Abel, Mickey.

Open Access Contextualizing the Archivolted Portals of Northern Spain and Western France within the Theology and Politics of Entry. [electronic resource] : - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012. - 1 online resource (279 p.)

Table of contents; preface; acknowledgments; introduction; chapter one; chapter two; chapter three; chapter four; chapter five; endnotes; bibliography; index.

Open Access: The Archivolted Portals of Northern Spain and Western France within the Theology and Politics of Entry explores the history, development, and accrued connotations of a distinctive entry configuration comprised of a set of concentrically stepped archivolts surrounding a deliberate tympanum-free portal opening. These "archivolted" portals adorned many of the small, rural ecclesiastical structures dotting the countryside of western France and northern Spain in the twelfth century. ...

9781443835909 (electronic bk.) 1443835900 (electronic bk.)


Church doorways--History--Spain, Northern--To 1500.
Church doorways--History--France, Western--To 1500.
Religious architecture--History--Spain, Northern--To 1500.
Religious architecture--History--France, Western--To 1500.
ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious


Electronic books.

NA4950 .A24 2012

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