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Rosslyn Chapel Revealed by Mike Turnbull
Mike Turnbull spent 3 years researching Rosslyn Chapel Revealed. "I spent a lot of time at the chapel looking at it and taking photographs. Some of the research I had done before. I had written a book called Edinburgh and Lothian's Holy Corners and was able to use some of the knowledge there such as Soutra." The book, packed with illustrations and photos of the chapel and nearby area, is a detailed account of the chapel's origins and the growth of the Sainteclaire family. The chapel was attacked in 1688 by an anti-Catholic mob and step by step fell into disrepair. | by midlothianadvertiser :: 2008-05-06 |

Rosslyn Chapel Revealed by Michael T.R.B.Turnbull
If nothing else the hysteria attaching itself to The Da Vinci Code has brought one of Scotland's most special places to international prominence. Michael Turnbull has produced a book that restores the religious history of Rosslyn through its various inflections. He summarises the credulity of those who insist on seeing Rosslyn as an alternative culture loadstar after previously detailing 800 years plus of local history, and so that the reader is left wondering why there is any need for conspiracy theory. Michael Turnbull's tale is a nuanced historical one that explains the pre-Reformation function of Rosslyn chapel's design and decoration. | by Gerard Carruthers :: 2007-12-29 |

The Rosslyn Motet - The Chapel's Musical Cubes
In 2005 Tommy and Stuart Mitchell claimed to have "found a secret piece of music hidden in carvings at Rosslyn Chapel." I immediately posted a lengthy list of cautions about the claims put forth in the article to the Sinclair Discussion Group. ... At one end of Rosslyn Chapel is an area known as the "Lady Chapel," the ceiling of which is supported by arched ribs. From these ribs hang what have become known as the "Rosslyn Cubes," and among the 213 existing cubes (2 are missing) can be found 13 uniquely different carved patterns. However, the story of the Rosslyn Cubes did not begin with the Mitchells... | by mythomorph :: 2007-10-31 |

Ian Sinclair - Grand Prior of the Scottish Knight Templars
For more than 200 years, the Knights Templars were powerful beyond the scope of most kings. With legendary fighting abilities and public discretions, they may have secured the most sought after treasures in history, according to Ian Sinclair, Grand Prior of the Scottish Knight Templars. Oct. 4, he spoke about the mysteries surrounding the Knights Templars, the Sinclair family and Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland. His ancestors began building Rosslyn Chapel in 1446, after a fire devastated Roslin Castle. Several caskets of documents and other treasures were allegedly spared from the fire, and buried in the crypt 40 feet below Rosslyn Chapel's foundation. | by redrocknews :: 2007-10-11 |

Holy Grail of music hidden away on the columns of Rosslyn Chapel
Using skills learned as an RAF code-breaker and his knowledge of classical music, Thomas Mitchell realised the sculpted angels and hundreds of intricately carved cubes in the arches of the Lady Chapel depicted the vibrations of musical notes. The secret songs will be revealed in a concert. "The music is the result of years of painstaking research, recreating secret notes hidden for almost 600 years in carvings on the arches within the chapel itself. We believe this is the Holy Grail of music and, unlike the Da Vinci Code, it is absolutely factual. Many angels were carrying musical instruments and some were even grouped as if they were a choir." | by sundaymail :: 2007-04-23 |

Rosslyn Chapel gets 7M£ from Historic Scotland, Heritage Fund
Grants of more than £7 million have been awarded to save the world-famous Rosslyn Chapel. The money from Historic Scotland and the Heritage Fund will pay for an extensive programme of repair to preserve the crumbling chapel. The 15th century building, which has seen visitor numbers soar after being featured as the resting place of the Holy Grail in The Da Vinci Code, will also have new visitor facilities created. Described as a book in stone, Rosslyn Chapel is renowned for its intricate carvings, featuring symbols of the Knights Templar, Freemasonry and mythology. | by scotsman :: 2007-03-24 |

Rosslyn Chapel profited from film Da Vinci Code
Rosslyn Chapel, the iconic 560-year-old centrepiece of the Da Vinci Code movie, made a profit of more than £500,000 last year. The previous year the charitable trust made just over £300,000. Donations from third parties leapt from £9,000 to £56,000. Meanwhile the chapel, desperately in need of restoration, saw visitors increase fivefold to more than 170,000 in 2006. It is estimated Scotland enjoyed £6 million worth of global publicity thanks to a deal between VisitScotland and Sony to promote the locations used in the production of the film. | by scotsman :: 2007-01-18 |

