Belief in the Heavenly nature of geometrical forms has existed
since prehistoric times, but only now, in these pages, can we see
and understand how this belief inspired the design of a great
religious building. Without mathematical complexities, but in
simple language and with many clarifying illustrations, the author
demonstrates the geometrical constructions that the great
architects of Canterbury Cathedral devised to bring the geometry of
their building into harmony with that of the Universe, and with the
geometries of their predecessors. The secret but simple means that
they must have used to transfer plans to scale from parchment to
building site is also brought to light, as is the geometry and
remarkable history of the Cathedral's superb "marble pavement: .
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