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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Parish Church"”.
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A parish church
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1906.
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A design for a parish church
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1903.
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A Catholic parish church for Kingsport, Tennessee
The design of a church for the present time should combine an expression of the ultimate objectives of the Christian religion with an expression of the liturgical formulae as they have evolved through the centuries. A pedantic adherence to the opinions of contemporary critics of church architecture …
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A Roman Catholic Parish Church in Bedford, Massachusetts
Thesis (M.Arch.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture, 1956.
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Greenwich parish church, memorialisation and community c. 1700 to the present day
This study examines the relationships between the parish church(es) of Greenwich, London, and the local communities they served in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It incorporates architectural, local and national history sources and combines these fields. An exploration of three …
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The role of music and musicians in current English parish church worship : the attitudes of clergy and organists.
One of the many issues currently confronting the Church of England is the role of music in worship. It is not a new debate, but has been brought into sharper focus in recent years in the wake of liturgical change. After examining the fundamental issues of the debate, the author considers them in …
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Late Medieval Roof Bosses in the Churches of Devon
Susan Andrew LATE MEDIEVAL ROOF BOSSES IN THE CHURCHES OF DEVON Abstract The extensive survival of late medieval bosses in the roofs of many parish churches in Devon has long been recognised. These carvings escaped the widespread destruction of images during the Reformation through their relative …
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From Rome to 'the ends of the habitable world': the provision of clergy and church buildings in the Hebrides, circa 1266 to circa 1472
This thesis examines the late mediaeval Church in the Hebrides from 1266 until 1472. The late mediaeval Church was culturally significant: it imposed rules and regulations on lay society throughout western Christendom. Hitherto, studies of the Hebridean Church have focused on its organisation and …
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Two Orchestral Anthems by John Alcock (1715-1806): A critical edition with commentary
… works and is a significant figure in English church music of the eighteenth century. His writings about his life in both parish church and cathedral music are also invaluable to research of the period. The two orchestral anthems, here appearing in critical editions, display some of the flair …
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A place to belong? The changing place of Church in rural life.
Many church buildings are finding a new lease of life as multi‐functional public spaces. Alongside their traditional role as places of worship, ‘sacred space’ is being opened‐up to new purposes by local communities and therefore to a reinterpretation of ‘place’. Consequently, in a diverse and …
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An exploratory study of women's experiences and place in the church: a case study of a parish in the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (CPSA), diocese of Cape Town
… of eight mature women members of a particular parish in the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (CPSA) situated in the Diocese of Cape Town. Using qualitative feminist research methodologies, this study sets out to explore how this group of non-ordained women perceives their roles in the …
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Whatever happened to the Jesuit Church of Old Havana?
… and historical evolution of the Jesuit Church that was located in Havana (Cuba). It is a "hands on" study that deals with the building and the available archival material. Construction on the church started in 1749 and it was halted with the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Spanish …
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Holy Blood, Holy Cross: Architecture and Devotion in the Parochial Complex of Rothenburg ob der Tauber
… and devotional practice. Among the spaces of the parish church of St. Jakob, the neighboring charnel-house chapel of St. Michael, and the urban cemetery between unfolded an intricate thematic program whose leitmotif was a miracle-working blood relic. Scholars are beginning to reassess the role of …
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The Effectiveness of the Church of England Guidance for Assessing Significance
… aims to determine the effectiveness of the Church of England’s (C. of E.) guidance for writing statements of significance. It examines the adoption of ‘significance’ as a system for deciding what elements of the historic environment should be conserved and in what way. The growing influence …
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God, Grief and Community:Commemoration of the Great War in Huddersfield, c. 1914-1929
… memorials, and on the shifting position of the parish church and churchyard within perceptions of public space. Memorial inscriptions, and the content of dedication ceremomes, predominantly expressed the grief of the communities involved, with the more simplistic expressions of patriotism …
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Domenico Veneziano and his public commissions in Florence
… cycle in the main chapel of Sant’Egidio, the church of the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova. The third chapter focuses on the Carnesecchi tabernacle, which was at the homonymous Canto (street junction) near Florence’s Cathedral. Chapter 4 deals with Veneziano’s masterpiece, the Saint Lucy …
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Financing the Faith: Scottish Catholicism 1772- c.1890
… the financial development of the Catholic Church in Scotland between 1772 and circa 1890. In 1772, the Church was heavily reliant on external, normally insufficient sources of income. The dangers of this over-reliance became clear when the progress of the French Revolution destroyed the …
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The Royal Burgh of Peebles in the nineteenth century : the impact of a locally-organised railway on a moribund Scottish county town
… 1881, which encouraged the' carriage' trade. The Parish Church became too small for the growing population, and was rebuilt in 1887, using expensive materials-an expression of the renewed confidence in the town. <br></br><br></br>This thesis explores why Peebles was stagnant in the first part of …
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