The Symbolism of Churches and Church Ornaments

Name: The Symbolism of Churches and Church Ornaments
Author: Guillaume Durand

by Guillaume Durand

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The Symbolism of Churches and Church Ornaments A Translation of the First Book of the Rationale Divinorum Officiorum

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Don Kostuch, from scans obtained from Internet Archive.

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2013-07-27

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Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Christian art and symbolism Church architecture

About the author

Guillaume Durand

d. 1296

A leading medieval canon lawyer and bishop, this 13th-century scholar is best known for turning the tangled practice of church and civil procedure into works that shaped legal and liturgical thought for generations.

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The Symbolism of Churches and Church Ornaments

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