Masonic Facts.

HadriMi ' s Wall , A . . 125 , Altai at Eisragham . Altar at Pat Picrco Bridge . Pillar at Acton Scott , YOT ^ atmuU D ^ axfc FIG . l . —ROMAN MAEKS .

vro- . 2—FEOIT HIE TOMB OF AN AECHITJECT . LATIN SCULPTUBE OP THE FIEST AGES OE THE CHUKCH :.

PIG . 5 . FIG . 6 .

FIG . 3 . ¦ cales , gives several medals with this same monogram . — -Sivtf . de Art pas Serous ; D'Aarincourt , Vol . I ., p . 16 . — ( Fig . 5 . ) 16 . EthelwoldBishop of Winchester 9 G 3 to 984

, , , is styled in King Edgar ' s charters the " constructor " of his cathedral church . Edgar is said to have founded or built above forty monasteries . —Button ' s Architectural Dictionary , y . 237 . 17 . Ednoth , a monk of Worcester , superintended the erection of the church , & c , of Romsey Abbey , in

974 . —Britton ' s Architectural Dictionary , p . 237 . 18 . William of Malmesbury , says that Aelfrie , Abbot of Malmesbury—promoted to the see of Crediton in 977 , and who died in 981—was skilful in architecture . —Angl . Sacra , Vol . ii ., p . 33 . 19 . A Masonic mark from a bronze coin of Aelfrie ,

Earl of Mercia , date about 992 . It was found near Winchester . —( Fig . 6 . ) 20 . The double equilateral triangle is carved on the celebrated cup or chalice preserved in the Castle of Dunvegan , in Skye ; a circle , surrounds it . Around the exterior of the brim there is an inscription thus deciphered by Sir Walter Scott : "Ufo Johannis

FIG . 7 . Mich Magni Prineipi de Hr Manas Vich Liahia Maegryneil et sperat Domino Jhesu dari elementium illorem . Fecit anno domini 993 Onili Oimi "

opera , . In English thus rendered : " TJfo , the son of John , the son of Magnus , Prince of Man , the grandson of Liahia Macgryneil , trusts in the Lord Jesus that their works ( i . e ., his own and those of his ancestors ) will obtain mercy . Oneil Oimi made me in the year of God 993 . " It is made of oakcuriousl ht

, , y wroug , and embossed with silver work , which projects from the surface ; within the mouth , the letters I . H . S . are repeated on each of the four sides . —Archmologia , Vol . xxii ., p . 408 . Sir W . Scott , alludes to it in the Lord of the Isles , canto 2 nd , part iv ., lines 11 and

12—"' Fill me the mighty cup , ' he said , ' Erst owned by royal Somerled . '" 21 . In 1001 , William , Abbot of Dijon , laid the foundation of the Abbey of St . Benigne . He personally directed the work , and was assisted by Humaldus , a monk , whom he had seltcted on account of his expertness in the arts . —Britton's Architectural Dictionary .