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The Georgian Churches of Oski and Iskhani: Architecture and Ornament [Hardback]
Dora Piquet-Panayatova (Author)
£120.00ISBN: 9781899828913
Published by : Pindar Press
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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 -
Crossing the Threshold: Architecture, Iconography and the Sacred Entrance [Hardback]
Madeleine Mumcuoglu (Author); Yosef Garfinkel (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9781789250763
Published by : Oxbow Books
Every day millions of people enter public buildings of many forms and functions: Notre-Dame in Paris, Central Station in New York; the British Museum in London, that are decorated with recessed doorways. None of them is likely to be aware that thi... .... Learn More -
Ta’ Braxia Cemetery, Malta [Hardback]
Conrad Thake (Author); Janica Buhagiar (Author)
£53.00ISBN: 9789995711702
Published by : Midsea Books
The Ta’ Braxia cemetery at Pietà was designed and planned by the Maltese architect Emmanuele Luigi Galizia (1830–1907), at the time, still in his mid-twenties. It is, for all intents and purposes, the first extra-mural cemetery to be established i... .... Learn More -
Chapels of England [Hardback]
Christopher Wakeling (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9781848020320
Published by : English Heritage
Religion in Britain after the Reformation was remarkably unstable and places of worship were the focus of dispute and regular change. This book is the first substantial synoptic account of Nonconformist church architecture in England and aim... .... Learn More -
I.B. Tauris History of Monasticism: The Western Tradition [Hardback]
G. R. Evans (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9781848853768
Published by : I.B. Tauris
From the earliest centuries of the church, asceticism and the contemplative life have been profoundly important aspects of western Christianity. And in assessing the glories of western civilization, perhaps the best place to start is within mediev... .... Learn More -
Patterns in Stonework: The Early Churches in Northern England: A Further Study in Ecclesiastical Geology Part A: The Counties of Cheshire,Cumberland,Derbyshire,Durham,Lancashire and Lincolnshire [Paperback]
John F. Potter (Author)
£58.00ISBN: 9781407313931
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR BRITISH
Volume: 617
This work follows the rapid survey of the ecclesiastical geology of the stonework of known Anglo-Saxon churches throughout England undertaken by the author a decade ago. From that brief study it proved possible to both understand and distinguish c... .... Learn More -
L’architettura religiosa nella diocesi medievale di Lucca a sud dell’Arno (secoli XI-XIV) [Paperback]
Francesca Roggi (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9781407313146
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Volume: 2672
This study focuses on the architectural landscape of the lower Valdarno area, which formerly belonged to the diocese of Lucca and in the 17th century formed the new diocese of San Miniato. Despite the distance from the Bishop, Lucca managed to kee... .... Learn More -
The Churches of Rome, 1527-1870 - Volume I: Vol. I. The Churches [Hardback]
Michael Erwee (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597285
Published by : Pindar Press
The churches of Rome constitute arguably the most important manifestations of art and architecture in the Western world. This book is a detailed description of 251 churches in Rome and the Vatican City, built or decorated between 1527 and 1870, an... .... Learn More -
Binsey: Oxford’s Holy Place [Paperback]
Lydia C. Carr (Editor); Russell Dewhurst (Editor); Martin Henig (Editor)
£20.00ISBN: 9781905739844
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
"Binsey is a village to the west of Oxford, on the south bank of the main channel of the River Thames, opposite Port Meadow, which has been an open space belonging to the burgesses of Oxford since late Saxon times. Although n... .... Learn More -
A Social Topography of the Commote of Caerwedros in Ceredigion within its Regional Context during the Sixteenth Century [Paperback]
G. Lynn Morgan (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9781407312934
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Volume: 601
The author was inspired to embark on this work by her own sense of Welsh identity and by her surrounding landscape in south-west Ceredigion. In this interdisciplinary research the author defines the historical geography of the commote of Caerwedro... .... Learn More
