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Architecture, Mysticism and Myth, by W.R. Lethaby, [1892], at sacred-texts.com


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CONTENTS

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FRONTISPIECE
Ziggurat of Belus at Babylon . . . see page

128

 


INTRODUCTORY

1


I.

THE WORLD FABRIC

9


II.

THE MICROCOSMOS

32

 

            Chinese 'Hall of Distinction'
   Fig. 1.  Buddhist Plan of the World
            Astrologers’ Houses of the Sky

46

 

   Fig. 2. A Buddhist Tope

48


III.

FOUR SQUARE

53

 

   Fig. 3. Ezekiel's City

63

 

   Fig. 4. Chinese Plan

63


IV.

AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH

71

 

   Fig. 5. The Four Rivers and Central Tree

75

 

   Fig. 6. The Central Stone of Delphi

79

 

   Fig. 7. The Same

80

 

   Fig. 8. Plan of Dome of the Rock

89


V.

THE JEWEL-BEARING TREE

95

 

   Fig. 9 Indian Lamp Tree

115

 

   Fig. 10. Greek Lamp Tree

116

 

   Fig. 11. The Golden Candlestick from the arch of Titus

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VI.

THE PLANETARY SPHERES

122

 

   Fig. 12. Seven-Walled City, from 1481 Dante

137

 

   Fig. 13. The Throne on Seven Steps of the Heavens

138


VII.

THE LABYRINTH

149

 

   Fig. 14. Floor Labyrinth at Ravenna

151

 

   Fig. 15. Early Coins of Crete

153

 

   Fig. 16. Isle of Crete, from the Hereford Map

154


VIII.

THE GOLDEN GATE OF THE SUN

174

 

   Fig. 17. Door Lintel, Ebba, Carthage.

178

 

   Fig. 18. Syrian Tomb Door, Galilee.

180

 

   Fig. 19. East Toran, Sanchi Tope

182

 

   Fig. 20. Phœnician Toran, Coin of Paphos

183

 

   Fig. 21. Chinese Tomb Door, Canton

185


IX.

PAVEMENTS LIKE THE SEA

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   Fig. 22. Marble Pavement, Constantinople

211

 

   Fig. 23. Roman Pavement, Cirencester

213

 

   Fig. 24. Pavement Patterns, The Baptistery, Florence

216


X.

CEILINGS LIKE THE SKY

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   Fig. 25. Mosaic Dome, Ravenna

223

 

   Fig. 26. Egyptian Goddess of the Sky

231

 

   Fig. 27. Egyptian Temple Ceiling

233

XI.


THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DAYS

235


XII.

THE SYMBOL OF CREATION

254

 

   Fig. 28. Italian Canopy, from a Tile

259

 

   Fig. 29. Italian Lamp from Mantegna

261

 

   Fig. 30. Ostrich Egg from Mycenæ

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