Gomme, George Laurence & Milne, F. A.(Editors)

Ecclesiology (Gentleman's Magazine Library)

Elliott Stock, London, 1894. First Edition, Quarter Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. green cloth covers with quarter leather spine edged by gilt line with gilt titles in gilt border & gilt publishers device; top edge gilt; deckled outer & bottom edges; a volume in the Gentleman's Magazine Library series being a classified collection of the chief contents of the Gentleman's Magazine in this case on Ecclesiology (the forms, building & decoration of churches); "The extracts are left to speak for themselves. A great number of them belong to a period when Ecclesiology was not specifically studied; but they preserve a record of facts which it may now be difficult to ascertain, because of the great changes which have nearly everywhere taken place in our churches under the specious name of restoration. On sifting the materials it was found that all the contributions to the Magazine dealing with matters Ecclesiological fell roughly under three heads, viz.; Early Church Building, Church Interiors, and Church History; and the whole of the extracts selected for reproduction are accordingly arranged under one or other of them. Under the first head will be found the very interesting discussion, or, more strictly speaking, controversy, as to whether the churches erected in England during the tenth century were as a general rule built of wood or:of stone."; including index - 327 pages plus 2 of publisher's adverts. A HEAVY BOOK WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; Religion & Theology; Churches; Ecclesiology; England; History. Inventory No: HST00069.

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Boeknummer: HST00069

Catalogus: Architecture

Trefwoorden: BZDB227 History/Archaeology/Ecclesiology/Gentleman's Magazine Library/Church Buildings/Church Interiors/Church History Architecture; Religion & Theology; Churches; Ecclesiology; England; History. Unbranded Gomme, George Laurence & Milne, F. A.(Editors)

Kearns, Rev. J. F,

Silpa Sastra

Institute of Experimental Geomancy, Cambridge, 2001. Republished Edition, Softcover. As New. hand-sewn yellow card covers; printed in red & black & illustrated by charts; introduction by Patrick McFadzean; This essay by the Rev. J. F. Kearns is an early account of the Indian art of Geomancy called Silpa Sastra which is also known as Vastu Sastra and Vastu Vidya. It first appeared in the Indian Antiquary in August and October 1876, and is therefore contemporary with the first published accounts of the very similar practices of Feng Shui in China from the Rev. M. T. Yates in 1868, Rev. J. Edkins in 1872, and the Rev. E. J. Eitel in 1873. The contents of this work cover correct choice of site and orientation, harmonious proportion, the Vastu Purusha Mandala, electional astrology, omens, propitiation of spirits and Deities. carpentry, lots of information on trees, details about the construction of implements; the right wood for the measuring rod and the correct fibre for the measuring cord, and other matters. The text is similar to other works from all over India such as the Silpa Pothi. The Rev. Kearns has provided us with a view of Indian Geomancy which assumes the reality of the supernatural and astrology and which in 1876 is still unaffected by attempts to harmonise it 'with Western physics or Theosophy. Unlike the work of the Rev. Eitel on feng shui the Rev. Kearns work does not seem to have been very noticed. Patrick McFadzean came across a reference to it in a 1927 work, Dictionary of Hindu Architecture by P. K. Acharya, and traced a copy of the 1876 volume in the basement of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Cambridge University from where it was rescued. First Thus. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 40 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. includes appendix of the Indian Months printed inside rear cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Architecture; Geomancy; Esoteric; Astrology; India; 19th century; Indigenous Cultures. Inventory No: 4306.

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Boeknummer: 4306

Catalogus: Architecture

Trefwoorden: BZDB227 Architecture/Geomancy/Magic/Paranormal/OccultSacred Architecture/Electional Astrology/Silpis Architecture; Geomancy; Esoteric; Astrology; India; 19th century; Indigenous Cultures. Unbranded Rev. J. F, Kearns Silpa Sastra Geomancy Esoteric Astrol

McFadzean, Patrick

The Geomancers Guide to the Vastupurusa Mandala

Institute of Experimental Geomancy, Cambridge, 2001. First Edition, Softcover. As New. hand-bound in red card covers with red cloth spine; printed in red & black & illustrated by charts & mandalas. The Vastu Purusha Mandala is an indispensable part of vastu shastra and constitutes the mathematical and diagrammatic basis for generating design. It is the metaphysical plan of a building that incorporates the course of the heavenly bodies and supernatural forces. Purusha refers to energy, power, soul or cosmic man. Mandala is the generic name for any plan or chart which symbolically represents the cosmos. In Hindu cosmology the surface of the earth is represented as a square, the most fundamental of all Hindu forms. The earth is represented as four-cornered in reference to the horizon's relationship with sunrise and sunset, the North and South direction. It is called Chaturbhuji (four cornered) and represented in the form of the Prithvi Mandala. The astrological charts or horoscopes also represent in a square plan the positions of the sun, moon, planets and zodiac constellations with reference to a specific person's place and time of birth. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 84 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. Includes glossary. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Architecture; Geomancy; Esoteric; Astrology; India; Indigenous Cultures. Inventory No: 4305.

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