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St. Ignatius Church, Tokyo

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Tokyo, St. Ignatius Church: 2000

Seller ID: 003467

Binding: Pictorial Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

96 pages; numerous color photographs. A picture book commemorating the construction of the new St. Ignatius Church in Kojimachi, Tokyo. Includes statements from the Provincial of the Society of Jesus, parish priest, architect, designer, chairman of the building committee. Statements in Japanese and English; all other text is Japanese.
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Looking for History in British Churches

By: Anderson, M.D.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, John Murray: 1951

Seller ID: 003021

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

328 pages; b&w illustrations, including photographs.
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The London Oratory, 1849-1949

By: Anonymous

Price: $40.00

Publisher: London, The Oratory of St. Philip Neri: 1949

Seller ID: 005315

ISBN: no

Binding: Pictorial Card Wrappers

Condition: Very Good

24 pages; color and b&w illustrations. The 100th anniversary of the founding of the London Oratory, which followed the establishment of the Oratory in England in 1947 by John Henry Newman. Corners of the front wrapper worn, top corner a small chip; repaired tear to the bottom edge. Otherwise clean throughout, sewn binding is tight.
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Exploring Parish Churches

By: Bonham-Carter, Victor

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Routledge & Kegan Paul: 1961

Seller ID: 004957

ISBN: no

Binding: Maroon cloth

Condition: Fine

214 pages; numerous drawings, some b&w photo plates. The evolution of the parish church in England from the time of Christianity arrival through Saxon, Norman, Gothic, Reformation and Renaissance, Classical, Georgian and Victorian, then since 1900. A small section at the back includes comments on "church appurtanances" including, altar, linens, vessels, candles, etc. Light pencil mark on front endpaper, otherwise clean throughout; tight binding.
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The Art of the Cross: Medieval & Renaissance Piety in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

By: Chong, Alan; Giovanna De Appolonia; [et al]

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: 2001

Seller ID: 003249

ISBN: 0-914660-16-0

Binding: Pictorial Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

104 pages. 5 opening essays, including The Origins and Iconography of the Cross; Italian Metalwork Crosses from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century. 16 catalogued crosses each with more than one illustration and essays that usually run a few pages. Bibliography. Clean.
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English Parish Churches as Works of Art

By: Clifton-Taylor, Alec

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, B.T. Batsford: 1974

Seller ID: 004958

ISBN: 0713427760

Binding: Red cloth

Condition: Fine

272 pages. 128 illustrations, most are photos. Straight-forward subjective valuations and criticisms of churches: their architecture, reuse, remodeling, etc. One sentence suggests the author's directness: "Classical churches left unraped by the Victorians are unfortunately not very common." Previous owner's embossed library stamp on the title page. Clean throughout, tight binding. Jacket is clipped and with some small wear at edges.
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The Islamic Perspective: An Aspect of British Architecture and Design in the 19th Century

By: Darby, Michael

Price: $25.00

Publisher: World of Islam Festival Trust: 1983

Seller ID: 005039

ISBN: 0905035313

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

146 pages; 117 illustrations with catalogue entries; Biographies. Islamic design and British enthusiasts who viewed the design as a link to more imaginative architecture. An exhibition at the Leighton House Gallery, London. Clean throughout; tight binding.
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Pittori ad Ancona nel Quattrocento

By: de Marchi, Andrea e Matteo Mazzalupi (a cura di); Alessandro Delpriori; Andrea De Marchi; Andrea Di Lorenzo; [et al] (testi di)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Milano, Federico Motta Editore: 2008

Seller ID: 003675

ISBN: 8871796071

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

384 pages; numerous color reproductions. The works of the fifthteenth century painters of Ancona, an area on Italy's Adriatic coast. A chapter with catalogue is devoted to each artist or small group of artists. Italian text.
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The Hand and The Spirit: Religious Art in America 1700-1900

By: Dillenberger, Jane ; Joshua C. Taylor

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Berkeley, University Art Museum: 1972

Seller ID: 003306

Binding: Pictorial Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

192 pages; 123 works are discussed, more than half are illustrated. An exhibition that reveals religion is a theme that runs strongly through the work of American artists, including the most famous.
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Image snd Spirit in Sacred and Secular Art

By: Dillenberger, Jane; Diane Apostolos-Cappadona (Edited by)

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Crossroad: 1990

Seller ID: 005287

ISBN: 0824510364

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

217 pages; b&w illustrations. Images of women in Western Art; Northern European vs. Southern European Sensibilities in art;; appearance and disappearance of God in Western Art; image of Evil. Clean throughout; tight binding; dustjacket partially faded .
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To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism

