Brahe Church: The Count's Treasury

Alyssa Joy Nelson

ISBN 10: 0984026606 / ISBN 13: 9780984026609

Published by Silverview Publishing, 2014

About this Item

SIGNED! Inscribed, personalized (See Photos)! BOX packed with padding! Both English language and Swiss Language. Pages: not written on, clean, bright, odor free, fine edges. Cover: small bumping at front bottom edge, a few light scuffs. See Photos! Ships from California. Ships same or next day (weekdays and Saturdays)! ABOUT: A comprehensive photo history of the ancient 1636 Brahe Church on Visingsö Island in southern Sweden. Written in both English and Swedish, the high-quality color photographs provide a unique visual journey through the history, Baroque architecture, and valuable royal and religious artifacts of the Brahe Church. The book includes photographs of oil and ceiling paintings, woodcarvings, brass plaques, statues, tombs, church ceremonial artifacts, bridal jewelry, chasuble made from a gold thread coronation cloak, and an early Bible dated 1647.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Brahe Church: The Count's Treasury
• Publisher: Silverview Publishing
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0984026606
• ISBN 13: 9780984026609
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

A comprehensive photo history of the ancient 1636 Brahe Church on Visingsö Island in southern Sweden. Written in both English and Swedish, the high-quality color photographs provide a unique visual journey through the history, Baroque architecture, and valuable royal and religious artifacts of the Brahe Church. The book includes photographs of oil and ceiling paintings, woodcarvings, brass plaques, statues, tombs, church ceremonial artifacts, bridal jewelry, chasuble made from a gold thread coronation cloak, and an early Bible dated 1647

About the Author

Alyssa Joy Nelson is a talented young commercial photographer with a gift for capturing photos of objects that cannot be moved, are situated in difficult lighting conditions, are most likely classified as priceless artifacts, and take months to obtain countless permits to get within camera range. Her first book, Brahe Church: The Count s Treasury, is a color photo history of the ancient 1636 Brahe Church located on Visingsö Island in Sweden. Her photographic eye, layout creativity, and computer skills with Photoshop and InDesign were invaluable contributions to the creation of the Brahe Church book. Alyssa Nelson is a graduate from Harrington College of Design in Chicago, Illinois. She currently lives near Las Vegas, Nevada.