Sacred

ISBN: 9781842175262
Published by : Oxbow Books
This lavishly illustrated volume presents a comprehensive architectural study of 87 individual temples and sanctuaries built in the Roman East between the end of the 1st century BCE and the end of the 3rd century CE, within a broa... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781899828913
Published by : Pindar Press
This study deals with the churches of Oski and Iskhani, in the ancient Georgian province of Tao-Klardeti, now in eastern Turkey. Each church is examined separately, with a focus on the architecture and carved decoration. The architectural... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781904965442
Published by : Spire Books
This book is a sequel to an earlier volume by the same authors on Anglican church-building in Greater London between 1915 and 1945. In the post-war period as many as 250 new churches were built inthe area, a very large corpus of w... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781904597643
Published by : Pindar Press
This book is a reconsideration of the practice of whitewashing church interiors during the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is the first detailed study of its kind which challenges the view tha... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780879072469
Published by : Cistercian Publications
The conversi, or lay brothers formed a distinctive part of the Cistercian order, taking vows as monks, but working as agricultural labourers on the order's estates. This comprehensive study of the lay brothers explores the origins... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781848689435
Published by : Amberley Publishing
Oxbow says: Since its original publication in 1981, this has been one of the best introductions to church archaeology available. Now completely revised, restructured and rewritten, taking into account recent research and discoveries, as well as... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780300167924
Published by : Yale University Press
The years after 1500 brought the construction of several iconic Late Gothic monuments, including the transept facades of Beauvais cathedral in northern France, much of King's College in Cambridge, England, and the parish church at Annaberg in S... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789993274117
Published by : Midsea Books
The Cathedral of Gozo perched atop the Castello is renowned for its art treasures, drawing many visitors throughout the year. a little known feature is the wonderful array of marble tombstones that cover the whole floor of the church. The tombston... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789993274070
Published by : Midsea Books
2013 will mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of the artist Mattia Preti (1613-1699), who spent forty years of his working life in Malta.

Midsea Books, in collaboration with the Department of History of Art at the Unive... .... Learn More