God's Own Language
Architectural Drawing in the Twelfth Century
Published on 13. June 2023
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-262-04774-6 (ISBN)
Description
"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"--
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Illustrations
44 black and white illustrations, 16 colour plates
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
678 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-04774-6 (9780262047746)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Karl Kinsella
Content
1 Noah's Ark in Twelfth-Century Paris 1
2 Richard and the Abbey of Saint Victor 31
3 The First Plans 45
4 The Gatehouse 69
5 The Slope of Ezekiel's Mountain and the Language of Architecture 107
6 The Temple Precinct 139
7 The Map of the Promised Land and Jewish Exegesis 167
Afterword 183
Acknowledgments 189
Manuscripts 191
Notes 193
Bibliography 211
Index 225
2 Richard and the Abbey of Saint Victor 31
3 The First Plans 45
4 The Gatehouse 69
5 The Slope of Ezekiel's Mountain and the Language of Architecture 107
6 The Temple Precinct 139
7 The Map of the Promised Land and Jewish Exegesis 167
Afterword 183
Acknowledgments 189
Manuscripts 191
Notes 193
Bibliography 211
Index 225