{"collection":"earth","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/earth/amm/amm02.htm","path":"earth/amm/amm02.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/earth/amm/amm02.htm","text":"Architecture, Mysticism and Myth, by W.R. Lethaby, [1892]\n| CHAP. | | PAGE | \n| | FRONTISPIECE Ziggurat of Belus at Babylon . . . see page | 128 | \n| | INTRODUCTORY | 1 | \n| I. | THE WORLD FABRIC | 9 | \n| II. | THE MICROCOSMOS | 32 | \n| | \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Chinese 'Hall of Distinction' Fig. 1.\u00a0\u00a0Buddhist Plan of the World Astrologers\u2019 Houses of the Sky | 46 | \n| | Fig. 2. A Buddhist Tope | 48 | \n| III. | FOUR SQUARE | 53 | \n| | Fig. 3. Ezekiel's City | 63 | \n| | Fig. 4. Chinese Plan | 63 | \n| IV. | AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH | 71 | \n| | Fig. 5. The Four Rivers and Central Tree | 75 | \n| | Fig. 6. The Central Stone of Delphi | 79 | \n| | Fig. 7. The Same | 80 | \n| | Fig. 8. Plan of Dome of the Rock | 89 | \n| V. | THE JEWEL-BEARING TREE | 95 | \n| | Fig. 9 Indian Lamp Tree | 115 | \n| | Fig. 10. Greek Lamp Tree | 116 | \n| | Fig. 11. The Golden Candlestick from the arch of Titus | 117 | \n| | p. xii | | \n| CHAP. | | PAGE | \n| VI. | THE PLANETARY SPHERES | 122 | \n| | Fig. 12. Seven-Walled City, from 1481 Dante | 137 | \n| | Fig. 13. The Throne on Seven Steps of the Heavens | 138 | \n| VII. | THE LABYRINTH | 149 | \n| | Fig. 14. Floor Labyrinth at Ravenna | 151 | \n| | Fig. 15. Early Coins of Crete | 153 | \n| | Fig. 16. Isle of Crete, from the Hereford Map | 154 | \n| VIII. | THE GOLDEN GATE OF THE SUN | 174 | \n| | Fig. 17. Door Lintel, Ebba, Carthage. | 178 | \n| | Fig. 18. Syrian Tomb Door, Galilee. | 180 | \n| | Fig. 19. East Toran, Sanchi Tope | 182 | \n| | Fig. 20. Ph\u0153nician Toran, Coin of Paphos | 183 | \n| | Fig. 21. Chinese Tomb Door, Canton | 185 | \n| IX. | PAVEMENTS LIKE THE SEA | 201 | \n| | Fig. 22. Marble Pavement, Constantinople | 211 | \n| | Fig. 23. Roman Pavement, Cirencester | 213 | \n| | Fig. 24. Pavement Patterns, The Baptistery, Florence | 216 | \n| X. | CEILINGS LIKE THE SKY | 221 | \n| | Fig. 25. Mosaic Dome, Ravenna | 223 | \n| | Fig. 26. Egyptian Goddess of the Sky | 231 | \n| | Fig. 27. Egyptian Temple Ceiling | 233 | \n| XI. | THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DAYS | 235 | \n| XII. | THE SYMBOL OF CREATION | 254 | \n| | Fig. 28. Italian Canopy, from a Tile | 259 | \n| | Fig. 29. Italian Lamp from Mantegna | 261 | \n| | Fig. 30. Ostrich Egg from Mycen\u00e6 | 269 |","title":"Architecture, Mysticism and Myth: Contents","type":"page"}