The Story of Our Churches and Cathedrals [antikvár]

Stories in StoneAn old church is a wonderful Unk with the past. It was built centuries ago and it has seen all history since. It has been used day after day, week after week, year after year, and century after century, without a break. Its shape and its stones were as familiar to people who lived long ago as they are to us to-day.Britain is very rich in ancient cathedrals and churches; beautiful buildings which have remained when everything around them has changed. The picture shows a typical English church, first built nine hundred years ago when the Norman kings ruled the land, perhaps on the site of a church built centuries before that. Like nearly every church, it has been altered and added to over the years.You can find out the history of a church if you know the rules of architecture, which means the science of building. In different centuries men built in different ways, and the story of architecture is divided into periods according to the style. (See the list inside the front cover.)The clues you look for are such things as the shape of door-ways and arches, pillars, windows, theroof, and details of carving. When you know how to read the clues you can tell the history of a church from its stones.Medieval EffigyA Village Church