Mcgraw hill dictionary of architecture and construction.
Panel door patterns cross and bible.
This morning we learned about the so called cross and bible or christian paneled doors that grace many old homes from our old house aficionado neighbor.
If you look at it it does look like a cross.
Also called a cross and bible door.
In colonial new england the paneled front door of a house in which the stiles and rails of the door form a pattern suggestive of a cross the two lower stiles and rails form a pattern vaguely suggestive of an open book representing the bible.
The cross the bible the top.
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It does not take too much imagination to see the shape of a christian cross in the arrangement of the top mullions and intersecting cross rail and only a slightly bigger leap of imagination to see the bottom two.
The bottom part represents an open bible.
See the right door in the image above.
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There is another form if this where it shows it is on the bottom.
The classic six panel door is sometimes known as a cross and bible door due to the apparent symbolism found in the door shape.
Old house folklore describes the myth of quaker or christian symbolism in the carpentry design of 6 paneled doors.
It was created from the original cross design pattern but this customized version has a dove and bible added.
See the image above the left door.
The top part represent a cross.