CONTENTS
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
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
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