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"St. Gabriel's Church: A LEED church building project" By Roberto Chiotti The second of two articles; submitted to Celebrate-Liturgy Magazine , May 2006. LEED is the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Council

"St. Gabriel's Church: A LEED church building project, Part 1" by Roberto Chiotti The first of two articles; submitted to Celebrate-Liturgy Magazine , April 2006 LEED is the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Council

"Interrupting the Profane" and essay by Roberto Chiotti An architect immersed in theology provides insight into the formal and material tradition of sacred spaces.

Islamic Science, An Illustrated Study by Seed Hossein Nasr Chapter III -- Cosmology, Cosmography and Geography This text contains numerous notes, images, and figures that should be reviewed. Apologies for mispronunciations.

Leon Baptist's Alberti "On Painting" Books I and II Please refer to the test for figures related to the text. Figures are not identified in this reading.

Abbot Suger "On the Abbey Church of St. Denis and Its Art Treasures" Editied, Translated, and Annotated by Edwin Panofsky Chapters 24 - 34A

Victor Hugo Notre-Dame of Paris Book 5, Chapter 2 "This Will Kill That"

Chapter 8 "Ordering the World" Means and Meanings of Proportion and Geometry

"The Mosque in the Medieval Islamic World" An essay by Robert Hillenbrand

Creation story from "Genesis" of the Old Testament.

Creation story from the Bible, "John".

AGGANNA SUTTA: On Knowledge of Beginnings This is a text taken from a larger collection called the Long Discourses (Digha Nikaya); the teachings attributed to the Buddha were organized by his later disciples in terms of their length. This text is considered by Buddhists to be an actual teaching of the Buddha made in the sixth or fifth century before Christ, and preserved by his disciples in its pr...

Japanese Creation Myth (712 CE) From Genji Shibukawa: Tales from the Kojiki The following is a modern retelling of the creation story from the Kojiki, Japan’s oldest chronicle, compiled in 712 CE by O No Yasumaro. This version is easier for the modern reader to understand than the original, but its essential features are preserved. The quest for Izanami in the underworld is reminiscent of the Gree...

Readings from Vitruvius The Ten Books on Architecture.  Refer to the actual text for relevant notes and images.

"City and Site", Chapter 2 of Joseph Rykwert's book The Idea of a Town. Refer to the text for relevant notes and images.

Book 1 of Vergil's "The Aeneid". Please refer to the reading for relevant notes. Apologies for any mispronunciations.

Selected reading from Hesiod's "Theogony". Apologies for any mispronunciations.

Book 1 of the classic tale by Homer

Part 2 of the readings from "The Egyptian Book of the Dead". Apologies for pronunciation errors.

Part 1 of the readings from The Egyptian Book of the Dead.

Examination of the Luxor temple as it reflects man.

Egyptian creation myth.

Chinua Achebe, Nigerian author regarded as learning African literary voice.

Dystopian text

Reading of a graphic text. Absolutely worth reading the original text by Jillian Tamaki as my narration does not do justice to her story.