The secret language of churches & cathedrals : decoding the sacred symbolism of Christianity's holy buildings
2010, First Edition. London, U.K. : Duncan Baird Publishers ; New York, NY : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Sterling Pub. Co. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #242404
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.
Price: €32.00