Author: P. H. Ditchfield
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-01-31
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780267388912
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Excerpt from The Arts of the Church: Symbolism of the Saints For the understanding of almost all branches of ecclesiastical art, painting, sculpture in stone or wood, and the archi tecture of various ages. It is shown on the walls Of churches, fonts, screens, miseri cords, carvings, pictures by great mediaeval artists, and enters largely into the sacred art of all countries. It has, therefore, been deemed advisable to include the subject of Iconography in this series of the Arts Of the Church. The writer has endeavoured to record the symbols Of those saints whose figures appear most frequently in churches and in works of Sacred Art, and to give such brief accounts of their lives and legends as may account for the selection Of their symbols. The very limited space at his disposal has, Of course, prevented any full treatment of the subject; but the reader will probably find this book, especially the indexes, sufficient to enable ihim to recognize the identity of the figures (prefac. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.