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Vitoria, Spain: Aldeasa, 1993. 61 pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. English Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy. The great pilgrimage cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, in Galicia, Spain. . Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Guidebook.

Lyon: Lescuyer [nd: 1970s?] 39 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Light foxing/title page.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Roskilde, Denmark: Flensborg, 1955. 32 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. English Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Roskilde Domkirke.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

Derby: English Life Publications, 1984. 20 pages, illustrations, 1 coat of arms, 1 plan; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. 1st.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Guidebook.

Chartres: Houvet, 2004. 94 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 22 cm. English Edition. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear. Chartres is arguably the most beautiful, perfectly-proportioned Gothic cathedral, the Parthenon of the Middle Ages.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

London: Folio Society, 1986. Cloth, 95 pages, 32 pages of plates, illustrations (some colour), plans; 29 cm. Issued in a slipcase. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Slipcase with light shelfwear.. Hardcover. Fine. 4to.

Andover: Pitkin Pictorials, 1985. 96 pages, illustrations (some colour), 1 plan; 31 cm. Reprint 1993. Photographs by Sonia Halliday and Laura Lushington. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, no dedication. A fine copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. Chartres Cathedral is arguably the most beautiful, well-proportioned Gothic cathedral.. SIGNED. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Norwich: Pitkin Publishing, 1996. 96 pages, colour illustrations; 31 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps. Charles is the most beautiful Gothic cathedral anywhere, in terms of its proportions and decorations, and this volume is particularly good in spotlighting the famous stained-glass windows as well as the sculptures. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Chartres Cathedral, of all the great medieval churches, has survived into the 21st century almost intact, not only architecturally but with its vast iconographic programme in 12th and 13th century stained glass and sculpture." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Plan of the windows of Chartres Cathedral; The History of the Chartres Cathedral: Chartres from Roman Times Until 1194; 1194-1260: The Gothic Cathedral; The Donors' Windows; Chartres Cathedral Since 1260; Architecture; The 12th Century: Sculpture; The Royal Portal; Glass; The Jesse Window; The… Leer más

Cologne: Konemann, 1998. Cloth, 399 pages, colour illustrations, maps, plans; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A beautiful book. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: Nine centuries ago; Origins and foundation; The origins of Christianity; Christianity in the late eleventh century; From Molesme to Citreaux; Purity and power; Bernard of Clairveaux; Monastic architecture according to Bernard of Clairvaux; Romanesque architecture on the early Cistercian period; The power and the glory; Cistercian Europe; Political and religious glory; Economic power; The essence of architecture; Centuries of trial; The trials of the later middle ages; The breaking up of the order; Swansong; Yesterday, today, and tomorrow; The Cicstercian world in Europe.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

London and New York: Routledge, 1991. xi, 158 pages, maps; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. "This work undertakes a re-think of earlier anthropological studies of Christian pilgrimage, for example, 'Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture; The book explores the limitations of the Turnerian perspective within the context of recent debates and developments in anthropology and sociology." - Publisher. CONTENTS: The body as a principle of holism: three pilgrimages to Lourdes, by Andrea Dahlberg; Order and power at Lourdes: lay helpers and the organization of a pilgrimage shrine, by John Eade; San Giovanni Rotondo and the shrine of Padre Pio, by Christopher McKevitt; Christian ideology and the image of a holy land: the place of Jerusalem pilgrimage in the various Christianities, by Glenn Bowman; Place and person in Sinhala Catholic pilgrimage, by Richard L. Stirrat; Pilgrimage and cultural fracture in the Andes, by Michael J. Sallnow.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

Konigstein im Taunus: Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche Nachfolger Hans Ko ster, 1958. 47 pages, chiefly illustrations; 21 cm. Text in German/Text Deutsch. SEHR GUT. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, 1977. iv, 169 pages, [6] leaves of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Early drama, art, and music monograph series; 1. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Sunned spine, browning. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Edinburgh: Historic Scotland, 2012. 37 pages, colour illustrations, maps; 21 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. 3rd. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Guidebook.

Konigstein im Taunus: Verlag Karl Robert Langewiesche Nachfolger Hans Ko ster 47 pages, chiefly illustrations; 21 cm. Text in German/Text Deutsch. SEHR GUT. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Glastonbury: Gothic Image, 1978. 56 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

London: National Trust, 1989. 63 pages, colour illustrations, map, plan; 21 cm. Revised Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Guide to the romantic Gothic ruins of Fountains Abbey (West Riding of Yorkshire, England). "Text on Fountains Abbey has been written by Mary Mauchline, that on Studley Royal by Lydia Greeves"--T.p. verso. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Guidebook.

Milan: 5 Continents, 2006. Pictorial boards, 155 pages, 64 pages of colour plates, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. First published under title: Peinture en France au XVe siecle. Translated from the French. Tight, clean copy. "This examination of a distinctive period of French painting discusses the interrelated artistic cities and regions that formed essential links in Renaissance-era artistic exchanges. The interaction between the French courts and Paris during the International Gothic period, the diffusion of ars nova in France during the days of Charles VII and Louis XI, and the standardization of a French style based on Jean Fouquet's model are among the artistic geographies considered in this analysis. Reproductions of key works that illustrate cultural confluences accompany an updated introduction to the scholarship of these relationships. / Frederic Elsig is a professor of medieval art history at the University of Geneva. He was codirector of the exhibition La Renaissance en… Leer más

Andover, Hampshire: Pitkin Pictorials, 1988. [24] pages, colour illustrations; 23 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Age toning, light soiling.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

Lausanne, Switzerland: Benedikt Taschen Verlag; Architecture of the World Ser., Vol. 5, 1994. 191 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Lausanne, Switzerland: Benedikt Taschen Verlag; Architecture of the World Ser., Vol. 5, 1994. 191 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. Another copy available. . Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.