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- catalog abstract ""More than any other kind of edifice, a church is intentionally meaningful in all its aspects, and Visser decided to find out what it was trying to express, in its nuances as well as in its grand gestures. She deliberately chose a relatively simple church just outside the walls of Rome, Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura, and takes in history, theology, anthropology, and folklore, among other disciplines, to illuminate its physical and spiritual architecture. As she guides us through the building, from apse to nave, catacombs to campanile, Visser explores the symbolism of lambs, the Christian fascination with virgins, the meanings of martyrdom, and the history of relics. At the same time, she moves back through the centuries to reveal Christianity in its earliest forms and purposes. The book ends at the church's beginning, with the grave of Agnes, a twelve-year-old girl who was murdered seventeen hundred years ago and whose remains lie buried beneath the altar."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11999718.
- catalog coverage "Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""More than any other kind of edifice, a church is intentionally meaningful in all its aspects, and Visser decided to find out what it was trying to express, in its nuances as well as in its grand gestures. She deliberately chose a relatively simple church just outside the walls of Rome, Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura, and takes in history, theology, anthropology, and folklore, among other disciplines, to illuminate its physical and spiritual architecture. As she guides us through the building, from apse to nave, catacombs to campanile, Visser explores the symbolism of lambs, the Christian fascination with virgins, the meanings of martyrdom, and the history of relics. At the same time, she moves back through the centuries to reveal Christianity in its earliest forms and purposes. The book ends at the church's beginning, with the grave of Agnes, a twelve-year-old girl who was murdered seventeen hundred years ago and whose remains lie buried beneath the altar."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-310) and index.".
- catalog extent "325 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0002557398 (HarperFlamingo ed.)".
- catalog identifier "0006391311 (HarperPerennial Canada ed.)".
- catalog identifier "0865476187 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : North Point Press,".
- catalog spatial "Italy Rome".
- catalog spatial "Italy Rome.".
- catalog spatial "Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.".
- catalog subject "726.5/0945/632 21".
- catalog subject "Christian art and symbolism Italy Rome Medieval, 500-1500.".
- catalog subject "Christian art and symbolism Medieval, 500-1500 Italy Rome.".
- catalog subject "Christian martyrs in art.".
- catalog subject "Church decoration and ornament Italy Rome.".
- catalog subject "NA5620.S158 V58 2001".
- catalog subject "Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura (Church : Rome, Italy)".
- catalog title "The geometry of love : space, time, mystery, and meaning in an ordinary church / Margaret Visser.".
- catalog type "text".