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Buy this book on-line TISDALL,W.M:: : The Flowers of Exeter - The Ideas Concealed Within the Decoration.[Author SIGNED copy.]UK.PLYMOUTH,DEVON.CHARLESFORT PRESS,2004. ISBN 0953265226.
UK,slim 8vo s/back,SIGNED,1st edn.NMINT.No owner inscrptn,but neat, black ink,author signature without dedication,to title-page, no dw/dj - as issued.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour photographic illustrated wraps,with negligible shelf-wear to edges - no nicks or tears present - virtually as new and pristine - no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents near pristine - an unread copy - wrapped
and protected from day of issue+purchase.Slim 8vo,1-71pp [paginated]includes half-title,colour photographic frntis (Virgin Mary boss),author SIGNED title-page,acknowledgements,author intro,
2 b/w floor plans,profuse colour photographs of bosses throughout the text and the book,3pp biblio and an index.
The foliage decoration of any church or cathedral is often treated as just that,"mere decoration".This little book shows us, through the example of Exeter Cathedral,that there is a wealth of significance for every flower and leaf.Dr. Tisdall,author of
'God's Beasts',takes us on a voyage of intellectual and spiritual discovery.Explore and enjoy this journey round the carvings and marvel at the sophistication of the thinking that inspired them.
An introduction to iconography of foliage carving.
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UK,slim 8vo s/back,SIGNED,1st edn.NMINT.No owner inscrptn,but neat,black ink,author signature without dedication,to title page,no dw/dj - as issued.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated wraps; with negligible shelf- wear to edges - no nicks or tears present - virtually as new and pristine - no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents near pristine - an unread copy - wrapped and protected from day of issue+purchase.UK, slim 8vo wraps,SIGNED,1st edn,1-71pp [paginated] includes half-title,colour photographic frntis (Virgin Mary boss), author SIGNED title page,acknowledgements, author intro,2 b/w floor plans,profuse colour photographs of bosses throughout the text and the book,3pp biblio and an index.
The foliage decoration of any church or cathedral is often treated as just that, "mere decoration".This little book shows us,through the example of Exeter Cathedral,that there is a wealth of significance for every flower and leaf.Dr. Tisdall,author of 'God's Beasts',takes us on a voyage of intellectual and spiritual discovery.Explore and enjoy this journey round the carvings and marvel at the sophistication of the thinking that inspired them.
An introduction to iconography of foliage carving.
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