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THE SYMBOLISM OF Churches and Church Ornaments
A TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST BOOK OF THE Rationale Divinorum Officiorum
WRITTEN BY WILLIAM DURANDUS SOMETIME BISHOP OF MENDE WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY AND NOTES BY THE REV. JOHN MASON NEALE, B.A. AND THE REV. BENJAMIN WEBB, B.A. OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
New York CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 743 AND 745 BROADWAY 1893
DEDICATED TO THE CAMBRIDGE CAMDEN SOCIETY BY TWO OF ITS FOUNDERS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTORY ESSAY
SACRAMENTALITY: A PRINCIPLE OF ECCLESIASTICAL DESIGN
ANALYSIS OF THE INTRODUCTORY ESSAY
INTRODUCTION.
Laus Deo
INTRODUCTORY ESSAY
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II THE ARGUMENT A PRIORI
CHAPTER III THE ARGUMENT FROM ANALOGY
CHAPTER IV PHILOSOPHICAL REASONS FOR BELIEVING IN SYMBOLISM
CHAPTER V THE ANALYTICAL ARGUMENT
CHAPTER VI THE INDUCTIVE ARGUMENT
CHAPTER VII EXAMPLES OF SYMBOLISM
II. The Doctrine of Regeneration
III. The Atonement
IV. The Communion of Saints
CHAPTER VIII EXAMPLES OF SYMBOLISM CONTINUED
II. Doors
III. Chancel Arch and Rood Screen
IV. Monuments
V. Corbels, Gurgoyles, Poppy Heads, etc.
CHAPTER IX SOME OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED
CHAPTER X DEVELOPMENT OF SYMBOLISM
CHAPTER XI GENERAL CONCLUSION
POSTSCRIPTUM
FROM THE 'FARDLE OF FACIONS,' PRINTED 1555
Here beginneth the First Book of GULIELMUS DURANDUS his RATIONALE of the DIVINE OFFICES.
THE PROEME
CHAPTER I OF A CHURCH AND ITS PARTS
CHAPTER II OF THE ALTAR
CHAPTER III OF PICTURES, AND IMAGES, AND CURTAINS, AND THE ORNAMENTS OF CHURCHES
CHAPTER IV OF BELLS
CHAPTER V OF CEMETERIES AND OTHER PLACES, SACRED AND RELIGIOUS
CHAPTER VI OF THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH
CHAPTER VII OF THE CONSECRATION OF AN ALTAR
CHAPTER VIII OF CONSECRATIONS AND UNCTIONS
CHAPTER IX OF THE SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
END OF THE FIRST BOOK
EPILOGUE TO THE WHOLE WORK [Footnote 558]
SUPPLEMENT
CHAPTER I OF A CHURCH
CHAPTER II OF THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH
APPENDIX A CHANCELS
APPENDIX B ORIENTATION
APPENDIX C ON THE DESIGN OF THE ANALOGIUM, AMBO OR ROOD LOFT, AND THE READING OF THE GOSPEL FROM IT
APPENDIX D ON THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
APPENDIX E ON THE FOUR COLOURS USED IN CHURCH HANGINGS, ETC.
APPENDIX F OF BELLS BEING NOT RUNG FOR THREE DAYS BEFORE EASTER
APPENDIX G
APPENDIX H ON THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH
APPENDIX I ADDENDA
INDEX
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