By: Douthat, Ross

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 2018

Seller ID: 004983

ISBN: 1501146920

Binding: Black cloth

Condition: Fine

234 pages. Liberal or conservative. Orthodoxy or change. Clean throughout; tight binding.
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Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)

By: Evans, Helen C. (Edited by)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 2004

Seller ID: 005209

ISBN: 1588391140

Binding: Pictorial Wrappers (softcover)

Condition: Fine

658 pages; numerous color illustrations. A huge catalogue of faith art, Christian for a couple centries, then Islamic and Christain as the medieval period begins to grow toward the Renaissance. Icons, sculpture, liturgical implements, paintings, illumination, and more. Clean throughout; tight binding.
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Sixteen Illustrations from an exhibition of Religious Symbilism in Illuminated Manuscripts

By: Harrsen, Meta

Price: $9.00

Publisher: New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library: 1944

Seller ID: 003305

Binding: Printed Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

The sixteen illustrations in b&w with text. The back panel of the wrapper is chipped; top corner of the front panel is repaired.
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Tintoretto: Deposition from the Cross

By: Hood, William; Leon Wieseltier (Essays by)

Price: $26.00

Publisher: New York, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries: 2004

Seller ID: 003251

ISBN: 1-58821-130-4

Binding: Printed Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Fine

39 pages; color and b&w illustrations, including a color fold-out full view of the painting at the end of the book. Bibliography.
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Image for The Angel Tree : The Loretta Hines Howard Collection of Eighteenth-Century Neapolitan Crèche Figures at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Angel Tree : The Loretta Hines Howard Collection of Eighteenth-Century Neapolitan Crèche Figures at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

By: Howard, Linn; Mary Jane Pool

Price: $22.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1984

Seller ID: 003756

ISBN: 0394726480

Binding: Pictorial Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

80 pages; numerous full-page color photographs, one 4-panel color photo displaying the entire tree and surround. Clean throughout, binding tight.
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The Treasury of Basel Cathedral

By: Husband, Timothy; Julien Chapuis (with contributions by)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press: 2001

Seller ID: 003769

ISBN: 0300088493

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

182 pages; 150 illustrations, including 105 color. The fascinating story of 14th-century Basel; its cathedral; the gold, silver, bejewelled, enameled treasury of altar furnishings and liturgical hardware; earthquake; iconoclastic threat of the Reformation; then dispersal from a nineteenth-century auction. Now, some of the 75 examples in the catalogue are now in the Historisches Museum Basel, others are in various European collections; most have never before been seen in the United States. Gorgeous goldsmiths' work. Clean throughout; as new.
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Les Premiers Retables ( XII - Début du XV Siècle) ; Une Mise en scène du sacré

By: Le Pogam, Pierre-Yves (direction); Christine Vivet-Peclet ( assisté)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Paris, Musée du Louvre Éditions: 2009

Seller ID: 004998

ISBN: 2350312380

Binding: Pictorial Cloth Boards

Condition: Fine

280 pages; numerous color illustrations. Retables, reredoses, altarpieces, altar screens of various material in often dramatic presentations as decoration and stage for the liturgy. Comprehensive bibliography Clean throughout; tight binding. Entirely FRENCH text.
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Mosaici di San Marco / Mosaics of San Marco

By: Mariacher, Giovanni

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Venezia, Edizioni d'Arte: 1980

Seller ID: 003466

ISBN: no

Binding: Pictorial Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Very good

62 pages; 41 mosaics reproduced in color, many full-page, four 2-page foldouts; floor plan of the basilica. Italian, German, English, French text. Clean throughout; tight binding.
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Exhibiting the Visual Culture of American Religions

By: Morgan, David and Sally M. Promey

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Valparaiso, Indiana, Brauer Museum of Art / Valparaiso University: 2000

Seller ID: 003462

Binding: Pictorial Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

130 pages; 48 illutrative plates; historical essay; exhibition overview; bibliography. Images representative of many forms of American religious faith. Clean and tight; one corner of cover is bent.
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The Golden Bible from the King James Version of The Old Testament

By: Werner, Elsa Jane (Selected and Arranged by)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster: 1946

Seller ID: 003632

ISBN: no

Binding: Decorated paper boards

Condition: Very Good

124 pages; dramatically illustrated throughout. Large format, good paper, good font, exciting illustrations, nice layout: readable for young eyes. Blue crayon marks on page 9 (in keeping with the illustration); edges and corners of the boards are worn.
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Category: Religion in Art, Religion