Thursday, January 15
Juan Bautista Villalpando, S.J.
Okay, three hours until I leave. But I've just got one more thing to show you all: check out this interesting page on Fr. Villalpando, a seventeenth-century Spanish Jesuit with a peculiar interest in Solomon's Temple. The Temple was a big deal to the scholars and architects of his era--in fact, much of this esoteric preoccupation is reflected in the design of the Escorial. Which Villalpando's curious reconstruction resembles strongly. I might blog further on the subject when I have a free moment down the line. Anyway, it's fun. His version of the Temple might not be necessarily accurate (I've read it would take five Mount Moriahs to hold such a vast complex) but it's pretty darn cool.
Okay, three hours until I leave. But I've just got one more thing to show you all: check out this interesting page on Fr. Villalpando, a seventeenth-century Spanish Jesuit with a peculiar interest in Solomon's Temple. The Temple was a big deal to the scholars and architects of his era--in fact, much of this esoteric preoccupation is reflected in the design of the Escorial. Which Villalpando's curious reconstruction resembles strongly. I might blog further on the subject when I have a free moment down the line. Anyway, it's fun. His version of the Temple might not be necessarily accurate (I've read it would take five Mount Moriahs to hold such a vast complex) but it's pretty darn cool.
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