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Christian art and symbolism

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Images from the collections

Images about Church architecture

28 images from works
  • Abbaye Royale du Val de Grace, Paris: facade. Etching.
  • Church of St. John Baptist, Paignton: perspective view. Tinted lithograph by W. Spreat after M.A.C.B.
  • M0017767: The Apse, Abbey of Moveruela, Spain
  • St. Cross Church, Winchester, Hampshire. Lithograph by A. Newman after J. Johnson.
  • St. Peter's Parish Church Schools, Leeds, Yorkshire. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin, 1856, after B. Sly after Messrs. Dobson and Chorley.
  • Merton College, Oxford: a marriage ceremony in the chapel. Coloured aquatint by J. Bluck, 1813, after A.C. Pugin.
  • M0017768: The Apse, Abbey of Moveruela, Spain: north to south view
  • Merton College, Oxford: the church. Aquatint by J. Merigot after A.C. Pugin.
  • Christ Church, Oxford: cloisters and cathedral. Photolithograph by A.E. Walsham, 1908.
  • M0015737: Fortified church of Tayac, Dordogne, France

Works from the collections

62 works

    • Books

    San Giobbe : la chiesa dei santi Giobbe e Bernardino in Venezia / a cura di P. Ferdinando Finotto.

    | Date: 1994
    • Books

    Abbeys / by M.R. James ; with an additional chapter on "Monastic life and buildings" by A. Hamilton Thompson.

    James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862-1936. | Date: 1926
    • Archives and manuscripts
    • Online

    M0017767: The Apse, Abbey of Moveruela, Spain

    | Date: February 1960 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/158/98
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Interior of a church containing black pews with silver and red finials, and a gold and red archway

    Drew, active approximately 1949 | Date: 12 April 1949 | Reference: 2924563i
    Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
    • Archives and manuscripts
    • Online

    M0004452: Church of St. Peter's, Rome

    | Date: 15 November 1935 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/35/73
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Related topics

Oxford
Universities
Church buildings
Towers
Church decoration and ornament
Cathedrals
Interior architecture
City churches
Buildings
Architecture, Gothic

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