TY - BOOK ID - 15315812 TI - The allegory of the church : romanesque portals and their verse inscriptions AU - Kendall, Calvin B. AU - Lieberman, Ralph PY - 1998 SN - 1442613092 0802042627 9786612026003 1282026003 1442680482 9781442680487 9780802042620 PB - Toronto ; Buffalo ; London University of Tornto Press DB - UniCat KW - Doorways, Romanesque KW - Church doorways KW - Architectural inscriptions KW - Inscriptions, Latin KW - Allegories KW - Art, Architecture & Applied Arts KW - Architecture KW - Allegories. KW - Christian art and symbolism KW - Portails romans KW - Portails d'église KW - Inscriptions architecturales KW - Inscriptions latines KW - Allégories KW - Art et symbolisme chrétiens KW - Latin inscriptions KW - Architectural lettering KW - Building inscriptions KW - House inscriptions KW - Inscriptions, Architectural KW - Romanesque doorways KW - Allegory (Art) KW - Exempla KW - Fiction KW - Homiletical illustrations KW - Tales KW - Fables KW - Parables KW - Latin language KW - Latin philology KW - Inscriptions KW - Lettering KW - Doorways KW - 726 KW - 726 Religieuze bouwkunst. Kerkelijke bouwkunst. Sacrale architectuur KW - Religieuze bouwkunst. Kerkelijke bouwkunst. Sacrale architectuur KW - Europe. KW - Council of Europe countries KW - Eastern Hemisphere KW - Eurasia UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:15315812 AB - The Allegory of the church is the first full-length study of Romanesque verse inscriptions in the context of church portals and portal sculpture, and is the product of a twenty-year study. Calvin B. Kendall demonstrates how these inscriptions served to express the role of the church building as a concrete allegory of Christ and the Church. Describing them in detail, he traces the history and nature of the changes in allegorical interpretation of the inscriptions until, as medieval assumptions about language and rhetoric changed, they were finally abandoned by Gothic artists. ER -