Tau PublishingThe Tau
The Origins and Franciscan Tradition of the Symbol · Translated by Catherine Bolton
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- ISBN, perfect bound
- 978-1-61956-229-5
- ISBN, EPUB ebook
- 978-1-61956-349-0
- ISBN, PDF ebook
- 978-1-61956-350-6
- Pages
- 80
- Size
- 5.5 × 8.5 in
- Edition
- Perfect bound second edition, April 2014
- Language
- English
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About this book
“The Tau is a sign of elevation, and the place to which it pertains is on high.”
Why did St. Francis choose the Tau as his emblem? Enrico Sciamanna, a teacher in Assisi, traces the symbol from its origins and its place in Scripture, the Book of Ezekiel and the Fathers of the Church, to the Antonine friars and the Fourth Lateran Council, where Francis may first have embraced it.
Francis adopted the Tau intensely and completely, signing his letters and walls with it, until through the Stigmata he became himself the living Tau he had so often contemplated. With color illustrations.
Inside
- Acknowledgements and Introduction
- Sources of the symbol, the Tau in Scripture and in early Christian tradition
- St. Francis and the Tau, and the Tau in Franciscan art
- Appendix and bibliography