All 35 Uses of
obelisk
in
Angels & Demons
- Spoils of Rome's imperial plundering, obelisks were scattered across Rome and referred to by symbologists as "Lofty Pyramids"—skyward extensions of the sacred pyramidal form.†
Chpt 63-64
- "How about obelisks?" he demanded.†
Chpt 79-80 *
- Are any of the churches located near obelisks?†
Chpt 79-80
- The first two markers had been located on or near piazzas that contained obelisks!†
Chpt 79-80
- Maybe obelisks were a theme?†
Chpt 79-80
- "It's a long shot," Langdon said, "but I know that many of Rome's obelisks were erected or moved during Bernini's reign.†
Chpt 79-80
- "Or," Vittoria added, "Bernini could have placed his markers near existing obelisks."†
Chpt 79-80
- No obelisks on the line.†
Chpt 79-80
- He considered the cruciform arrangement of the four obelisks.†
Chpt 101-102
- A giant cross of obelisks.†
Chpt 105-106
- In a final breathtaking revelation, Langdon realized Bernini's city-wide cross of obelisks marked the fortress in perfect Illuminati fashion; the cross's central arm passed directly through the center of the castle's bridge, dividing it into two equal halves.†
Chpt 105-106
- Not only was it laid out in a perfectly elliptical shape, but dead center stood a towering Egyptian obelisk-a square pillar of stone with a distinctively pyramidal tip.†
Chpt 63-64
- To the obelisk?†
Chpt 73-74
- In the center of the piazza rose Caligula's 350-ton Egyptian obelisk.†
Chpt 73-74
- Two fountains flanked the obelisk in perfect symmetry.†
Chpt 73-74
- As they neared the obelisk, Vittoria slowed.†
Chpt 73-74
- Somewhere around the obelisk, boldly positioned outside the largest church in the world, was the second altar of science-Bernini's West Ponente-an elliptical block in St. Peter's Square.†
Chpt 73-74
- Tourists wandered, nuns chatted along the perimeter of the piazza, a girl fed pigeons at the base of the obelisk.†
Chpt 73-74
- A homeless drunk dozed awkwardly at the base of the obelisk.†
Chpt 73-74
- The terrified youngster stood frozen, pointing at the base of the obelisk where a shabby, decrepit drunk sat slumped on the stairs.†
Chpt 75-76
- Twenty years ago, construction of the subway terminal had created a stir among art historians who feared digging beneath Piazza Barberini might topple the multiton obelisk that stood in the center.†
Chpt 87-88
- City planners had removed the obelisk and replaced it with a small fountain called the Triton.†
Chpt 87-88
- In Bernini's day, Langdon now realized, Piazza Barberini had contained an obelisk!†
Chpt 87-88
- And even more perfect, Langdon realized, the cherry on the cake, was that high atop Bernini's fountain stood a towering obelisk.†
Chpt 99-100
- Atop this stood an obelisk that climbed another forty feet.†
Chpt 101-102
- On the obelisk's tip, a faint shadow blotted the sky, a lone pigeon perched silently.†
Chpt 101-102
- Scanning the hieroglyphics covering the obelisk, he wondered if perhaps there were a clue hidden in the Egyptian symbology.†
Chpt 105-106
- Feeling a shimmer of hope, Langdon circumnavigated the fountain one more time and studied all four facades of the obelisk.†
Chpt 105-106
- Langdon was staring straight up the obelisk.†
Chpt 105-106
- It was perched high atop the obelisk, gazing calmly westward.†
Chpt 105-106
- They clattered across the upper levels of the granite obelisk.†
Chpt 105-106
- Halfway to the base of the obelisk, he emerged from the mist and could see the head of the bird more clearly.†
Chpt 105-106
- The truth almost lifted Langdon the rest of the way to the obelisk.†
Chpt 105-106
- Langdon could think of no more lofty perch for the Illuminati's final marker than atop this obelisk.†
Chpt 105-106
- He reached the platform from which the obelisk rose and could climb no higher.†
Chpt 105-106
Definitions:
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(1)
(obelisk) a stone pillar with a pyramidal top erected as a monument to remember a person or event
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, obelisk references a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote. The character looks a little like a dagger or cross. (See Wikipedia - Obelisk (typography) for pictures.)