Does Rosslyn Chapel Contain a Drawing of an Ancient Navigation System?
Posted on September 15, 2006
Ashley Cowie, author of the The Rosslyn Matrix, believes a carving in the mysterious Rosslyn Chapel is not related to the Templar Knights or the Holy Grail but to an ancient navigation system. Cowie told Scotsman.com that the geometric layers indicate the carving is not a pinnacle or church spire design.
At first glance, the mysterious carving looks a bit like a miniature electricity pylon with a latticed construction of uprights and grids. At the top is the outline of a misshapen cup which has a five-pointed star on one of the sides. Inside the cup shape, stacked on top of each other, are four diamond-shaped lozenges of different lengths and widths.The crypt is part of an older structure on top of which the 15th-century chapel was built. It was used as a workshop during the chapel's construction and the scratching on the south wall seems to have been dismissed as a workman's sketch for one of the roof pinnacles.
"I can say with confidence this carving does not represent a pinnacle, or any three-dimensional church spire design," says Cowie. "This becomes obvious when you unravel the geometric layers."
It certainly is an unusual drawing and it does have some resemblance to the sextant. You can view photographs from the chapel on the Rosslyn Chapel website.
You can find out more about the book on the author's website, ashleycowie.com Cowie also shared this video of Rosslyn Chapel photography.