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Patricia Dirsztay;
illustrated by Caroline Cook, Frances Curwen and Paul Vincent.
Church Furnishings: A NADFAS Guide.
Published London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978.
ISBN 0710088973.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: Redwood Burn, Trowbridge & Esher.
Size: 135×215×17mm.
Page count: ix,246pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some scuffs and creases on its covers, not too severe, a bit of wear on the edges and corners; page edges a little grubby; the spine is a bit scuffed but not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.

This item £6.00
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Weight without packaging: 464g.

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Presents a useful visual reference guide to the art and objects likely to be found in English churches; covers material from all periods, no particular medieval emphasis.

Contents: Architectural terms; Books & bookbinding; Brasses, arms & armour; Ceramics; Clocks; Costume; Creatures & animals; Crosses & crucifix; Decorative motifs; Flowers, fruit & trees; Frames; Heraldry; Lettering; Memorials & monuments; Metalwork; Miscellany; Musical instruments; Saints, scenes, signs & symbols; Sanctuary; Shapes; Stonework; Textiles; Vestments; Wall paintings; Walls appendages; Windows, including tracery; Woodwork.
Appendix: Mouldings.

Illustrations: monochrome line drawings throughout
Floorplans: 2

Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: yes
Glossary: yes
Bibliography: references at end of each chapter
Index: yes

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