Visual Allegories and Verbal Symbols -- Recent Symbolism -- Symbol and Meaning -- Allegory -- Typology -- The Moral Interpretation -- Anagogy -- Hugh and Richard of St Victor -- Simplified Symbols -- Buildings as Symbols -- Numbers as Symbols --...
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Visual Allegories and Verbal Symbols -- Recent Symbolism -- Symbol and Meaning -- Allegory -- Typology -- The Moral Interpretation -- Anagogy -- Hugh and Richard of St Victor -- Simplified Symbols -- Buildings as Symbols -- Numbers as Symbols -- Suger and Saint-Denis -- The East -- The Triumph of Literalism -- Images -- In Conclusion. "Medieval Church Symbolism: An Introduction explores the ways in which the Medieval church building and key features of it were used as symbols, particularly to represent different relationships within the Church and the virtues of living a Christian life"--