Today; Kings College Chapel is the iconic image of the City of Cambridge.The chapel was founded in 1446 by the mystically-inclined King Henry VI; known in his time as "the royal saint". The king gave his builders complete instructions for a magnificent chapel of cathedral dimensions; every part of which had a mystical and spiritual meaning. This "final flowering of the Great Work was designed from the principles of sacred geometry; laid out and orientated by the ancient geomantic practice of the operative masons who built it.This book gives an historic overview of the chapel; and a summary of its construction; notable for its stunningly beautiful fan-vaulting and exceptional stained glass which still exists in its entirety. Although the chapels original significance as a symbolic structure has been eroded over the centuries; it remains a place of wonder and reverence for countless thousands of visitors and those who watch on television the annual Christmas carol festival broadcast from there every year.
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