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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Illustrations xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Bearing Bandmann’s Meaning: A Translator’s Introduction 1
1. The Problem of Meaning in Architecture 15
2. The Symbolic Meaning of Buildings According to Written and Visual Sources 47
3. Historical Meaning 119
4. The Decline of Symbolic and Historical Meaning 237
Afterword 249
Notes 257
Bibliography 307
Index 343

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Illustrations xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Bearing Bandmann’s Meaning: A Translator’s Introduction 1
1. The Problem of Meaning in Architecture 15
2. The Symbolic Meaning of Buildings According to Written and Visual Sources 47
3. Historical Meaning 119
4. The Decline of Symbolic and Historical Meaning 237
Afterword 249
Notes 257
Bibliography 307
Index 343

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