Cymatics and the Rosslyn Chapel in Edinburg

Thomas J. Mitchell (b 1938) is a Scottish musician who studied the
ornately carved ceiling of Rosslyn Chapel for 27 years. Rosslyn
Chapel, near Edinburgh, famous for its lavish carvings and its
association with the Knights Templar, also contained a mystery in the
form of four sections of arches containing cymatic-like designs carved
into the faces of 215 rectilinear cubes. Mitchell discovered that the
patterns related to musical notes, to be read in a specific order,
postulating that the builders of the chapel had access to
Chladni-style plate and bow technology and deliberately encoded the
melody into the cubes. His son, Stuart Mitchell, orchestrated the
music thus revealed, and named it 'The Rosslyn Motet.' It was played
on traditional medieval musical instruments in the chapel in September
2006. Mitchell' book 'Rosslyn Chapel ' The Music of the Cubes'14 was
also published in 2006.
 
http://www.tjmitchell.com/
 
 

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