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the quotation would have been more worthy of consideration . Bro . Haye is also under a mistake in supposing that the very pretty story which points to Callimaehus as being the inventor of the Corinthian , lias never been called in question . It is years since I read the following : "The origin of the Corinthian capital lias
been ascribed to the sculptor Callimaehus , who has said to have copied it from a basket accidentally enveloped in loaves of acanthus . A more probable supposition traces its origin to some of the Egyptian capitals , which it certainly resembles . " I am afraid the Corinthian capital gave rise to the story ; not the
incident to the capital . The flat stone on the top comes in very handy for the Abacus . Pillars with capitals similar to the Corinthian , or which contain ( if I may so put it ) the Corinthian in embryo , of Asiatic or Egyptian origin , existed long before the Greeks took it iu handandperfecting it
, , , raised it to the dignity of what we now know as the Corinthian Order . The Corinthian capital is a composition of the older ea 2 ) ital I refer to , with the addition of the Ionic volutes , or spirals , adapted and worked up to perfection by the genius of the Greeks , which perfection was not arrived at until long after
Solomon ' s time . The Greeks may have been the first to use the acanthus leaves which spring up all round the capital , the older specimens having the leaves of the palm , date , & c . and bavins : no volutes . The Corinthian
grew up to perfection ; it did not start into life , fullfledged , ail at once . In the Doric we have the plain strong pillar . In the Ionic the horned pillar ; and , in the Corinthian , the flowery pillar . Each would be full of meaning to the ancient Craftsman .
There is a vast store of architectual knowledge lying buried under Eastern sands and soil which every Mason who deserves the name ought to feel deeply interested iu seeing elucidated . As Masons , we shame ourselves if we stand idly by while researches are going on in that grand old historic soil of Palestine . Every Masouic lodge in the world ought to ive a
g helping hand ; and , as practise is better than precept , I shall see that the lodge I have the honour of belonging to opens it eyes and purse too in this respect . —PICTUS .
SCOTTISH NOT " SCOTCH . " " Scotch " is a verb . To Scotch meaning , to cut or slice . JE . g . Many a Scot has been pierced with an English arrow , while many an Englishman has been scotched with a Scottish broadsword . To use the words Scotch , Scotchman , Scotchmen , as has been done is therefore wrong . It should be Scottish , Scot or Scotsman , Scots or Scotsmen . —W . P . B .
CORINTHIAN ORDER . BRO . ANTHONY ONEAL HAYE . "Eosa Crucis has found in Josephus that the Temple of Solomon had its roof aceordinr .- to the Corinthian Order . "Would Eosa Crucis give us the book , chapter , and section where he make tin ' s notable discovery . " See "Antiquities of the Jews" ( book S
, chap . 5 , section 2 ) . "This house was a large and curious building , supported by quadrangular pillars , which were all of cedar , with folding door , and the adjoining pillars of equal magnitude . " I made a note of this , as it is the earliest period in which I have seen the Order mentioned . The word " Corin-
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thian " has puzzled me , as it has , I believe , many more learned heads than mine . Bro . Llaye says , "if Eosa Crucis will turn to 'Aufciqnities of the Jews' ( book 15 , chap . 11 , section 5 ) , he will find the passage he refers to as relative to Herod ' s Temple . " I did so , and found it refers to the pillars of the cloister numbering 162 : "These chapiters were made with sculptures after the Corinthian , Order . ' '—EOSA CRUCIS .
