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Description Of A Masonic Ms.
This finishes on fo . 106 b . On fo . 107 commences a subject with this heading : — - " Textes du nouveau Testament aus quel les propositions condamnees out Rapport . " " Texts " : Que de mendrai je mon maitre m ' ayant ote Fad ministration de son bien je ne puis pas labourer la terre et j'ai honte demandier . En St . Lucch . 16 ' v . 3 . " * * *
, , The textes , 101 in number , end upon fo . 117 b . Then follows ( on fo . 118 ) : — " Eclaircissement sur le formulaire , " commencing , "Mais quand on en feroit Tapplication au formulaire on seroit le crime de combien de parjures en effet n ' est il pas loccasion on assure en lesignant que les cinq propositions sont dans le livre de Jansenius . " * * * Ends on fo . 127 with an etc . The next fo . 127 b . has a brief heading '' A les
, causes . " The paragraphs are marked ( a ) ( b ) etc ., throughout the alphabet , as if they are notes illustrating some portions of the preceding text . These end on fo . 143 with a design similar to those before named . Within is written : —
"La verite des miraclesoperes par l'intercessions de Monsieur de Paris demontres contre Monsieur l'archeveque de Sens ouvrage dedie au Roi par Monsieur De Montgeron Consieller au parlement , 1737 . " A few short articles follow , viz .: fo . 146 b .: — " Eclaircissement sur l ' excommunication . " Fo . 152 b : —
" Priere en l'honneur du bien heureux Francois de Paris . " Fo . 152 b : —Table of Contents . Fo . 154 : — " Le Miserere de Monsieur Chauvelin veille de sa disgrace . " Fo . 155 .- —The same , better written . Fo . 158 : —
" Les quatre embaras de la France—Le Roy , Le parlement , Larcheveque , Le porte Dieu . " ( In verse . ) From fo . 1 to fo . 106 , the running heading is " Procedures Curieuses . " From fo . 107 to fo . 152 , the running heading is " TJnigenitus . La Constitution . " The writing is small and not good , neither is the spelling correct , as may be seen by the extracts given .
Masonic Symbolism.
MASONIC SYMBOLISM .
BY AV . 31 . BRAITIIWAITE . THE symbol representing the letter N assumes a great variety of modifications in ancient , mediaeval , and modern Masonry . Originally an astrological symbol , connected with the glorious sun-worshi p of Egypt , India , and Persia , it was imported into Masonry by the descendants of those who
practised such worship , and who became transformed into Rosicrucians , Mystics , Fakirs , Dervishes , and the like . It traces back to the dim and remote ages of antiquity , when by the reedy banks of the Nile , or the bed of the roaring Ganges , or the grim shadows of the Himalayan heights , or in the sacred groves of Persia , the sun , in all his meridian splendour , was adored by the croivd of prostrate devotees , who saAv in him the t ypical represenative of a Great Principle—guiding , sustaining , and ruling all nature—a principle from whom all had proceeded , and to whom all should in time return . " The
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Description Of A Masonic Ms.
This finishes on fo . 106 b . On fo . 107 commences a subject with this heading : — - " Textes du nouveau Testament aus quel les propositions condamnees out Rapport . " " Texts " : Que de mendrai je mon maitre m ' ayant ote Fad ministration de son bien je ne puis pas labourer la terre et j'ai honte demandier . En St . Lucch . 16 ' v . 3 . " * * *
, , The textes , 101 in number , end upon fo . 117 b . Then follows ( on fo . 118 ) : — " Eclaircissement sur le formulaire , " commencing , "Mais quand on en feroit Tapplication au formulaire on seroit le crime de combien de parjures en effet n ' est il pas loccasion on assure en lesignant que les cinq propositions sont dans le livre de Jansenius . " * * * Ends on fo . 127 with an etc . The next fo . 127 b . has a brief heading '' A les
, causes . " The paragraphs are marked ( a ) ( b ) etc ., throughout the alphabet , as if they are notes illustrating some portions of the preceding text . These end on fo . 143 with a design similar to those before named . Within is written : —
"La verite des miraclesoperes par l'intercessions de Monsieur de Paris demontres contre Monsieur l'archeveque de Sens ouvrage dedie au Roi par Monsieur De Montgeron Consieller au parlement , 1737 . " A few short articles follow , viz .: fo . 146 b .: — " Eclaircissement sur l ' excommunication . " Fo . 152 b : —
" Priere en l'honneur du bien heureux Francois de Paris . " Fo . 152 b : —Table of Contents . Fo . 154 : — " Le Miserere de Monsieur Chauvelin veille de sa disgrace . " Fo . 155 .- —The same , better written . Fo . 158 : —
" Les quatre embaras de la France—Le Roy , Le parlement , Larcheveque , Le porte Dieu . " ( In verse . ) From fo . 1 to fo . 106 , the running heading is " Procedures Curieuses . " From fo . 107 to fo . 152 , the running heading is " TJnigenitus . La Constitution . " The writing is small and not good , neither is the spelling correct , as may be seen by the extracts given .
Masonic Symbolism.
MASONIC SYMBOLISM .
BY AV . 31 . BRAITIIWAITE . THE symbol representing the letter N assumes a great variety of modifications in ancient , mediaeval , and modern Masonry . Originally an astrological symbol , connected with the glorious sun-worshi p of Egypt , India , and Persia , it was imported into Masonry by the descendants of those who
practised such worship , and who became transformed into Rosicrucians , Mystics , Fakirs , Dervishes , and the like . It traces back to the dim and remote ages of antiquity , when by the reedy banks of the Nile , or the bed of the roaring Ganges , or the grim shadows of the Himalayan heights , or in the sacred groves of Persia , the sun , in all his meridian splendour , was adored by the croivd of prostrate devotees , who saAv in him the t ypical represenative of a Great Principle—guiding , sustaining , and ruling all nature—a principle from whom all had proceeded , and to whom all should in time return . " The