Reading a church : preliminaries -- Church building and furniture -- Crosses and crucifixes -- God -- Jesus -- The Virgin Mary -- Saints -- The Old Testament -- Doctors, angels, and abstracts -- Animals, birds, and fish -- Plants -- Letters and words
-- How to read a priest.
This guide informs visitors to churches and cathedrals how to interpret the common images and meanings in church art and architecture. It explains how to identify people, scenes, details and their significance, and explores the symbolism of different animals, plants, colours, numbers and letters.
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