The Secret Language of Churches & Cathedrals: Decoding the Sacred Symbolism of Christianity's Holy Buildings - Hardcover

Stemp, Richard

 
9781844839162: The Secret Language of Churches & Cathedrals: Decoding the Sacred Symbolism of Christianity's Holy Buildings
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1844839168 ISBN 13: 9781844839162
Verlag: Duncan Baird Pub, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Thanks to books and films like The Da Vinci Code and its sequel, Angels and Demons, interest in secret religious symbols has never been greater. 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.

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Verlag
Duncan Baird Pub
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1844839168
ISBN 13 
9781844839162
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
224
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