecture.Table of ContentsThe Temple in Man Sacred Architecture and the Perfect Man Translator's Foreword Preface Introduction Definitions Chapter I. A Hypothesis and It's Evolution Chapter II. Significance of the Crown of the Skull Chapter III. Reflections on a Philosophy of Measure Chapter IV. The Plan Chapter V. Orientation Chapter VI. The Temple in Man Chapter VII. The Crossing: Egyptian Mentality Chapter VIII. The Egyptian Canon for a Standing Man Conclusions
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Registrum Antiquissimum of the Cathedral Church
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Oxfordshire Record Society Mediaeval Inscriptions
Book SynopsisDescriptive catalogue of inscriptions in Oxford, from the twelfth to the sixteenth century.Trade ReviewOxford being what it is, its medieval inscriptions have had the advantage of being recorded by a succession of keen antiquaries since the seventeenth century. The benefit of this volume is that it gives easy access to this unique wealth of primarily memorial material in well-indexed and retrievable form, and sets it in the context of what survives. * Church Monuments *Table of ContentsForeword Introduction Sources and Abbreviated Bibliography Conventions followed in the Catalogue List of Illustrations The Catalogue Indices
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James Clarke Company Popular Guide to Suffolk Churches Volume I West
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Celtic Trails The Spiritual Meaning of Rosslyns Carvings
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