The Symbolism of Churches and Church Ornaments

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Author

Durand, Guillaume, 1230?-1296

Title

The Symbolism of Churches and Church Ornaments A Translation of the First Book of the Rationale Divinorum Officiorum

Credits

Produced by Don Kostuch, from scans obtained from Internet Archive.

Language

English

LoC Class

BV: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Practical theology, Worship

Subject

Church architecture

Category

Text

eBook-No.

43319

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43319

Release Date

July 27, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE SYMBOLISM OF Churches and Church Ornaments
2. 2.A TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST BOOK OF THE Rationale Divinorum Officiorum
3. 3.WRITTEN BY WILLIAM DURANDUS SOMETIME BISHOP OF MENDE WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY AND NOTES BY THE REV. JOHN MASON NEALE, B.A. AND THE REV. BENJAMIN WEBB, B.A. OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE — New York CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 743 AND 745 BROADWAY 1893 — DEDICATED TO THE CAMBRIDGE CAMDEN SOCIETY BY TWO OF ITS FOUNDERS — PREFACE — INTRODUCTORY ESSAY
4. 4.SACRAMENTALITY: A PRINCIPLE OF ECCLESIASTICAL DESIGN
5. 5.ANALYSIS OF THE INTRODUCTORY ESSAY — INTRODUCTION. — Laus Deo — INTRODUCTORY ESSAY
6. 6.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
7. 7.CHAPTER II THE ARGUMENT A PRIORI
8. 8.CHAPTER III THE ARGUMENT FROM ANALOGY
9. 9.CHAPTER IV PHILOSOPHICAL REASONS FOR BELIEVING IN SYMBOLISM
10. 10.CHAPTER V THE ANALYTICAL ARGUMENT
11. 11.CHAPTER VI THE INDUCTIVE ARGUMENT
12. 12.CHAPTER VII EXAMPLES OF SYMBOLISM — II. The Doctrine of Regeneration — III. The Atonement — IV. The Communion of Saints
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII EXAMPLES OF SYMBOLISM CONTINUED — II. Doors — III. Chancel Arch and Rood Screen — IV. Monuments — V. Corbels, Gurgoyles, Poppy Heads, etc.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX SOME OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED
15. 15.CHAPTER X DEVELOPMENT OF SYMBOLISM
16. 16.CHAPTER XI GENERAL CONCLUSION — POSTSCRIPTUM — FROM THE 'FARDLE OF FACIONS,' PRINTED 1555
17. 17.Here beginneth the First Book of GULIELMUS DURANDUS his RATIONALE of the DIVINE OFFICES. — THE PROEME
18. 18.CHAPTER I OF A CHURCH AND ITS PARTS
19. 19.CHAPTER II OF THE ALTAR
20. 20.CHAPTER III OF PICTURES, AND IMAGES, AND CURTAINS, AND THE ORNAMENTS OF CHURCHES
21. 21.CHAPTER IV OF BELLS
22. 22.CHAPTER V OF CEMETERIES AND OTHER PLACES, SACRED AND RELIGIOUS
23. 23.CHAPTER VI OF THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH
24. 24.CHAPTER VII OF THE CONSECRATION OF AN ALTAR
25. 25.CHAPTER VIII OF CONSECRATIONS AND UNCTIONS
26. 26.CHAPTER IX OF THE SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
27. 27.END OF THE FIRST BOOK
28. 28.EPILOGUE TO THE WHOLE WORK [Footnote 558]
29. 29.SUPPLEMENT
30. 30.CHAPTER I OF A CHURCH
31. 31.CHAPTER II OF THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH
32. 32.APPENDIX A CHANCELS
33. 33.APPENDIX B ORIENTATION
34. 34.APPENDIX C ON THE DESIGN OF THE ANALOGIUM, AMBO OR ROOD LOFT, AND THE READING OF THE GOSPEL FROM IT
35. 35.APPENDIX D ON THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
36. 36.APPENDIX E ON THE FOUR COLOURS USED IN CHURCH HANGINGS, ETC.
37. 37.APPENDIX F OF BELLS BEING NOT RUNG FOR THREE DAYS BEFORE EASTER
38. 38.APPENDIX G
39. 39.APPENDIX H ON THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH
40. 40.APPENDIX I ADDENDA
41. 41.INDEX

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