IMMORTALITY OE THE SOUL . Aleph , like many brethren , jumps at conclusions from false premises . He asks , " Does Eosa Crucis mean that iu the time of Job the two sects of Pharisees and Sadducees existed . '' I said nothing of the kind . I said , "The Sadducees said ' there was no
resurrection , and neither angel or spirit , ' but the Pharisees confessed both " ( Acts , chap , xsiii ., v . S ) . Does Aleph deny this ? He then goes on say , " Where is that revealed ? If the sects of Sadducees and Pharisees existed in the remotest epochs of Judaism , it will constitute a fact , showing tliat they were then divided on this doctrine . ' So doubt it
will , and a most interesting fact too . Now , 1520 years B . C . Moses wrote the Book of Job ; aud Job says ( chap , xix ., v . 26 ) , "And though after my skin worms destroy this body , yet in my flesh shall I see God . " At this early period , therefore , the doctrine of the immortality of the soul was acknowledged bthe Jews . Josephus says : — "In
y the reign of Autiochus ( about 140 years E . G . ) the Pharisees are one of the sects of the Jews who have so great a power over the multitude , that when they say anything against the king or against the high priest they were presently believed . " Book 13 , chap . 10 , sections 5 & 6 , begins -. " Wow there was
one Jonathan , a very great friend of Hyreanus , but of the sect of the Sadducees , whose notions are quite contrary to those of the Pharisees . " Whistou , the translator of Josephus , says ( in a note ) : " Hyreanus , a Pharisee , went over to the party of the Sadducees , that isby embracing their doctrine against the
tra-, ditions of the elder 3 , added to tbe written law , and made of equal authority with it , but not the doctrine against the resurrection and a future state ; and when St . Paul said before the Council I am a Pharisee and the son of a Pharisee , of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question , there arose a great
cry , and the Scribes that were of the Pharisees part , arose and strove saying , ' We find no evil iu this man , but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him , let us fight against God . ' " —EOSA CRUCIS .
KILWINNING AS A HEAD LODGE . From its transactions in the 17 th and lSth centuries , the Lodge of Kilwinning may be called " a head lodge , " the title of head dating from that date ; but , if the Lodge of Kilwinning , claims to be " the head lodge , " and that even before the 17 th century ,
that is a different matter . "We would be better to wait for further information before we agree to that . The 1599 Statute of Schaw may be a forgery of recent date for all we know as yet . If true , it is an important document . I would suggest it being laid before Professor Cosmo Iunesin Edinburghwho would be
, , just as likel y to give a reliable opinion regarding it , aa he did regarding another pretentious Masouic document lately . Ic is useless , in the meanwhile , speculating before that is done . —W . P . B .
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Masonic Notes And Querie.
the quotation would have been more worthy of consideration . Bro . Haye is also under a mistake in supposing that the very pretty story which points to Callimaehus as being the inventor of the Corinthian , lias never been called in question . It is years since I read the following : "The origin of the Corinthian capital lias
been ascribed to the sculptor Callimaehus , who has said to have copied it from a basket accidentally enveloped in loaves of acanthus . A more probable supposition traces its origin to some of the Egyptian capitals , which it certainly resembles . " I am afraid the Corinthian capital gave rise to the story ; not the
incident to the capital . The flat stone on the top comes in very handy for the Abacus . Pillars with capitals similar to the Corinthian , or which contain ( if I may so put it ) the Corinthian in embryo , of Asiatic or Egyptian origin , existed long before the Greeks took it iu handandperfecting it
, , , raised it to the dignity of what we now know as the Corinthian Order . The Corinthian capital is a composition of the older ea 2 ) ital I refer to , with the addition of the Ionic volutes , or spirals , adapted and worked up to perfection by the genius of the Greeks , which perfection was not arrived at until long after
Solomon ' s time . The Greeks may have been the first to use the acanthus leaves which spring up all round the capital , the older specimens having the leaves of the palm , date , & c . and bavins : no volutes . The Corinthian
grew up to perfection ; it did not start into life , fullfledged , ail at once . In the Doric we have the plain strong pillar . In the Ionic the horned pillar ; and , in the Corinthian , the flowery pillar . Each would be full of meaning to the ancient Craftsman .
There is a vast store of architectual knowledge lying buried under Eastern sands and soil which every Mason who deserves the name ought to feel deeply interested iu seeing elucidated . As Masons , we shame ourselves if we stand idly by while researches are going on in that grand old historic soil of Palestine . Every Masouic lodge in the world ought to ive a
g helping hand ; and , as practise is better than precept , I shall see that the lodge I have the honour of belonging to opens it eyes and purse too in this respect . —PICTUS .
