ABSTRACT
Hermeneutics extends back to Ancient Greek origins and had its first major period of disciplinary recognition and consequence during medieval times, when it became a means of approaching and interpreting Biblical texts. The sixth component assists visitors in navigating the screen's challenging and multiple obscurities, from however many components they arise. It forthrightly addresses the visitor and apologizes for the other components – like Schinkel's stair making late amends. Germany's architects had an obvious penchant for repetitious and obliquely approached façades. But even more specifically they grew skilled at acknowledging in such cases the need to reorient and re-engage the observer. Juxtaposing them helps unravel and clarify meanings incumbent in the sixth component, and illuminates its development and usage over 400 years. Our first guide here will be Gadamer, and then Lindsay Jones's recent extension of his thoughts. Lindsay Jones's approach is particularly useful in understanding what makes the vestige significant.
