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Article Excerpt
The Symbol at your Door: Number and
Geometry in Religious Architecture of
the Greek and Latin Middle Ages, by
Nigel Hiscock. Ashgate Publishing, Gower
House, Croft Road, Aldershot, Hampshire
GU11 3HR England, 2007. 442 pp,
illust., index. Price: GB 55.00 [pounds sterling].
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Author Nigel Hiscock, a PhD-trained architect, was until retirement Principle Lecturer in Architecture at Oxford Brookes University where he is now a Visiting Research Fellow. Among his prior publications is The Wise Master Builder: Platonic Geometry in Plans of Medieval Abbeys and Cathedrals.
The 421-page book contains dense text, 191 figures, and a...
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