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Rosslyn Chapel |
The Rosslyn Chapel was founded in 1446 by the St. Clair family in Scotland. It is still owned by the same family.
The modern St. Clair family have created a charitable foundation for the Rosslyn Chapel to help care for the building and its many visitors.
The chapel took around 40 years to build and was worked on by many masons and sculptors. Detailed carvings are everywhere in the chapel. Many are quite unique.
There are 13 cubes carved into the arches of the Lady Chapel that are believed to have musical significance. Many scholars have speculated over the years that these may be a secret code in musical notes. Here is what the Rosslyn Chapel website says about them: (rosslynchapel.org.uk/history.php)
“Each one of these cubes is unique, carved with individual symbols made up of lines and dots. Various theories suggest that these may represent keys to a secret code or be musical notes. The Rosslyn Motet has recently been composed as one ‘solution’ to the code.”
The composer of “The Rosslyn Motet” is Thomas J. Mitchell. What an amazing and fascinating sound! You can find out more about “The Rosslyn Motet” here: therosslynmotet.com/
A recent documentary by the Discovery Channel invited Cymatics researcher John Stuart Reid to recreate these ancient carvings in stone on the cymascope.
Cymatics is the scientific study of how sound affects form or matter. You can find out more about Reid and the Cymascope here: cymascope.com/
Watch the video below to hear parts of “The Rosslyn Motet.” And watch for yourself how the sand on the cymascope moves to the frequencies played by Reid to match the 600 year old carvings on the cubes.
Check out the video as you hear these ancient sounds carved into stone and watch the same ancient shapes on the carvings be re-created on a cymascope…ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!
cymatica.com/2013/06/22/rosslyn-chapel-cymatics-video/