Architecture for the Shroud
Subtitle: Relic and Ritual in Turin
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: March 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780226743165
Subjects: Christianity; History; Architecture; History: World; Europe - Italy; History - General; International Architecture - European; Criticism and interpretation; Guarini, Guarino; History / Italy; Cappella della Sindone (Duomo; Church architecture; Designs and plans; Guarini, Guarino,; Holy Shroud; Italy; Reliquaries; Turin
First sentence: Appreciation of the physical properties of the Shroud and of the particular emphasis given to them by exegetes of the early modern period is essential to understanding special features apparent in the architecture designed for the relic.