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Alan Butler and John Ritchie Ever since its seminal part in The Da Vinci Code, interest in the Rosslyn Chapel, built in Scotland in the 14th century, has reached extraordinary proportions.
Its curious and mystifying carvings have generated much speculation, as to who the builders were, and how and why they built it. Rosslyn Revealed is a descriptive guide to one of the world's most astonishing buildings. The authors, with over 12 years research behind them, uncover previously unknown facts about its origins, builders, construction and purpose. It is literally, a book, or library, in stone. The knowledge it represents is a heady, continent-wide mix of religion, natural knowledge and philosophy that was heretical for its time. It stretches back to the 1st century Ebionites, the first Christians, and beyond. Evidence is provided for its connection with the Templars, and its rightful position as the birthplace of Freemasonry. The ideas behind the carvings also bring forward the modern age by two centuries. The truth about the chapel turns out to be stranger than fiction. Publisher O Books ISBN 1905047924
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