SCOTTISH NOT " SCOTCH . " " Scotch " is a verb . To Scotch meaning , to cut or slice . JE . g . Many a Scot has been pierced with an English arrow , while many an Englishman has been scotched with a Scottish broadsword . To use the words Scotch , Scotchman , Scotchmen , as has been done is therefore wrong . It should be Scottish , Scot or Scotsman , Scots or Scotsmen . —W . P . B .
CORINTHIAN ORDER . BRO . ANTHONY ONEAL HAYE . "Eosa Crucis has found in Josephus that the Temple of Solomon had its roof aceordinr .- to the Corinthian Order . "Would Eosa Crucis give us the book , chapter , and section where he make tin ' s notable discovery . " See "Antiquities of the Jews" ( book S
, chap . 5 , section 2 ) . "This house was a large and curious building , supported by quadrangular pillars , which were all of cedar , with folding door , and the adjoining pillars of equal magnitude . " I made a note of this , as it is the earliest period in which I have seen the Order mentioned . The word " Corin-
Masonic Notes And Querie.
thian " has puzzled me , as it has , I believe , many more learned heads than mine . Bro . Llaye says , "if Eosa Crucis will turn to 'Aufciqnities of the Jews' ( book 15 , chap . 11 , section 5 ) , he will find the passage he refers to as relative to Herod ' s Temple . " I did so , and found it refers to the pillars of the cloister numbering 162 : "These chapiters were made with sculptures after the Corinthian , Order . ' '—EOSA CRUCIS .
IMMORTALITY OE THE SOUL . Aleph , like many brethren , jumps at conclusions from false premises . He asks , " Does Eosa Crucis mean that iu the time of Job the two sects of Pharisees and Sadducees existed . '' I said nothing of the kind . I said , "The Sadducees said ' there was no
resurrection , and neither angel or spirit , ' but the Pharisees confessed both " ( Acts , chap , xsiii ., v . S ) . Does Aleph deny this ? He then goes on say , " Where is that revealed ? If the sects of Sadducees and Pharisees existed in the remotest epochs of Judaism , it will constitute a fact , showing tliat they were then divided on this doctrine . ' So doubt it
will , and a most interesting fact too . Now , 1520 years B . C . Moses wrote the Book of Job ; aud Job says ( chap , xix ., v . 26 ) , "And though after my skin worms destroy this body , yet in my flesh shall I see God . " At this early period , therefore , the doctrine of the immortality of the soul was acknowledged bthe Jews . Josephus says : — "In
y the reign of Autiochus ( about 140 years E . G . ) the Pharisees are one of the sects of the Jews who have so great a power over the multitude , that when they say anything against the king or against the high priest they were presently believed . " Book 13 , chap . 10 , sections 5 & 6 , begins -. " Wow there was
one Jonathan , a very great friend of Hyreanus , but of the sect of the Sadducees , whose notions are quite contrary to those of the Pharisees . " Whistou , the translator of Josephus , says ( in a note ) : " Hyreanus , a Pharisee , went over to the party of the Sadducees , that isby embracing their doctrine against the
tra-, ditions of the elder 3 , added to tbe written law , and made of equal authority with it , but not the doctrine against the resurrection and a future state ; and when St . Paul said before the Council I am a Pharisee and the son of a Pharisee , of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question , there arose a great
cry , and the Scribes that were of the Pharisees part , arose and strove saying , ' We find no evil iu this man , but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him , let us fight against God . ' " —EOSA CRUCIS .
KILWINNING AS A HEAD LODGE . From its transactions in the 17 th and lSth centuries , the Lodge of Kilwinning may be called " a head lodge , " the title of head dating from that date ; but , if the Lodge of Kilwinning , claims to be " the head lodge , " and that even before the 17 th century ,
that is a different matter . "We would be better to wait for further information before we agree to that . The 1599 Statute of Schaw may be a forgery of recent date for all we know as yet . If true , it is an important document . I would suggest it being laid before Professor Cosmo Iunesin Edinburghwho would be
, , just as likel y to give a reliable opinion regarding it , aa he did regarding another pretentious Masouic document lately . Ic is useless , in the meanwhile , speculating before that is done . —W . P . B .