God's own language : architectural drawing in the twelfth century / Karl Kinsella.

Main entry:

Kinsella, Karl, 1982- author.

Title & Author:

God's own language : architectural drawing in the twelfth century / Karl Kinsella.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
©2023

Description:

226 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-222) and index.
Noah's Ark in twelfth-century Paris -- Richard and the Abbey of Saint Victor -- The first plans -- The gatehouse -- The slope of Ezekiel's mountain and the language of architecture -- The temple precinct -- The map of the Promised Land and Jewish exegesis.

Summary:

"A historical account of Richard of St Victor's 12th-century book, In visionem Ezechielis, and its positioning as the first-ever treatise on architectural drawing"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780262047746 (hardcover)
0262047748 (hardcover)

Subject:

Richard, of St. Victor, -1173. In visionem Ezechielis.
Architectural drawing History To 1500.
Architecture and religion.
Symbolism in architecture.
Architecture et religion.
Symbolisme en architecture.
ARCHITECTURE / General.
Architectural drawing

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Architectural drawing in the 12th century.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 318580
Call No.: 318580
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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