The symbol at your door : number and geometry in religious architecture of the Greek and Latin Middl...
The symbol at your door : number and geometry in religious architecture of the Greek and Latin Middl...
The symbol at your door : number and geometry in religious architecture of the Greek and Latin Middle Ages / Nigel Hiscock.
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Publisher
Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
Call Numbers
N725.50902/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xx, 421 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. The critical context -- Pt. 2. Structure -- Pt. 3. Historical introduction -- 1. The Sphere and the Cube -- Pt. 1. Heaven on earth -- Pt. 2. The Temple of Wisdom -- Pt. 3. The Greek Cross and Byzantine church design -- Pt. 4. Conclusions -- 2. Temple and Body -- 3. Ad Triangulum -- 4. Ad Quad...
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Publisher
Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
In view of the multivalency of the symbolism, the investigation establishes systematic occurrences of it, winch strongly suggest patterns of thought underlying systems of design. The book concludes with a series of test cases, which show the after-life of the same symbolism as it overlapped with the Renaissance."--BOOK JACKET....
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The symbol at your door : number and geometry in religious architecture of the Greek and Latin Middle Ages / Nigel Hiscock.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-403) and index.
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N725.50902/1
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74VM8d5EdkZg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM8d5EdkZg
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ISBN
0754663000
9780754663003
DDC
725.50902
MMS ID
991000058579702626
