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THE LABYRINTH OF THE CATHEDRAL new lines of research (Third PART)

Francesco Fiumalbi

3 - THE WAY AND JERUSALEM FRANCIGENA

The Labyrinth of the Cathedral of San Miniato

The Labyrinth of the Dome - New areas of research - Part 1

The Labyrinth of the Dome - New areas of research - Part 2

The two previous hypothesis, formulated in the second part of the new research, do not take into account what has already been assumed in the first two articles. As mentioned, may be fantastic, but it is useful to consider other ways, you can take if the principal appears abruptly stopped. For the moment it is not.

The labyrinth of the Cathedral of San Miniato

Photo by Francesco Fiumalbi

article " The labyrinth of the Cathedral of San Miniato " , was told that the labyrinth, as it was called, could be an element of recognition in the middle of the road junction between the via Francigena and via Quinctia . It was hypothesized that this marble bas-relief was part of a larger system and had been proposed as a place to rediscover the original parish church of San Genesio, Vico Wallari in place, between La Scala and Ponte a Elsa.

What might change if, instead of "Labyrinth" is known as "triple circle"?

First, it is worth pointing out that often the image of the Labyrinth has been compared to that of the triple circle, and in some cases are even match, both as blueprints that as the path of initiation (1).

hypothesis already stated it does not fall at all, but is enriched with new details. The artifact that could indicate something very important: the symbol of the Holy City, Jerusalem.

The holy city to the three monotheistic religions, at the time of the Crusades was defended by three orders walls.

Hartmann Schedel, Hierosolima (Jerusalem), 1493

Image taken from www.wikipedia.org

iconography Party on Jerusalem is intended to recognize the 12 ports, 4 for each city walls, that distinguished the city. As previously mentioned, often the symbol of the Triple Cinta is accompanied four arms. These indicating a precisely doors and the paths to get to the center (2). That fact, however, can not be said for our relief.

good for giving the original location at the Church of St. Genesius, the cornerstone of the road system Francigena , there arises the question whether the relief is not related to the Knights Templar. The said order, in addition to ensuring the protection of pilgrims in the Holy Land, was in charge of protection and care even to those who undertake trips to the destinations of Rome and Santiago de Compostela. Along the way Francigena had developed tasks and Commander Knights Templar (3). The symbol the Triple Cinta is tied hand in glove with these riders: first for the likely stylization of the city of Jerusalem and, secondly, for some drawings graffiti found in the tower of the castle of Chinon (4), France, and were attributed to members of the Order who were imprisoned there between 1307 and 1309 following the arrest by order of Philip IV the Fair (5).

It 'possible that San Genesio there was a place of Templar? The name Genesio, apparently derives from Dionisio or Denis, Denis, or the French. Historians are still questioning the link between the Templars and the Church Paris-Saint Denis, whose construction seems to have benefited from a contribution, economic and stylistic, fundamental right by those Knights (6).

Cathedral of San Miniato

Photo by Francesco Fiumalbi

This hypothesis is not excluded. According to this interpretation, the headquarters of the Templar was eventually transferred to the church of Santa Maria, now the Church dedicated to St. Mary's Cathedral Assumption and Genesis, with the destruction of the village, which took place in 1248. Recall that San Miniato, and before that San Genesio, depended on the diocese of Lucca, in which there is documented the presence of the Templars. And right next to the Cathedral of Lucca, where the maze already indicated in the previous article, there are examples of triple circle, especially on the seat of a building in Cathedral Square.

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