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Article ANCIENT MASONS' MARKS. ← Page 5 of 5
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Ancient Masons' Marks.
glyphics I cannot call them—they are too numerous to be accidental , and I was convinced that they were not from the mere process of chiselling the stones ; " in short , an admirable but negative description of Masonic Marks . It is much to be regretted that their general character and figure were
not more particularl y alluded to . I now proceed to give in detail the few cruciform Marks , to which I have had access : ( they are extracted from the F . M . Q . Review for 1845 ) with which to compare a selection of others from the different fortifications of Malta . From nave of Winchester Cathedral , from 12 th to 14 th
century , p Chapel of the Holy Rood , Edinburgh , end of 12 th century , ^
Roslin Chapel , A . D . 1446 , £ j- nj- g Fortress of Allahabad , A . D . 1542 , ¦ $ " The Saj , Agra , 17 th century , f $ - ) K ® S 3 H Ft ! X © The following Marks are from the binding of a book intitled " Wanderings of a Pilgrim in search ofthe
Picturesque ; " == H 1 * 1 ^ W none of these , however , are cruciform . Compare these with the following , taken from the walls ofthe different bastions in Malta , and the principal aqueduct to Valetta , which was also the work of the Order of Jerusalem . The period of time from A . n . 1613 to the erection of Fort Tignethe foundation-stone of which was laid b
, y the G . Master ofthe Order , Emanuel cle Rohan , in the words of the inscription . Anno 1792 , Lapidem Auspicalem operum statuit . 1 st . From the Aqueduct , XTf + i ^ X .-i-2 nd . From the Walls of Floriana , - ) - X X 8 * £
3 rd . From the Cottonera lines of fortification , also of the 17 th century , ^ X-PtP < % X ^ -X 4 th . From Fort Tigne , end of 18 th century , t Xv 6 F 1 XH The consideration of other Masons' Marks we reserve as a continuation of this paper on a future occasion . W . S . S . His Mark f * j
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Ancient Masons' Marks.
glyphics I cannot call them—they are too numerous to be accidental , and I was convinced that they were not from the mere process of chiselling the stones ; " in short , an admirable but negative description of Masonic Marks . It is much to be regretted that their general character and figure were
not more particularl y alluded to . I now proceed to give in detail the few cruciform Marks , to which I have had access : ( they are extracted from the F . M . Q . Review for 1845 ) with which to compare a selection of others from the different fortifications of Malta . From nave of Winchester Cathedral , from 12 th to 14 th
century , p Chapel of the Holy Rood , Edinburgh , end of 12 th century , ^
Roslin Chapel , A . D . 1446 , £ j- nj- g Fortress of Allahabad , A . D . 1542 , ¦ $ " The Saj , Agra , 17 th century , f $ - ) K ® S 3 H Ft ! X © The following Marks are from the binding of a book intitled " Wanderings of a Pilgrim in search ofthe
Picturesque ; " == H 1 * 1 ^ W none of these , however , are cruciform . Compare these with the following , taken from the walls ofthe different bastions in Malta , and the principal aqueduct to Valetta , which was also the work of the Order of Jerusalem . The period of time from A . n . 1613 to the erection of Fort Tignethe foundation-stone of which was laid b
, y the G . Master ofthe Order , Emanuel cle Rohan , in the words of the inscription . Anno 1792 , Lapidem Auspicalem operum statuit . 1 st . From the Aqueduct , XTf + i ^ X .-i-2 nd . From the Walls of Floriana , - ) - X X 8 * £
3 rd . From the Cottonera lines of fortification , also of the 17 th century , ^ X-PtP < % X ^ -X 4 th . From Fort Tigne , end of 18 th century , t Xv 6 F 1 XH The consideration of other Masons' Marks we reserve as a continuation of this paper on a future occasion . W . S . S . His Mark f * j