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STEP 3. The procedure for locating the Tilted Square AMNO associated with the Tilted Triangle A-6-7 of STEP 2 has been followed according to the Grail Geometry Section. The square side A-M is colinear with triangle side A-7. This is equivalent to tilting the square by 15 degrees clockwise around point A (also called PNW -- the Northwest Point – when referring to the transfer of the pattern to a map). The diagonals of the square A-N and M-O intersect at PX -- a symbolic location in the painting. Symbolic because the side of the virginal instrument is rendered as a rectangle suggestive of the top of a crypt, a sarcophagus, a tomb, a burial site. That the PX -- or ‘X marks the Spot’ -- of this pattern should fall on such a symbolized crypt was, of course, intentional on the part of Vermeer. Several more confirming features positioned by the Tilted Square and its diagonals may be found by inspection.

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It is the contention of this writer that Vermeer began with this pattern on a separate sheet that was obviously bigger than the final canvas. It is no wonder that Vermeer only painted some 35 or so canvases in his lifetime. The amount of preparatory planning and exacting drafting to accomplish a feat such as this must have been very time consuming. This writer has found the Grail Geometry in nine of Vermeer’s paintings – all of which were carefully planned and carefully drafted. Vermeer’s lines are straight and crisp!

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