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Brian Hobley - The Circle of God - Table of Contents
Brian Hobley - The Circle of God - Table of Contents
F.S.A.
A Study of Continuity
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N. A. Griffiths F.S.A.
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Chapter Seven: Sun - symbols in Mycenae and Crete ................................................................................................ 7.1 - 7.9
Mycenaean circle and cross symbolism ............................................................................................................................. 7.1
Minoan crosses and swastikas at Knossos ......................................................................................................................... 7.1
The solar labyrinth, the Cretan labyrinth and the Minotaur ........................................................................................... 7.2
The Mycenean megaron (royal palace) and circular hearths .......................................................................................... 7.3
The royal cemetery of Mycenae: grave and tomb circles ................................................................................................. 7.4
Illustrations: Images ................................................................................................................................................. 7.5- 7.9
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Chapter Twenty - Three: Arches, Vaults and Sacred Gateways ........................................................................... 23.1 - 23.8
The “supreme arch of the heavens”: Greek and Etruscan origins ................................................................................ 23.1
Sacred Town Gates/Walls and the Triumphal arch: gateways between two worlds ................................................. 23.2
The triumphal arch gateway of Perge .............................................................................................................................. 23.4
Illustrations: Images ............................................................................................................................................ 23.5 - 23.8
Subject ....................................................................................................................................................... 23.8
Sources ............................................................................................................................................... See 49.8
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Chapter Thirty - One: Apollo Palatinus and other Augustan Structures ...........................................................31.1 - 31.17
The Palatine temple of Apollo and Augustus’ residence ............................................................................................... 31.1
Augustus’ temple of Vesta on the Palatine ...................................................................................................................... 31.2
The temple of Apollo Medicus (Apollo in Circo)............................................................................................................ 31.3
The Diaeta Apollonis of Gaius Maecenas ........................................................................................................................ 31.3
Circle and square symbolism at Pompeii in the Augustan Age ................................................................................... 31.4
The “Meta Sudans” and the Augustan Regions of Rome .............................................................................................. 31.5
The Horologium and the Ara Pacis .................................................................................................................................. 31.7
Colonia Augusta Raurica ................................................................................................................................................... 31.8
Illustrations: Images ...........................................................................................................................................31.9 - 31.16
Subject ..................................................................................................................................................... 31.17
Sources ................................................................................................................................... See 49.9 - 49.10
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Chapter Thirty - Six: Solar Discs and Sacred Sun - cakes .....................................................................................36.1 - 36.11
Military solar discs .............................................................................................................................................................. 36.3
The discus and the Panhellenic Olympic Games ............................................................................................................ 36.4
Solar discs and temple pediments .................................................................................................................................... 36.4
Oscilla Sacred discs ............................................................................................................................................................. 36.5
Unexplained discs ............................................................................................................................................................... 36.5
Illustrations: Images ...........................................................................................................................................36.6 - 36.11
Subject ..................................................................................................................................................... 36.11
Sources ............................................................................................................................................. See 49.11
Chapter Thirty - Eight: Solar Headwear, star, zodiac & rosette garments ..........................................................38.1 - 38.19
The radiate crown ............................................................................................................................................................... 38.1
The nimbus .......................................................................................................................................................................... 38.1
Leafed coronae (crowns or chaplets) and circular wreaths ........................................................................................... 38.3
Acquiring the Sun’s protection.......................................................................................................................................... 38.4
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Chapter Thirty - Eight: Solar Headwear, star, zodiac & rosette garments (continued)
Protective Sun - symbols on brooches .............................................................................................................................. 38.6
Circular headdresses and solar protection ...................................................................................................................... 38.7
Star, zodiac, rosette, covered garments and solar headwear......................................................................................... 38.8
Parasols and umbrellas..................................................................................................................................................... 38.10
The tonsure ........................................................................................................................................................................ 38.10
Illustrations: Images .........................................................................................................................................38.11 - 38.18
Subject ..................................................................................................................................................... 38.19
Sources ............................................................................................................................................. See 49.11
Chapter Thirty - Nine: Cosmic and Celestial Shields ............................................................................................. 39.1 - 39.6
The clipeus............................................................................................................................................................................. 39.1
Raising the solar shield....................................................................................................................................................... 39.2
Illustrations: Images ............................................................................................................................................. 39.4- 39.6
Subject ....................................................................................................................................................... 39.6
Sources ............................................................................................................................................. See 49.11
Chapter Forty - One: Constantine the Great and the Triumph of Apollo ........................................................... 41.1 - 41.8
The chi rho and the solar cross .......................................................................................................................................... 41.1
Constantinople and Rome.................................................................................................................................................. 41.5
Converting the Empire ....................................................................................................................................................... 41.6
Illustrations: Images ...........................................................................................................................................41.9 - 41.11
Subject ..................................................................................................................................................... 41.11
Sources ............................................................................................................................................. See 49.12
Chapter Forty - Two: The Solar Cycle and the Christian Year .............................................................................42.1 - 42.10
The solstices and the equinoxes ........................................................................................................................................ 42.1
The vernal equinox ............................................................................................................................................................. 42.2
The winter solstice .............................................................................................................................................................. 42.3
The autumnal equinox and St. Michael the Archangel .................................................................................................. 42.5
The summer solstice ........................................................................................................................................................... 42.6
Celtic mid - quarter fire - festivals and the Christian calendar ..................................................................................... 42.7
Illustrations: Images .........................................................................................................................................42.10 - 42.14
Subject ..................................................................................................................................................... 42.14
Sources ............................................................................................................................................. See 49.12
Chapter Forty - Three: Circular Symbolism in Early Christian Structures ........................................................43.1 - 43.41
Early circular churches ....................................................................................................................................................... 43.1
Baptisteries ........................................................................................................................................................................... 43.3
Martyria ................................................................................................................................................................................ 43.4
Mausolea .............................................................................................................................................................................. 43.4
Polygonal chapter - houses ................................................................................................................................................ 43.5
Churches built on ancient British and Irish circular sites .............................................................................................. 43.6
Circular church iconography: Paradise Gardens, centralised buildings ................................................................... 43.10
The Sun in the church ....................................................................................................................................................... 43.12
The rose window and the Wheel of Fortune ................................................................................................................. 43.14
Medieval figurative roundels with cosmic/astrological designs ................................................................................ 43.16
Labyrinths .......................................................................................................................................................................... 43.17
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