How to Read a Church A Guide to Symbols and Images in Churches and Cathedrals

Name: How to Read a Church A Guide to Symbols and Images in Churches and Cathedrals
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ISBN: 9781587680304

ISBN-10: 1587680300

ISBN-13: 9781587680304

Edition: 2019

Authors: Richard Taylor

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Churches and cathedrals were originally built to be read. They are alive with images and symbols--"all of which are packed with meaning. But today few people, from regular visitors to tourists, truly understand the wealth of meaning in what they find there. How to Read a Church is must reading for anybody who wants to know more about what they see in a church or cathedral. It explores the principal features of churches and what each represents. It also explains: In addition to exploring these brick-and-mortar motifs, the author also reveals fascinating and unexpected details such as how to 'read' the priest and the congregation, and he shows the varied ways that church architecture and…

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List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2019
Publisher: Paulist Press
Publication date: 7/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.12" wide x 8.12" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 0.726



Acknowledgements


Photo Credits


Author's Note


Reading a Church: Preliminaries


Church Building and Furniture


Crosses and Crucifixes


God


Jesus


The Vir Gin Mary


Saints


The Old Testament


Doctors, Angels and Abstracts


Animals, Birds and Fish


Plants


Letters and Words


How to Read a Priest



The Creed Sequence


Selected Further Reading


Index