The Symbol at Your Door: Number and Geometry in Religious Architecture of the Greek and Latin Middle Ages
, by Hiscock,Nigel- ISBN: 9780754663003 | 0754663000
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 12/28/2007
Contents: Prologue; The sphere and the cube; Temple and body; Ad triangulum; Ad quadratum; The architectural geometry of the pentagon; The whole frame of the universe; Epilogue: the survival and loss of Christian Platonist symbolism; Bibliography; Index. About the Author: Nigel Hiscock is Reader in the Department of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, UK