Architectural Symbolism of Imperial Rome and the Middle Ages
Hardcover
1956 · Princeton, New Jersey
by Smith, E. Baldwin
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1956. Hardcover. G (Some slight scuffs on binding; faint foxing on edges of book block; previous owner's name inside front cover; dj has average wear and fading, esp. along spine and top edge; dj is corner clipped; former owner name and year on first page; pages are generally clear.). Black cloth, gilt letters on spine, pale salmon paper dust jacket, ix, 219 text pp. followed by pages with 175 BW plates. "By means of documentary and graphic evidence, such as Roman coins and mosaics, medieval manuscripts, tapestries, and medallions, this study traces the stages by which both political and religious ideologies were associated with castrum, city-gate, towered facade, cupola, orbis, royal ciborium, and domical vestibule. In addition to showing the influence of the Sacrum palatium upon the church architecture and graphic symbolism of the Middle Ages, the author raises such questions as how the destroyed palaces of Rome, Constantinople, and the Middle Ages should be visualized, and whether the imperial tradition of palace symbolism did not persist in the Islamic East as late as the Moghul Empire in India." (dj). (Inventory #: 156146)