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ARCHITECTURE CODEX   Now on Patreon!!!
 ARCHITECTURE CODEX continues to grow with many thousands of subscribers and more each day.  There are over 100 videos and we add more every couple of weeks. 

The short video series is based on Molinelli's sketchbooks, or codices (singular: codex), and the buildings he has visited and studied.  And while Molinelli is a few decades past his prime to be a visually pleasing influencer, you too may appreciate his information, insights, opinions, and his dry sardonic sense of humor. 
ARCHITECTURE CODEX can be seen on other Patreon where you can subscribe to get early releases, exclusive content and access the long-form videos that make up Michael Molinelli's College Class on ARCHITECTURE AND WESTERN CULTURE.

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​MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, MONTJOIE! 
​Well, I have done it again. Actually, we did it...Gina and I wrote a book. E-book and paperback.
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​-------MOUNT-SAINT-MICHEL, MONTJOIE!
In 1415, ten thousand Frenchmen lay dead on the battlefield of Agincourt. Henry V unleashed a savage English assault which devastated nearly all of Medieval France. With a mad king and a people torn by political feuds, France had one hope: Mont-Saint-Michel. Could a monastery of 70 monks, a squire, a cynical knight and an enigmatic damsel save France? -------

It started with an idea Gina had during our during our honeymoon in Europe. We were visiting Mont-Saint-Michel and she said, "Wouldn't it be great if there was a gothic novel that took place in real gothic place like this?" So we wrote it. Intensely for the first three years of our marriage. A really good first draft. Then we had kids, and it took a couple of good rewrites decades apart and we got it to the point where it is not perfect but ready. Think: Jane Eyre meets Braveheart meets The Name of the Rose in a really cool castle.
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Other Books by Michael Molinelli available through Amazon, print or Kindle

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The original compilation of all 581 of Michael's undergraduate cartoons that appeared in The Observer and more!
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The compilation of all of the Molarity cartoons since Michael's undergrad days including those appearing in Notre Dame Magazine, and the graphic novels.

Discover the 45-year legacy of Michael's comic strip for the University of Notre Dame!

Molarity at JimMole.com
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The last Molarity, a graphic novel where the football team has to find their way home after a victory over the Trojans.

RADIO MARIA RADIO PROGRAM 

Listen to Michael Molinelli's 12 part radio program on RELIGION AND ARCHITECTURE which originally appeared on RadioMaria USA.  The show is available through podcasts on the RadioMaria website.   Click Here  Note the podcast appear in reverse order on the website.  (So start from the bottom.) Below is a summary of the program by date.  Below that is the slide show which can accompany the program.

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February 8th- Part 1: The Beginning - Discuss the topic in general and looks at the topics over the next weeks
February 15th - Part 2:  From Whence Comes Beauty - Greek Naturalist Philosophers and Greek Architecture
     Equates the naturalist Greek philosophers with the nature based design of Greek architecture. it is architecture of the body.
February 22nd -
Part 3:  From Whence Comes Beauty - Christianity and Gothic Architecture
     Equates the spirituality of Christian philosophy and the description of the city of god (both in the Book of Revelation and St Augustine's City of God) as the
     greatest influence of the gothic cathedral. it is architecture of the spirit.
February 29th -
Part 4:  From Whence Comes Beauty - Romanticism and Revivalist Architecture
     Equates the German Romantics movement with idealized revivalist architecture such as Tudor design. It is architecture of the heart. 
March 7th -
Part 5:  From Whence Comes Beauty - Modernism and Modern Architecture
Equates the modernist philosophy of rationalism with the minimalist style of modern architecture. it is architecture of the mind.
March 14th -
Part 6:  Light Loft and Craft - Light
    Discusses the different ways light is used in transcendent space across theologies, cultures and geographic locations.
March 21st -
Part 7:  Light Loft and Craft - Loft
    Discusses the different ways height and loft are used in transcendent space across theologies, cultures and geographic locations.
March 28th -
Part 8:  Light Loft and Craft - Craft
     Discusses the different ways the decorative arts is used in transcendent space across theologies, cultures and geographic locations.
April
4th - Part 9: How to Read a Church - Sacred Space and the assembly
    Looks at Catholic Churches and how space is made sacred and discusses the significance of the assembly on worship space.
April 11th -
Part 10: How to Read a Church - Altar, Ambo, President's Chair
    Review the General Instruction of the Roman Missal and USCCB's Built of Living Stone to discuss the significance of the three central elements of catholic
    liturgical space.
April 18th -
Part 11: How to Read a Church -  Font, Tabernacle, Reconciliation, Cross and Crucifix
     Review the General Instruction of the Roman Missal and USCCB's Built of Living Stone to discuss the history and types of font, tabernacles, reconciliation
     spaces, the cross or crucifix.
April 25th -
Part 12: Summary and Open Forum 
    Reviews where we have been over the last 11 weeks. if there is an active caller base, allows for an open forum.


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