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Goderey Higgins On Freemasonry.

Celtic Druids" by the same author , as also a review of King ' s " Gnostics , " both works being of importance in the study of our ancient and beloved Institution , and valuable in many ways especially , as suggestive of the character of much older o

... Societies from Avhich it is likely Freemasonry derived many of its symbols , and to which Ave are indebted for the strange fascination Avhich surrounds the study of secret fellowship . We bave much pleasure in taking this able article from the Voice of Masonry for December last .

An Historical Account Of Master And Free Masons.

AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF MASTER AND FREE MASONS .

BY THE REV . JAMES DALLAAVAY . Cough , and cry hern ! if anybody come - A mystery—a mystery!—Othello . ( Concluded from page 403 . ) II . IT is an inquiry , not Avithout its

difficulty , but which may be yet attended Avitti a satisfactory result , —whether a perfect discrimination can be made between the controllers of the Avorks and tbe master-masons ? Although the number of those who have

been styled architects will be considerably reduced by ranking as such only the magistri ajdificantes ancl the latomi , yet that claim may be authenticated by comparing the several designations by which patrons and contributors only are distinguished from others , Avho might possibly have given the original designs . *

AVe are accustomed to attribute , and justly in many known instances , all the arts of design to ingenious ecclesiastics of the Middle Ages . But this concession must not be exclusively made Avitb respect to professional artists . Proofs indeed aboundthat individuals among the higher

, rank of clergy cultivated and understood architecture theoretically . AVe generally see in contemporary chronicles , supplied from local registers , the single name of the bishop or abbot recorded , under whose patronage the master-masons were

employed , but who are sunk in oblivion in most instances . Although most frequently their plans Avere executed by ordinary masons , it cannot be fairly supposed that the erection of many cathedrals could have been designed and perfected excepting by

eminent professors , exclusively devoted to the study ancl practice of their art . , _ It may be found necessary to disrobe several of the prelates and abbots who have so long enjoyed the fame of being the architects of their own churches , iu pursuit of this evidence . The parts taken by

these greatecclesiastics should be separately considered ;—first , as contributors only , or patrons of Avorks ; or , secondly , as having designed plans Avhich were communicated to the master masons for execution by them . They were probably not so Avell

versed in geometrical science as the mastermasons , for mathematics formed a part of monastic learning in a very limited degree . The real obligation of posterity to the founders of these magnificent edifices , Avhich all who are endued Avith taste or religious feeling will not cease to venerate ,

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Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 1
THE COMPARATIVE AGE OF OUR MASONIC MSS. Article 2
NOTES ON THE OLD MINUTE BOOKS OF THE BRITISH UNION LODGE, No. 114, IPSWICH. A.D. 1762. Article 3
I AM WILLING TO BE TRIED AGAIN. Article 7
EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTE BOOKS OF THE ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF PARADISE, No. 139. Article 7
THE WOMEN OF OUR TIME. Article 13
CONTEMPORARY LETTERS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Article 16
ONLY A CHRISTMAS ROSE. Article 19
THE OLD FOLKS' PARTY. Article 20
HOLIDAY MASONS. Article 25
FAIRY TALES UTILISED FOR THE NEW GENERATION. Article 26
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF SCOTTISH FREEMASONRY. Article 29
SONNET. Article 31
DERIVATION OF THE WORD " MASON." Article 32
GODEREY HIGGINS ON FREEMASONRY. Article 34
AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF MASTER AND FREE MASONS. Article 37
ON HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY , MAY , 1876. Article 43
THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 44
CATHERINE OF ARRAGON, Article 45
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART. Article 46
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Goderey Higgins On Freemasonry.

Celtic Druids" by the same author , as also a review of King ' s " Gnostics , " both works being of importance in the study of our ancient and beloved Institution , and valuable in many ways especially , as suggestive of the character of much older o

... Societies from Avhich it is likely Freemasonry derived many of its symbols , and to which Ave are indebted for the strange fascination Avhich surrounds the study of secret fellowship . We bave much pleasure in taking this able article from the Voice of Masonry for December last .

An Historical Account Of Master And Free Masons.

AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF MASTER AND FREE MASONS .

BY THE REV . JAMES DALLAAVAY . Cough , and cry hern ! if anybody come - A mystery—a mystery!—Othello . ( Concluded from page 403 . ) II . IT is an inquiry , not Avithout its

difficulty , but which may be yet attended Avitti a satisfactory result , —whether a perfect discrimination can be made between the controllers of the Avorks and tbe master-masons ? Although the number of those who have

been styled architects will be considerably reduced by ranking as such only the magistri ajdificantes ancl the latomi , yet that claim may be authenticated by comparing the several designations by which patrons and contributors only are distinguished from others , Avho might possibly have given the original designs . *

AVe are accustomed to attribute , and justly in many known instances , all the arts of design to ingenious ecclesiastics of the Middle Ages . But this concession must not be exclusively made Avitb respect to professional artists . Proofs indeed aboundthat individuals among the higher

, rank of clergy cultivated and understood architecture theoretically . AVe generally see in contemporary chronicles , supplied from local registers , the single name of the bishop or abbot recorded , under whose patronage the master-masons were

employed , but who are sunk in oblivion in most instances . Although most frequently their plans Avere executed by ordinary masons , it cannot be fairly supposed that the erection of many cathedrals could have been designed and perfected excepting by

eminent professors , exclusively devoted to the study ancl practice of their art . , _ It may be found necessary to disrobe several of the prelates and abbots who have so long enjoyed the fame of being the architects of their own churches , iu pursuit of this evidence . The parts taken by

these greatecclesiastics should be separately considered ;—first , as contributors only , or patrons of Avorks ; or , secondly , as having designed plans Avhich were communicated to the master masons for execution by them . They were probably not so Avell

versed in geometrical science as the mastermasons , for mathematics formed a part of monastic learning in a very limited degree . The real obligation of posterity to the founders of these magnificent edifices , Avhich all who are endued Avith taste or religious feeling will not cease to venerate ,

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