Lost Sacred Geometries: Resurrecting the Architectural Language of Medieval Armenian Churches | Sacred Architecture, Geometry & Heritage Study

In this extraordinary book, Setrak Isnar uncovers a long-lost world of architectural design and meaning, used continuously for 1,300 years, that has lain hidden in the ruins of ancient Armenian churches and monasteries since the late 1800s. When these medieval churches were constructed, their architects and builders worked with an elaborate architectural language of symbols, relationships and proportions.The heritage of Armenia, the first Christian nation, preserves both an architectural and a faith tradition.Lost Sacred Geometries explores the relationship between the rich religious symbolism and the complex architecture that characterized and conveyed the nation's Christian beliefs. Through rich, colored drawings, the author explores the symbolic properties of the architecture of many churches, from base to vault.He invites the reader into the lives of medieval architects and priests in their creation of churches and monasteries and explores the various components of their spiritual