{"product_id":"handbook-of-christian-symbolism-audsley","title":"Handbook of Christian Symbolism by W. \u0026 G. Audsley | Classic Reprint of the 1865 Guide to Church Symbols","description":"\u003ch2\u003eHandbook of Christian Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy W. \u0026amp; G. Audsley, Architects. Originally published in London by Day \u0026amp; Son, 1865\u003cbr\u003e170 Pages | With Illustrations in Chromo-Lithography and Wood-Engraving\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery cross has a name. Every colour has a season. Every emblem stitched into an orphrey once meant something specific to the people who knelt in front of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMuch of that vocabulary has quietly slipped away. Makers today often choose a symbol because it looks right, not because they know what it says. This book gives that language back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Audsley brothers were working architects who spent their careers designing and decorating churches. They wrote this handbook for the people doing the actual work of decorating churches, and it shows. It is organized to be used, not merely admired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat You'll Find Inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Nimbus, Aureole, and Glory\u003c\/strong\u003e: how the nimbus of God differs from that given to angels and saints, and why the distinction matters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSymbols and Emblems of God\u003c\/strong\u003e: the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost, and the Trinity, each treated separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Cross\u003c\/strong\u003e: its varieties, its symbolism, and the monograms of the Saviour's Name\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmblems of the Passion, Resurrection, and Ascension\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSymbols of Baptism and the Eucharist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Evangelists and the Apostles\u003c\/strong\u003e: a full chapter of emblems and attributes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEmblems and Attributes of the Saints\u003c\/strong\u003e: how to recognize who you are looking at\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiturgical Colours, Precious Stones, and Miscellaneous Symbols\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs on a Vestment Maker's Shelf\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen you are designing an orphrey, a pulpit fall, or a chalice veil, the question is never only what will look beautiful. It is what will be \u003cem\u003etrue\u003c\/em\u003e: what the parish will still be reading, quietly, twenty years from now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis handbook is a reference for exactly those decisions. The plates are reproduced in colour, and the wood-engravings throughout show the forms clearly enough to draft from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback, 8.5\" x 11\", 170 pages, eight plates, seven of them in colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOTE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e: This book is a reproduction of an informative historical work. Ecclesiastical Sewing has digitally remastered this text, preserving the original ideas for future generations. Since this is the reconstructed original, the original blemishes may be present in our reproduction. These have been left with the intention to preserve the integrity of this historical work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eModern readers may not be as familiar with the writing style of historical works. These books were written at a time when there was an assumed level of knowledge. They are unlike today's works where people expect to be taken by the hand through every possible detail.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecclesiastical Sewing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49176441585920,"sku":null,"price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/4990\/files\/01_hero_three_quarter.jpg?v=1790618834","url":"https:\/\/www.ecclesiasticalsewing.com\/es\/products\/handbook-of-christian-symbolism-audsley","provider":"Ecclesiastical Sewing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}