The stained glass windows in the Chartres Cathedral show 43 different trades who built this “wonder” about 800 years ago: Foundation digging 8 mtrs deep Choir and Buttress construction Wooden Roof Construction Laying lead sheets and gutters Finished roof and buttresses Construction of Transepts Winter Break Glass sphere transfer Glass spinning to a disc Rose window…
Cathedral central Paris in 13th century Cathedral Brugge Basilica Krakow Cathedral de St Cecilia in Albi Upper Basilica of St. Francis de Assisi Lower Basilica of St. Francis de Assisi Cathedral of the Savior of Spilled Blood St. Petersburg Spilled blood of Tsar Alexander II Over 7500 sqm of mosaics read more …
The cathedral was the hospitable refuge of all unfortunates. The sick stayed until they were cured. Doctors would give consultations around the holy-water stoup at the entrance. In Paris the Faculty of Medicine, gave lectures there. World’s oldest: Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Armenia Mezquita y Catedral de Cordoba: Catedral de Seville (former Mosque): The grounds, gardens, and Minaret…
GMC: Golden Mean Cathedral Its Fundamental Layout Cathedral at Chartres, France as done by the Knights Templar in the 13th century? Unawakened and awakened 3-fold Being Below is the 3-fold flame of gnostic Christianity: Power, Love, Wisdom or The Holy Trinity in all forms of Alchemy: Feminine, God, Masculine or Negative, Neutral, Positive or…
Cathedra of Jesus the Christ Calvary Slope, outside of old Jerusalem The Knights Templar built their churches in Europe in a very unique form, which was derived from the shape and sacred proportions of certain parts of the Holy Sepulchre Church: Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, in Jerusalem Church of the Anastasis (‘Resurrection’) A gold-domed…
13th Century Map of the Cosmos The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ of the Temple of Solomon, also known as the Order of Solomon’s Temple, the Knights Templar, or simply the Templars, was a military order of the Catholic faith, founded in 1119. It was one of the wealthiest and popular military orders in W-Christianity. One…
GEOLOGICAL ORIGIN It is a fine-grained cellular gravel limestone with the same density as marble or granite of 2.7 ton/m3. It was deposited about 22 million years ago as sediment by streams into the marshy lowland of a lake known as “Lac de Beauce”, has been subject to erosion by periods of heavy rain alternating…
English Gothic Architecture Gothic Cathedrals in England English Gothic is an architectural style, which originated in France and flourished in England from ≈1180 until ≈1520. English Gothic is also defined by its pointed arches, vaulted roofs, buttresses, large windows, and spires. These various elements had first been used within a single building at the choir…
Greek Orthodox churches St. Vladimir Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Khersones, Crimea 3 Dimensional human beings inside a 4 dimensional (4D) hyper structure, as shown above, should feel like a heavenly connection to the cosmos. 3D shadow projection of a 4D Hyper Cube drawn in perspective on a 2D field 8 cubes form the boundaries of…
Andreas Palladio Veneto’s most famous Architect, because he re-introduced Vitruvius‘ Small Whole Number Proportion: Andrea Palladio’s exterior motifs have been copied all over. See the Palladian style US-government-buildings. His economical materials (bricks/stucco) can be duplicated, or even improved. But Palladio’s balance and harmony seem to live only in his 18 surviving villas of the Veneto….
Cosmic Rides in England’s Cathedrals The number of people who identify as members of the Church of England has dropped from 31% in 2002 to 14% in 2018. Rev. Dorber’s, Dean of Lichfield Cathedral, various initiatives to shore that up are not “cheap marketing tricks” but decisions “made out of serious pastoral concerns.” “We are…
ND-Paris-1200-1300 Foundations blocks laid up to 9 meters high Hoisting of materials with treadmill runners > All craftsmen were well paid Choir walls erected and supported Roof from ancient trees covered with lead tiles Vault timber construction Blocks and key-stone placed on timber arches Block arches built on blocks that rest on timber arches Rainwater…
