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The Roman Collegia.
have a special meaning , and the " numerus Collegii " is said to be its " Corpus , " and we read of Coll . Corporis , & c . Indeed , the word is used independently , as we find a long list of Corpora , not Collegia , and hence the word " Corporati , " fully incorporated , such as Corpora Navicularior , Pistorum , Piscatorum , Lintrariorum , Contecturarior ,
etc ., etc . It may be that the members of the Corpus were corporati and not collegiati , or it may be vice versa . We find that the Collegia and Corpora and Sodalicia had processional days , " Inambulationes , " and that they kept a " Convivium Dedicationis per singulos anns . " a yearly festival . Thus history repeats itself , does it not ? I have ,
hitherto , carefully gathered solely from the interesting pages of Gruter , and will leave the matter for younger students . If any can light upon other names , and usages , and facts , on this
very important matter for Masonic Students , they will be gladly welcomed in these pages . Among the many interesting inscriptions preserved by Gruter , two or three , at any rate , deserve notice . There is , for instance , in vol i ., p . 60 , an inscription by or to a Greek Mason , with six Masonic
working tools . In vol . i ., p . 261 , we find a fine tablet to Faustina Augusta , Manlins Torquatus and Cornelius Messalinus , Consuls , from the Magistri Quinquennales Collegii et Corporis Fabrum Ferrar , Tignar Dendrophor et Centon , where P . F . Albinus is said to be Magister et Flamen Qninquennalis , and the names are given of the other Magistri ,
T . Ovinus , T . T . Thermus . L . Fuscius , Q . F . Sabinus , FL Antichus , Sex F . Eros , C . Fulvius , C . F . Nigrus , and Q . Cassius , etc . Cassius a member of a Collegium .
At p . 467 , vol . i ., is an inscription to M . Septimio by M . F . Hor . Septiminianus , Prsef . Fab . Romte , Dec . iiii ., which makes the Editor say , in a side note , that the "Artifices Manuarii" were , like soldiers , "digest ! " into " Decurias , Centurias , and Cohortes . " At p . 783 vol . i ., is an inscription from the Collegium Fabrum to
Vario Papiria Papiriano Patrono merenti , and who was Prcefectus Fabrum RoniEe . At p . 615 is the Latin inscrip tion of a Mason apparently , with the 24-inch guage , chisel , gavel , compasses , square , and plumb-rule , almost the same as that of the Greek artist mentioned above .
. At-p . 967 , vol . ii ., is apparently the tablet of an arkarius ( chestkeeper , treasurer ) with the key and the arka . At p . 1049 , vol . ii ., we find an inscription , in Greek , to a Greek Christian , with the hexapla or double triangle , Solomon ' s seal . There is a remarkable inscription of the Fratres Arvales , though much mutilated , which tells us of the Magister Collegii Fratrum Arvalium , at p . 118 , vol . i . and there is a still more remarkable
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The Roman Collegia.
have a special meaning , and the " numerus Collegii " is said to be its " Corpus , " and we read of Coll . Corporis , & c . Indeed , the word is used independently , as we find a long list of Corpora , not Collegia , and hence the word " Corporati , " fully incorporated , such as Corpora Navicularior , Pistorum , Piscatorum , Lintrariorum , Contecturarior ,
etc ., etc . It may be that the members of the Corpus were corporati and not collegiati , or it may be vice versa . We find that the Collegia and Corpora and Sodalicia had processional days , " Inambulationes , " and that they kept a " Convivium Dedicationis per singulos anns . " a yearly festival . Thus history repeats itself , does it not ? I have ,
hitherto , carefully gathered solely from the interesting pages of Gruter , and will leave the matter for younger students . If any can light upon other names , and usages , and facts , on this
very important matter for Masonic Students , they will be gladly welcomed in these pages . Among the many interesting inscriptions preserved by Gruter , two or three , at any rate , deserve notice . There is , for instance , in vol i ., p . 60 , an inscription by or to a Greek Mason , with six Masonic
working tools . In vol . i ., p . 261 , we find a fine tablet to Faustina Augusta , Manlins Torquatus and Cornelius Messalinus , Consuls , from the Magistri Quinquennales Collegii et Corporis Fabrum Ferrar , Tignar Dendrophor et Centon , where P . F . Albinus is said to be Magister et Flamen Qninquennalis , and the names are given of the other Magistri ,
T . Ovinus , T . T . Thermus . L . Fuscius , Q . F . Sabinus , FL Antichus , Sex F . Eros , C . Fulvius , C . F . Nigrus , and Q . Cassius , etc . Cassius a member of a Collegium .
At p . 467 , vol . i ., is an inscription to M . Septimio by M . F . Hor . Septiminianus , Prsef . Fab . Romte , Dec . iiii ., which makes the Editor say , in a side note , that the "Artifices Manuarii" were , like soldiers , "digest ! " into " Decurias , Centurias , and Cohortes . " At p . 783 vol . i ., is an inscription from the Collegium Fabrum to
Vario Papiria Papiriano Patrono merenti , and who was Prcefectus Fabrum RoniEe . At p . 615 is the Latin inscrip tion of a Mason apparently , with the 24-inch guage , chisel , gavel , compasses , square , and plumb-rule , almost the same as that of the Greek artist mentioned above .
. At-p . 967 , vol . ii ., is apparently the tablet of an arkarius ( chestkeeper , treasurer ) with the key and the arka . At p . 1049 , vol . ii ., we find an inscription , in Greek , to a Greek Christian , with the hexapla or double triangle , Solomon ' s seal . There is a remarkable inscription of the Fratres Arvales , though much mutilated , which tells us of the Magister Collegii Fratrum Arvalium , at p . 118 , vol . i . and there is a still more remarkable