1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954965203321

Autore

Wilkinson John <1929-, >

Titolo

From synagogue to church : the traditional design : its beginning, its definition, its end / / John Wilkinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

0-415-59265-8

1-317-83242-6

1-315-82362-4

1-317-83243-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Routledge Jewish Studies Series

Disciplina

726

726.30108

Soggetti

Synagogue architecture

Church architecture

Religious architecture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-258) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

1. The shape of the question -- 2. The philosophy -- 3. God-given buildings -- 4. Synagogues and their liturgy -- 5. Heaven and earth -- 6. Synagogue proportions -- 7. The mosaic floors of synagogues -- 8. Christian dedication services -- 9. The first part of the Eucharist -- 10. The second part of Eucharist -- 11. The end of the tradition.

Sommario/riassunto

The designs of synagogues and churches are acknowledged to be very alike. But the designers' procedure was confidential, and so far standard explanations have been unsatisfactory. A synagogue should express heavenly values with earthly materials. This combination was in fact expressed in numbers, for, as Plato said, they linked heaven and earth. Scripture described both the Jewish Tabernacle and Temple with a wealth of numbers. Proportions based on these numbers were used to design synagogues. Only a few Jewish documents survive, but they reveal a symbolism, which Christians sometimes repe



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Record Nr.

UNINA9911054827703321

Autore

Paoletti, Jacopo

Titolo

AI economy : economia, impresa e umano nell'era dell'intelligenza artificiale / Jacopo Paoletti ; prefazione di Stefano Quintarelli ; postfazione di Oreste Pollicino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : FrancoAngeli, 2025

ISBN

978-88-351-7274-1

Descrizione fisica

364 p. ; 24 cm

Collana

Am ; 951

Disciplina

330.0285

Locazione

DECBC

Collocazione

ECMAC172A

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia