Subject: Christian art and symbolism

Croci e crocifissi : tesori dall' VIII al XIX secolo = Crosses and crucifixes : treasures from the 8th to 19th centuries
AuthorZastrow, OlegCianfarini, Stefano
PlaceNew York, Milan
PublisherHarry N. Abrams, 5 Continents
CollectionRicci Institute Library [JLM]
LanguageItalian-English
TypeBook
ShelfStacks [JLM]
Call NumberN8053.Z37 2009
Description343 pages : color illustrations ; 34 cm
Note

Croci e crocifissi : tesori dall' VIII al XIX secolo = Crosses and crucifixes : treasures from the 8th to 19th centuries / Oleg Zastrow ; fotografie, Stefano Cianfarini.

Italian and English.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 36-41) and index.
"Author's bibliography": pages 334-343.

ISBN9788874395231 ; 887439523X
LCCN2009517159
How to read a church
AuthorTaylor, Richard
PlaceMahwah
PublisherHiddenSpring
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
ShelfStacks
Call NumberBV150 .T39 2005
Descriptionx, 246 p.: illus ; 21 cm
Note

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

Mahwah, New Jersey :  HiddenSpring,  2005.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-237) and index.

"How to read a church explains: the main features of churches and what they represent; how to interpret images in church art; how to identify people, scenes, details, and their significance; the symbolism of individual animals, plants, colors, numbers and letters; what this all means and why."--Back cover.

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.

 

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ISBN9781587680304
LCCN2004028484
Jiaohui zhong de xiangzheng 教會中的象徵. [Young readers book of Christian symbolism. Chinese. 1988]
AuthorDaves, MichaelCheng Wen 成文, tr.Laite, Gordon
PlaceTaibei 台北
PublisherGuangqi chubanshe 光啟出版社
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition初版
LanguageChinese 中文[繁體]
TypeBook
ShelfReading Room
Call NumberBV150.D3512 1988
Description[6], 149 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
NoteJiaohui zhong de xiangzheng 教會中的象徵 / Michael Daves zhu 著 ; Cheng Wen yi 成文譯 ; [illustrated by Gordon Laite].
Title in English on verso of t.p.: Christian symbolism.
民國77 [1988].
Jidujiao yu meixue 基督教與美學. Christianity and aesthetics
AuthorSun Jin 孫津
PlaceChongqing 重慶
PublisherChongqing chubanshe 重慶出版社
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition第1版
LanguageChinese 中文[簡體]
TypeBook
ShelfReading Room
Call NumberBR115.A8 S85 1990
Description6, 2, 447 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
NoteJidujiao yu meixue 基督教與美學 = Christianity and aesthetics / Sun Jin zhu 孫津著.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN7536611897