How To Read A Church: A Guide to Images, Symbols and Meanings in Churches and Cathedrals - Hardcover

Taylor, Dr Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1844130533 ISBN 13: 9781844130535

Verlag: Rider, 2003

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''[a] gem of a book'' Spectator

Churches and cathedrals were originally built to be read. They are alive with images and symbols. But today few people, including regular visitors, truly understand the wealth of meaning in what they find there.

How to Read a Church is a fascinating guide for anybody who wants to know more about what they see in a church or cathedral. It explains the significance of church layout, the symbolism of key scenes and the importance of details such as the use of colours and letters. It is an essential guide to the history, meanings and messages of these beautiful buildings and the treasures they contain.

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Richard Taylor was born in 1967. He studied English at Cambridge University and Law at London University, and now lives and works as a lawyer in Sheffield. He is the author of the bestselling book How To Read A Church and presenter of the BBC4 series Churches: How To Read Them, inspired by his book.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Rider
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1844130533
• ISBN 13: 9781844130535
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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