Unpublished Drafts for Discussion by Richard J Legault
Pre-publication draft, 2024
An unapologetic lover of astronomy reviews the Manhattanhenge meme and proposes the game of Henge... more An unapologetic lover of astronomy reviews the Manhattanhenge meme and proposes the game of Henge Poker. Three henges are discovered in Ottawa. An imaginary hand of no-holds-barred Henge Poker, pitting Manhattan head-to-head against Ottawa, is played to completion.
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Abstract: The sculptures over the left door in the Royal Portal of Chartres Cathedral are typical... more Abstract: The sculptures over the left door in the Royal Portal of Chartres Cathedral are typically called an Ascension scene. While they share some of the same iconography as many medieval Ascension scenes, they omit more than they share. They also have iconography totally untypical of and highly anomalous for a medieval Ascension scene. Here, the sculptures are read as a moment from the New Testament narrative occurring after the Ascension and overlaid with a powerful and sweeping medieval teaching of ecclesiastical governance and of cosmic timekeeping.
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Physical, biblical, archeological and climatological evidence support the case that the 'cloven t... more Physical, biblical, archeological and climatological evidence support the case that the 'cloven tongues, like as of fire' of Acts 2 were an instance of an ordinary naturally occurring optical effect.
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An excursion through the Royal Portal of Chartres Cathedral to explore medieval cosmology, astron... more An excursion through the Royal Portal of Chartres Cathedral to explore medieval cosmology, astronomy and eschatology. The hypothesis that astrolabe images in the Royal Portal record actual astronomical data about planetary positions is considered, tested and falsified. The imagery is nevertheless found to be consistent with the theology of Adventus.
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Abstract – An essay exploring the imagery and theology of Adventus, along with numerous artifactu... more Abstract – An essay exploring the imagery and theology of Adventus, along with numerous artifactual anomalies, in some of the oldest elements of the sculptures and glass of Chartres Cathedral.
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A review of why the sculptures over the left door of the Royal Portal of Notre-Dame de Chartres C... more A review of why the sculptures over the left door of the Royal Portal of Notre-Dame de Chartres Cathedral in France, cannot be read as the Apostles witnessing the Ascension of Christ.
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Published Articles by Richard J Legault
Caerdroia, 2020
A consideration of the labyrinth floor pavement of Chartres Cathedral as a symbol of the medieval... more A consideration of the labyrinth floor pavement of Chartres Cathedral as a symbol of the medieval concept of the celestial spheres.
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Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Oct 1, 2013
Abstract: Yet another re-telling, for a popular audience, of the cultural history and physics und... more Abstract: Yet another re-telling, for a popular audience, of the cultural history and physics underlying the well-tested science of astronomy.
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Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Apr 1, 2013
Abstract: Many people have the idea that the Moon follows an orbital path that makes loops around... more Abstract: Many people have the idea that the Moon follows an orbital path that makes loops around the Earth. This idea is false.
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Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Feb 1, 2014
Abstract: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic tale of a space and Earth exploring extraterrestrial... more Abstract: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic tale of a space and Earth exploring extraterrestrial Prince reviewed after more than 70 years in print since 1943.
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Published Books by Richard J Legault
Waltzing with Venus - The Motion is the Message, 2024
Waltzing with Venus is the title of a case study that tries to make headway on the great existent... more Waltzing with Venus is the title of a case study that tries to make headway on the great existential question: Are we Alone?
More specifically, the study seeks to test the idea of whether or not the highly synchronized orbital cycles of Earth and Venus could be technosignatures due to the application, in a deeply remote past, of orbital engineering technology
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An unfinished tale of what Science can look like when it is being born.
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The signs of the zodiac (Signs) paired with the labours of the months (Months) are common in med... more The signs of the zodiac (Signs) paired with the labours of the months (Months) are common in medieval art. Countless variations appear in sculpture, illuminated manuscripts and stained glass. A clear understanding of the oddities of two particular variations at Chartres Cathedral has long been elusive and problematic. The variation in the Royal Portal and another in the Zodiac Window are peculiar for two reasons. First, the sculptures are bi-directional in their calendrical sequencing with a disconnected placement of Gemini and Pisces. Second, the otherwise conventional calendrical sequence in the window transposes the placement of the May/Gemini pair with the April/Taurus pair.
Considering that the sculpture and the glass both have an anomalous treatment of Gemini, this redundancy may be approached as a deliberate design decision made with the intention of conveying specific deeper meaning that would otherwise not have been possible. The hypothesis is that it may be understood as a visual metaphor intended to designate a biblically estimated duration of the Old Testament period.
KEYWORDS: Zodiac, Chartres, Royal Portal, Signs and Months, Gemini, Biblical Chronology, Timekeeping, Astronomy, Cosmology
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Abstract – The Book of Job documents the teaching of the scientific method in antiquity from as e... more Abstract – The Book of Job documents the teaching of the scientific method in antiquity from as early as circa 600 BCE. It pairs this teaching alongside the rejection or denial of a theodicy based on divine retributive justice. It thus raises two challenges. First, any program of theodicy based on Job must either respond to this denial or be abandoned. Second, the antiquity of the scientific method and of science fiction, as a literary genre, must be extended to accommodate Job.
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More specifically, the study seeks to test the idea of whether or not the highly synchronized orbital cycles of Earth and Venus could be technosignatures due to the application, in a deeply remote past, of orbital engineering technology
Considering that the sculpture and the glass both have an anomalous treatment of Gemini, this redundancy may be approached as a deliberate design decision made with the intention of conveying specific deeper meaning that would otherwise not have been possible. The hypothesis is that it may be understood as a visual metaphor intended to designate a biblically estimated duration of the Old Testament period.
KEYWORDS: Zodiac, Chartres, Royal Portal, Signs and Months, Gemini, Biblical Chronology, Timekeeping, Astronomy, Cosmology
More specifically, the study seeks to test the idea of whether or not the highly synchronized orbital cycles of Earth and Venus could be technosignatures due to the application, in a deeply remote past, of orbital engineering technology
Considering that the sculpture and the glass both have an anomalous treatment of Gemini, this redundancy may be approached as a deliberate design decision made with the intention of conveying specific deeper meaning that would otherwise not have been possible. The hypothesis is that it may be understood as a visual metaphor intended to designate a biblically estimated duration of the Old Testament period.
KEYWORDS: Zodiac, Chartres, Royal Portal, Signs and Months, Gemini, Biblical Chronology, Timekeeping, Astronomy, Cosmology