The beautiful necessity; seven essays on theosophy and architecture . MMEJb. 45 equilateral triangles having common side) which inso many cases seems to have determined the mainproportion of a cathedral plan—the interior lengthand the width across the transepts—appears as anaureole around the figure of Christ in early repre-sentations, a fact which certainly points to a relationbetween the two (Illustrations 42, 43). A curiouslittle book, The Rosicrucians, by Hargrave Jen-nings, contains an interesting diagram which wellillustrates this conception of the symbolism of a cathedral. A copy of it
The beautiful necessity; seven essays on theosophy and architecture . MMEJb. 45 equilateral triangles having common side) which inso many cases seems to have determined the mainproportion of a cathedral plan—the interior lengthand the width across the transepts—appears as anaureole around the figure of Christ in early repre-sentations, a fact which certainly points to a relationbetween the two (Illustrations 42, 43). A curiouslittle book, The Rosicrucians, by Hargrave Jen-nings, contains an interesting diagram which wellillustrates this conception of the symbolism of a cathedral. A copy of it ishere given. The apse is seen to correspond with the head of Christ, the northtransept to his right hand, the south transept to the left hand, the nave to thebody, and the north and south towers to the right and left feet respectively(Illustration 44). The cathedral builders excelled all others in the artfulness with whichthey established and maintained a relation between their architecture andthe stature of a man. This is perhaps one reason why the French and. IV THE BODILY TEMPLE 57
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