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This handy, easy-to-carry book will providethe reader with a strictly visual approach to reading the architecture of thechurch.

Table of Contents
Introduction Building Types Church Types A Grammar of Styles Materials Floor Plans The Nave Apses & Sanctuaries Choirs & Stalls Vaulting & Buttresses Domes & Cupolas Façades & Portals Baptisteries & Fonts Windows & Tracery Towers & Spires Altars & Tabernacles Stained Glass Ornaments & Symbols Glossary Resources Index Acknowledgements

How to Read Churches

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    A Paperback / softback by Dr Denis R. McNamara

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: 21/02/2011
      ISBN13: 9781408128367, 978-1408128367
      ISBN10: 1408128365

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This handy, easy-to-carry book will providethe reader with a strictly visual approach to reading the architecture of thechurch.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Building Types Church Types A Grammar of Styles Materials Floor Plans The Nave Apses & Sanctuaries Choirs & Stalls Vaulting & Buttresses Domes & Cupolas Façades & Portals Baptisteries & Fonts Windows & Tracery Towers & Spires Altars & Tabernacles Stained Glass Ornaments & Symbols Glossary Resources Index Acknowledgements

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