Cardinal Alignments and the Golden Section
Subtitle: Principles of Ancient Cosmography and Design
Edition: 3rd edition 2008
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Published: November 2, 2006
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9781419621574
Subjects: European Archaeology; Cultural History; Medieval Architecture; History of Religion; Cistercian Order; Scandinavia; Cosmography
Table of contents: label: Part I
title: Principles of Ancient Cosmography and Design; label: Chapter 1
title: Introduction and Earlier Research
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter 2
title: Gallery-graves and the Golden Section: The AB-structure
pagenum: 25; label: Chapter 3
title: Pentagonal Geometry in Cosmography
pagenum: 40; label: Chapter 4
title: Triangular Stone-Settings – an Unexplained Phenomenon
pagenum: 57; label: Chapter 5
title: Geometrical Design of Ceremonial Axes
pagenum: 70; label: Chapter 6
title: Interrelated Circles and the Nebra Disk
pagenum: 95; label: Part II
title: The Geometrical Tradition and the Middle Ages; label: Chapter 7
title: Heathen Remains and Christian Elements in Fusion
pagenum: 117; label: Chapter 8
title: The Cistercian Connection
pagenum: 151; label: Chapter 9
title: Kings, Bishops and St. Bridget
pagenum: 184; label: Chapter 10
title: Heda Church and King Solomon
pagenum: 215; label: Chapter 11
title: Forshem Church and the Temple Churches in London and Paris
pagenum: 243; label: Chapter 12
title: Bornholm Island, the Scandinavian Meridian and Medieval Cosmography
pagenum: 258; label: Part III
title: The Earth as a Prototype; label: Chapter 13
title: Origins of the Scandinavian Meridian
pagenum: 288; label: Chapter 14
title: Measurements of the Earth
pagenum: 315; label: Chapter 15
title: Romanesque Ironwork and Runic Mathematics
pagenum: 348; label: Chapter 16
title: King Solomon's Temple
pagenum: 373; label: Chapter 17
title: Concluding Discussion and Complementary Evidence
pagenum: 386; label: Colour Plates
pagenum: 419; label: Bibliography
pagenum: 429; label: Appendices
pagenum: 446; label: Index
pagenum: 466