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A history of the church through its buildings / Allan Doig.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doig, Allan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church architecture--History.
- Church architecture.
- History.
- Church buildings--Social aspects.
- Church buildings.
- Church history.
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 376 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (black and white, and color
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 'The world's most miraculous place' : the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
- Christianity at the heart of the Roman empire : old St. Peter's Basilica on the Vatican Hill
- New Rome and the horizons of empire : Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
- 'The third Rome' : the Cathedral of the Dormition in the Moscow Kremlin
- "Renovatio Romani Imperii" : Charlemagne's Church of the Holy Mother of God at Aachen
- 'Transported from this inferior to that higher world' : the Abbey of Saint-Denis
- 'To the increce of oure merites' : God's house at Ewelme, Oxfordshire
- The Western caliphate and the Christian monarchs : the Cathedral, Cordoba
- Ultimate authority under attack : the building of Renaissance St Peter's
- The Iberian empires and the evangelization of the world : the Church of Sant' Ignaziio, Rome
- English parish churches exported : the Crimean Memorial Church, Istanbul
- 'A phoenix too soon' : Coventry Cathedral
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 9780192607812
- 0192607812
- Publisher Number:
- 99986792146
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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