Contents

CHAP.

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FRONTISPIECE
Ziggurat of Belus at Babylon . . . see page

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INTRODUCTORY

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I.

THE WORLD FABRIC

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II.

THE MICROCOSMOS

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

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   Fig. 2. A Buddhist Tope

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III.

FOUR SQUARE

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   Fig. 3. Ezekiel's City

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   Fig. 4. Chinese Plan

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IV.

AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH

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   Fig. 5. The Four Rivers and Central Tree

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   Fig. 6. The Central Stone of Delphi

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   Fig. 7. The Same

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   Fig. 8. Plan of Dome of the Rock

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V.

THE JEWEL-BEARING TREE

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   Fig. 9 Indian Lamp Tree

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   Fig. 10. Greek Lamp Tree

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

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VI.

THE PLANETARY SPHERES

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

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

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VII.

THE LABYRINTH

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   Fig. 14. Floor Labyrinth at Ravenna

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   Fig. 15. Early Coins of Crete

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

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VIII.

THE GOLDEN GATE OF THE SUN

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   Fig. 17. Door Lintel, Ebba, Carthage.

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   Fig. 18. Syrian Tomb Door, Galilee.

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   Fig. 19. East Toran, Sanchi Tope

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   Fig. 20. Phœnician Toran, Coin of Paphos

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   Fig. 21. Chinese Tomb Door, Canton

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IX.

PAVEMENTS LIKE THE SEA

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   Fig. 22. Marble Pavement, Constantinople

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   Fig. 23. Roman Pavement, Cirencester

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   Fig. 24. Pavement Patterns, The Baptistery, Florence

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X.

CEILINGS LIKE THE SKY

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   Fig. 25. Mosaic Dome, Ravenna

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   Fig. 26. Egyptian Goddess of the Sky

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   Fig. 27. Egyptian Temple Ceiling

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XI.

THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DAYS

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XII.

THE SYMBOL OF CREATION

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   Fig. 28. Italian Canopy, from a Tile

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   Fig. 29. Italian Lamp from Mantegna

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   Fig. 30. Ostrich Egg from Mycenæ

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