Main entry:

Taylor, Richard, 1967-

Title & Author:

How to read a church : a guide to images, symbols and meanings in churches and cathedrals / Richard Taylor.

Publication:

London : Rider, 2003.

Description:

x, 246 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reading a church : preliminaries -- Church building and furniture -- Crosses and crucifixes -- God -- Jesus -- The Virgin Mary -- Saints -- The Old Testament -- Doctors, angels, and abstracts -- Animals, birds, and fish -- Plants -- Letters and words -- How to read a priest.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

This guide informs visitors to churches and cathedrals how to interpret the common images and meanings in church art and architecture. It explains how to identify people, scenes, details and their significance, and explores the symbolism of different animals, plants, colours, numbers and letters.

ISBN:

1844130533 (cased)
9781844130535 (cased)
1844132382
9781844132386

Subject:

Christian art and symbolism.
Church decoration and ornament.
Symbolisme chrétien.
Églises Décoration et ornement.
Church architecture.
Symbolism in architecture.
Symboler i konsten.
Kyrkoarkitektur historia.
Stained Glass.
Glass Painters.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 230914
Call No.: NA4800 .T39 2003
Status: Available