Sunday, 9 September 2007

The diameter of the labyrinth that was actually walked is a result of seven turns of the path, repeated four times on opposite sides of the central circle; the same seven-fold progression as the previous concentric circles.

The cathedral at Chartres is composed of a plan of geometrical tables; three having the same surface area and three the same perimeter (fig 8). The labyrinth is the round table. The other two are the square and rectangular tables, therefore in accordance with the initial progression of the Platonic triangles. The length of one side of the square table is equal to the perimeter of the labyrinth divided by four (fig 7).

The rectangular table is in the proportions of phi.

The round table or labyrinth is a product of the seven-fold numerology.

The square table represents the transition from the seven-fold numerology to the twelve.

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