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Whitewash and the New Aesthetic of the Protestant Reformation [Paperback]
Victoria George (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 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 -
Mattia Preti [Hardback]
Keith Sciberras (Author)
£141.50ISBN: 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 University of Malta, are wor... .... Learn More -
Stones of Faith [Hardback]
Charles R. Cassar (Author)
£36.50ISBN: 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 -
Negotiating the Landscape [Hardback]
Ellen F. Arnold (Author)
Regular Price: £58.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9780812244632
Published by : Pennsylvania University Press
Negotiating the Landscape explores the question of how medieval religious identities were shaped and modified by interaction with the natural environment. Focusing on the Benedictine monastic community of Stavelot-Malmedy in the Ardennes, Ellen F.... .... Learn More -
The Present State of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England [Hardback]
Michael Fisher (Author); A. W. N Pugin (Author)
Regular Price: £45.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9781904965404
Published by : Spire Books
Pugin's writings and buildings changed the course of British architecture. The Present State , published in 1843, is significant in marking the transition from Pugin the Gothic propagandist and polemicist to Pugin the working architect and des... .... Learn More -
Lost Abbey of Abingdon [Paperback]
Tim Allen (Author)
£5.00ISBN: 9780904220698
Published by : Oxford Archaeology
Abingdon Monastery was one of the largest and wealthiest in England, and dominated the life (and skyline) of the town for over 800 years. The monastery's building programme for the church rarely stopped throughout all that time! Due to the very th... .... Learn More -
San Vincenzo Maggiore and its Workshops [Hardback]
Richard Hodges (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9780904152586
Published by : British School at Rome
Series: Archaeological Monographs of the British School at Rome
Volume: 17
The San Vincenzo Project began in 1980 as a collaboration with the Soprintendenza Archaeologica del Molise. Its initial focus was the small frescoed crypt of 'San Lorenzo' (later known as the Crypt Church), which was in urgent need of conserva... .... Learn More -
Pilgrimage in Early Christian Jordan: A Literary and Archaeological Guide [Paperback]
Burton MacDonald (Author)
Regular Price: £26.00
Special Price: £6.95
ISBN: 9780977409495
Published by : Oxbow Books
An interest in places of pilgrimage is very much a part of the life of many people in the modern world. For Christians, it is the Holy Land that holds specific interest - the area where the events described in the Bible, in both the Old and the... .... Learn More -
London's Parish Churches [Hardback]
John Leonard (Author)
Regular Price: £39.95
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9781904965336
Published by : Spire Books
This is a new edition of John Leonard's popular London's Parish Churches , first published in 1997. With over 200 new colour photographs by the author, it provides both an historical account of churches in the capital from Anglo-Saxon beginnings... .... Learn More -
St Peter's, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire: Volume 1, History, Archaeology and Architecture [Hardback]
Warwick Rodwell (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9781842173251
Published by : Oxbow Books
St Peter's, Barton-upon-Humber, is a redundant medieval church in the care of English Heritage. As a result of a major programme of research carried out between 1978 and 2007, it is now the most intensively studied parish church in the UK. Exca... .... Learn More
