Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1912)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New Haven, Yale University Press · leaf 232
stand themystic meaning of these would hold in his hand the key of theUniverse. We of the XX century admit that the charm of musicor of the dance lies in rhythm, that is to say in a number; butthe medieval thinkers went farther. For them beauty itself wasonly a cadence, a harmonious numeral.… … A SYMMETRY strangely beautiful effect with which this symbolism is used inthe Vita Nuova and the Divina Commedia. Two other nu-merals were equally significant to the medieval mind: four; andthe multiple of four and three, twelve. Together with this belief in the symbolism of numbers, andin effect…
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