Sauni�re�s model:
The model
Just before his death, Sauni�re ordered a scale model, apparently depicting Jerusalem, but if so, containing major errors. Andr� Douzet identified that the landscape did not correspond with Jerusalem, but did correspond with the landscape of Perillos.
Sceptical statements made by Octonovo on a now defunct website are answered in this reply.
�And he is there, dead�
In part 1, we look into the clues given to us by the various strands of research, in order to try and find out what could be the "true core" of the mystery of Perillos. In part 2, we delve further into the questions, which also lead us towards Egyptian coronation rituals. In part 3, who ask the question who it is that is supposedly buried in Perillos.
The �inspired garden�
The garden in front of the church of Rennes-le-Ch�teau was built by Sauni�re with the same elements and dimensions as those of his infamous model, ordered at the end of his lifetime. Not only do the two overlap, with the decodation of an enigmatic inscription, it is clear that the same theme was employed in both locations.
Ethiopia�s Jerusalem model
The 12th century Zagwe Dynasty of Ethiopia created a copy of Jerusalem, carved from the rocks. Are there lessons that the "eight wonder of the world" - Lalibela - can learn when we study the mystery of Rennes-le-Ch�teau, Perillos and the enigmatic model?
The Model:
The model is the final rough cast on which all the written elements and the final modifications as requested by Sauni�re are found. The object is made in plaster and fixed into a wooden frame. The whole plaster model is dyed so as to simulate bronze. The base girdling the landscape is made of four small wooden planks painted brown.
This �final draft� would then be used to produce a wax master for a single model, as had been requested by the client, Sauni�re. The end result would have been produced in bronze; it would have had a significant weight and encumbrance � something that would have been of great importance to the client.
Dimension of the model
The model resembles a �military map in relief�, representing a topographical portion of a place with mountains, valleys, paths or river, hollows and one building. The precise dimensions in millimetres are: length 1= 600; length 2= 607; width 1= 395 and width 2= 424. The dimensions of the label are 132 by 94 mm. The height of the wooden frame is 55 mm over the whole perimeter. The highest point of the decoration is about 140 mm.
Most interesting is that these dimensions coincide with the dimensions of the tomb of the Lady d�Hautpoul, in the cemetery of Rennes-le-Ch�teau, the very tomb made famous by the original creators of the enigma, as well as a tomb that was to suffer the rage of Sauni�re. Coincidence? It definitely does not seem to be the case. Rather, one would suggest that Sauni�re carefully measured the dimensions of the tomb, and would later re-use those dimensions for the creation of his model.
There are five inscriptions: GOLGOTHA Mt DU CALVAIRE (Golgotha Mount of the Calvary), JARDIN DE GETHSEMANI (Garden of Gethsemane), TOMBEAU DU CHRIST (Tomb of Christ), TOMBEAU DE JOSEPH D�ARIMATHIE (Tomb of Joseph of Arimathea), CITERNE (water reservoir). The first four inscriptions are in capital letters, the fifth is in small letters and in italic script. In one of his letters, Sauni�re stated he wanted to modify the geometric direction of the two lone groups of words. Originally written vertically, they are now horizontally.
At the top right hand corner is a label with the titles in printed characters, in a flat hollow made for it...
