Architecture, Mysticism and Myth, by W.R. Lethaby, [1892]
| CHAP. | | PAGE |
| | 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 | 117 |
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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 | 201 |
| | 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 | 221 |
| | 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 | 269 |