The glowing bright red pentagon found in Rosslyn Chapel
When he caught sight of the bright red pentagon glowing above the great rose window of Rosslyn Chapel, Alan Butler almost let out a scream. At that point, he knew that Rosslyn was far more than just another medieval church. "It was a real Indiana Jones moment. Older inhabitants of Roslin village had told the story of a mysterious light which appeared in the chapel on St Matthew's Day (21 Sept). But the story had been ignored by successive histories of the chapel." The discovery shed new light on another unusual feature: Rosslyn was built facing due east, although it was built before the existence of accurate compasses. | by theuniversalseduction.com :: 2006-10-30 |

Secrets in the stone - Rosslyn Chapel and Ebionite philosophy
In Rosslyn Revealed, Alan Butler and John Ritchie claim the beliefs of Freemasonry are rooted in the Ebionite philosophy of Sir William Sinclair and Gilbert Haye, creators of Rosslyn Chapel. The carvings of Rosslyn are unlike those of a normal church because they reflect Ebionite symbolism. "As it turns out, Rosslyn is far more important to Freemasonry than we thought. In fact, Freemasonry owes its very existence to the chapel." Ironically, when the authors first embarked on their research ten years ago, they were sceptical about the Rosslyn chapel's supposed links with Freemasonry. | by scotsman :: 2006-10-30 |

Scribbles in the stonework of Rosslyn Chapel
The latest Rosslyn Chapel mystery - involving a carving scratched on the wall of the crypt - doesn't involve the Knights Templar or any ancient secret societies. But for Ashley Cowie - who has spent a decade trying to work out its meaning - the carving has huge global significance for Scotland when it comes to the history of ancient navigation. "What is down there is an example of a lost system for measuring time and distance involving both latitude and longitude. It's a priceless mapping treasure." This forms the basis of new book, The Rosslyn Matrix, which presents his case for Rosslyn Chapel having a cartographic explanation. | by caithness.org :: 2006-08-18 |

Rosslyn Chapel's extraordinary carvings explained at last
The doors of Rosslyn Chapel have shut behind the cast and crew of The Da Vinci Code. But tourists will continue to travel to this place and walk in the footsteps of the Knights Templar and the Holy Grail. Behind all the nonsense there are lone voices asking us to put aside the hype, look inside the chapel and open our eyes to what it really is. They don't see heretic knights and ancient secrets but an important remnant of medieval architecture deserving of serious study. Built by Sir William Sinclair in 1446 as a copy of the Temple of Solomon, its intricate carvings hint at secrets passed down to the family since the fall of the Templars in 1307. | by scotsman.com :: 2005-10-14 |

Rosslyn Chapel, ley lines and the baron knights
Rosslyn Chapel is crowded. I must be the only one here not in search of the Holy Grail or the bloodline of Christ. I'm meeting a past master Freemason Jim Munro who is going to show me the force that lies beneath Rosslyn. Munro believes that an enormously powerful ley line runs through Rosslyn and that its presence has led to the construction of many different sacred sites here through the millennia. He thinks that Picts, Druids and Romans all venerated this site and that's why Sir William Sinclair build built Rosslyn here in 1446. The Sinclairs founded Freemasonry in Edinburgh in about 1599 and orders have been started worldwide. | by scotsman :: 2005-09-22 |

Rosslyn Chapel - Pilgrimage of the Da Vinci code-breakers
Edna Smith was doing a brisk trade in the Rosslyn Chapel gift shop. Among the popular staples of silver Celtic jewellery and souvenir videos being snapped up by eager tourists, one item in particular is helping to swell the coffers. Last month a record 9,029 people visited the 15th century chapel in its tranquil location on the edge of the Esk Valley, seven miles south of Edinburgh - a 96% increase on last year. | by telegraph.co.uk :: 2004-08-07 |

Rosslyn Chapel -- The Templars in Scotland?
Many reports acknowledge that the Templars built Rosslyn, despite the order having been suppressed two centuries earlier. The stories go that the Sinclair family were involved with Templarism, and Sir William Sinclair based the construction of Rosslyn on the Temple of Solomon. Several of the carvings in the chapel are thought to have Templar connections, and there are Templar graves in the chapel. Sceptics argue that a lot of the 'Templar' symbolism has been misinterpreted. Many of the symbols are biblical in origin, and are not proof of a Templar connection. As to the Templar graves it is argued that the heraldic symbols have been misidentified. | by bbc :: 2004-07-22 |

Christ's head in Scottish Rosslyn chapel
Christ's head is buried under a chapel in Scotland, a controversial anthropologist has claimed. Dr Keith Laidler says the head is at the 15th century Rosslyn chapel in Midlothian. He became interested in the possibility after reading a book which claimed the Knights Templar had a head which they worshipped. One theory is the head was carried to Scotland by Mary Magdalene via France. But another has it that the Knights Templar, a religious military order born out of the first crusade, dug it up in Jerusalem and carried it through France to Scotland. | by bbc :: 1998-08-11 |

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