About the book: 1996 / Culture lives in the memory of times, and the world of things makes the past tangible. "The Red Book of Things" is a popular reference book on the history of things, mostly forgotten , and those whose origins few know. What is a uniform or a guard? Who wore them and when? Where did the skirt and trousers come from? Or what is the symbolism of the church paten and star? For a wide range of readers: historian and art critic, amateur and specialist, student and teacher will call this book their.