{"product_id":"dini-mimaride-gizli-tasarim-yontemleri","title":"Hidden Design Methods in Religious Architecture","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is the product of over twenty-five years of research. Its aim is to introduce and demystify the geometry and numerical symbolism observed in Ottoman, Christian, and Jewish religious architecture, and in the design of Masonic Lodges, their cornerstones, and monuments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen we began our studies on Ottoman mosques and tombs in the late seventies, documents and publications that could shed light on this subject were almost non-existent. While numerous books and articles had been published for approximately 150 years researching and introducing the hidden design methods of Christian religious architecture, no one had shown interest in this aspect of Ottoman architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work of the Russian scholar M.S. Bulatov, which explained the geometry in the designs of Central Asian Islamic architecture, came into our hands only near our retirement years, and the geometric solutions it contained seemed overly complex for that period (especially for the 9th century).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNevertheless, we courageously continued our work and inevitably strayed down a series of erroneous paths. We introduced the work of those years in some of our articles. Very few of the criticisms reached a level that could point us in the right direction. However, we believe we have convincingly established this much:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSinan and those before him must have incorporated certain numbers derived from Abjad numerals and the Basmala in their designs for religious architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter retirement, due to a hip operation, we immigrated to Canada and then decided to stay there. As time passed, we realized that we had taken a very productive and auspicious step for our research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomehow, it occurred to us to apply to a Masonic Lodge because we had heard about their rich libraries. Permission was granted, and for weeks we immersed ourselves in books from the 19th and even 18th centuries in their libraries. Finally, one day, flashes of insight began to ignite in our minds. We were almost ready to shout \"Eureka!\" like Archimedes. We had solved the problem. We understood that \"The key to the secret is the Pythagorean triangle.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe importance given to architecture and the Pythagorean triangle in Masonry was astounding. Pythagoras's \"47th problem\" was constantly referenced. The use of this triangle as an emblem in some lodges, and the inclusion of the compass and square in the Masonic emblem, all began to appear as signs emphasizing the importance of this triangle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Birsen Yayınevi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39408932683971,"sku":"9789755114569","price":1080.0,"currency_code":"TRY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/3950\/7395\/products\/3990000030466.jpg?v=1616016951","url":"https:\/\/yemkitabevi.com\/en-us\/products\/dini-mimaride-gizli-tasarim-yontemleri","provider":"YEM Kitabevi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}