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Ancient Masons' Marks.
ANCIENT MASONS' MARKS .
" In length these marks vary from 2 to 7 inches , they are formed by a single line slightly indented , and consist chiefly of crosses , known Masonic symbols , emblems of eternity , and of the Trinit 3 * , the double triangle , the trowel , the square , & c . "—GOODAVIN . " From the top I descended into some apartments on the east side of the temple . There I saw the famous Zodiac on the ceiling . "—BELZONI . " Omitto Eleusinam sanctam illam et axigxxstam , xxbi initiantur gentes orarum ultimfe . "—CICERO .
These marks are from Fort Tigne , the aqueduct , and the bastions in the Arghotti Gardens . The last , perhaps not strictly speaking a Mason ' s mark , is from a key-stone in Upper St . Elmo . MAN , among other distinctive appellations , has received that of a cooking animal ; he may also , xve think , not inaptly be called a building animal . " There must be" says Ruskin" in
, , the magnificentl y human art of architecture , some equivalent expression for the trouble and Avrath of life , for its SOITOAV and its mystery . And this it can only give by depth or diffusion of gloom , by the frown upon its front , and the shadoAV of its recess . "
In all ages men haA'e attempted—in some they haA'e succeeded —in raising enduring memorials of their genius , their science , their religion , or their pride . The tower AA'hich primeval builders piled on the plains of Shinar is , or rather was , it is to be presumed , the oldest of these . FolioAA'ing the great rivers , those centres of early civilization , Ave meet Avith the mounds of
Mesopotamia , coA'ering palaces ancl temples of princes , AA'hose " places knexv them no more" prior to the existence of the Roman empire . Passing through the gates of Syria , the granite columns which mark the division bet * veen Africa ancl Asia , Ave cross the Desert , ancl enter the valley of the Nile . Around us sleep the Pharaohs ancl their people , awaiting in vain the judgments of Osiris , —before us , rearing their giant forms into the shadoAvless sk y of Egypt , stand the pyramids , temples , and colossi of a nation Avhose glory has long since departed . Tlie transition
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Ancient Masons' Marks.
ANCIENT MASONS' MARKS .
" In length these marks vary from 2 to 7 inches , they are formed by a single line slightly indented , and consist chiefly of crosses , known Masonic symbols , emblems of eternity , and of the Trinit 3 * , the double triangle , the trowel , the square , & c . "—GOODAVIN . " From the top I descended into some apartments on the east side of the temple . There I saw the famous Zodiac on the ceiling . "—BELZONI . " Omitto Eleusinam sanctam illam et axigxxstam , xxbi initiantur gentes orarum ultimfe . "—CICERO .
These marks are from Fort Tigne , the aqueduct , and the bastions in the Arghotti Gardens . The last , perhaps not strictly speaking a Mason ' s mark , is from a key-stone in Upper St . Elmo . MAN , among other distinctive appellations , has received that of a cooking animal ; he may also , xve think , not inaptly be called a building animal . " There must be" says Ruskin" in
, , the magnificentl y human art of architecture , some equivalent expression for the trouble and Avrath of life , for its SOITOAV and its mystery . And this it can only give by depth or diffusion of gloom , by the frown upon its front , and the shadoAV of its recess . "
In all ages men haA'e attempted—in some they haA'e succeeded —in raising enduring memorials of their genius , their science , their religion , or their pride . The tower AA'hich primeval builders piled on the plains of Shinar is , or rather was , it is to be presumed , the oldest of these . FolioAA'ing the great rivers , those centres of early civilization , Ave meet Avith the mounds of
Mesopotamia , coA'ering palaces ancl temples of princes , AA'hose " places knexv them no more" prior to the existence of the Roman empire . Passing through the gates of Syria , the granite columns which mark the division bet * veen Africa ancl Asia , Ave cross the Desert , ancl enter the valley of the Nile . Around us sleep the Pharaohs ancl their people , awaiting in vain the judgments of Osiris , —before us , rearing their giant forms into the shadoAvless sk y of Egypt , stand the pyramids , temples , and colossi of a nation Avhose glory has long since departed . Tlie transition