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Languages : en
Pages : 52
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A Few Words on Baptismal Regeneration, in a letter to a Candidate for Holy Orders, resident in the diocese of York. With three appendices. By Presbyter Anglicanus
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Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Suggestions as to carrying out lord Ashley's proposal for the subdivision of parishes, by a member of the Temple
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Languages : en
Pages : 742
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British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 556
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Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1232
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Animal Symbolism in Ecclesiastical Architecture
Author: Edward Payson EvansPublisher:
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Category : Animal sculpture
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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The Epidemics of the Middle Ages
Author: Justus Friedrich Carl HeckerPublisher:
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Category : Black Death
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Of the Church, Five Books
Author: Richard FieldPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 488
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The Phoenix
Author: Joseph NiggPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022619552X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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An “insightful cultural history of the mythical, self-immolating bird” from Ancient Egypt to contemporary pop culture by the author of The Book of Gryphons (Library Journal). The phoenix, which rises again and again from its own ashes, has been a symbol of resilience and renewal for thousands of years. But how did this mythical bird come to play a part in cultures around the world and throughout human history? Here, mythologist Joseph Nigg presents a comprehensive biography of this legendary creature. Beginning in ancient Egypt, Nigg’s sweeping narrative discusses the many myths and representations of the phoenix, including legends of the Chinese, where it was considered a sacred creature that presided over China’s destiny; classical Greece and Rome, where it appears in the writings of Herodotus and Ovid; medieval Christianity, in which it came to embody the resurrection; and in Europe during the Renaissance, when it was a popular emblem of royals. Nigg examines the various phoenix traditions, the beliefs and tales associated with them, their symbolic and metaphoric use, and their appearance in religion, bestiaries, and even contemporary popular culture, in which the ageless bird of renewal is employed as a mascot and logo. “An exceptional work of scholarship.”—Publishers Weekly
