Holy Things and Profane

Holy Things and Profane
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 310
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ISBN-10 : 0300065655
ISBN-13 : 9780300065657
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Download or read book Holy Things and Profane written by Dell Upton and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Holy Things and Profane is a study of architecture -- of the thirty-seven extant colonial Anglican churches of Virginia and of their vanished neighbors whose existence is recorded in contemporary records, particularly the forty-six vestry books and registers that have survived in whole or in part."--Preface.


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