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Glasgow Masonics.
rosettes ; and a lodge jewel of a neat and chaste design , struck in virgin silver from a steel die , the property of the lodge . This jewel is in the form of a shield , about an inch long , having on it in high relief , St . Mark with the scroll of the evangel and his attendant lion , the square and compasses in the upper corner on the right—the "dexter chief . " It might thus be described in heraldic terms : "On a shield argent , St . Mark and the lion properthe square and compasses of the first in a canton gules . "
, It is worn suspended from the button hole by a crimson ribbon enriched with double silver clasps . The distinctive jewels of the respective officebearers , are suspended from collars of the same material as the sash ; the fold of their aprons is of crimson velvet , fringed with silver , having the figure of the jewel embroidered on it in silver thread . The Master ' s apron is rather a rare specimen of the rich and elaborate embroidery of older times , exhibiting on the silver-trimmed and massive tasselled
velvet fold , besides the characteristic jewel of the office , many beautiful Masonic symbols and devices . The lodge room , situated in St . George ' s Court , near to the Princes Theatre , of rather limited dimensions , being not quite thirty feet long b y twenty in breadth , presents a solid and substantial appearance , not devoid of elegance and grace . The walls are covered with a warm graniteimitation paper ; the recesses of four windows , formed into gothic niches or tabernacles , contain the symbolic renresentations of Faith . Honp
Justice , and the Egyptian god Harpocrates , with finger on lip , garland of peach-tree leaves , and many-eyed and many-eared wolf-skin investiture . The representation of the chief of the Christian as well as Masonic graces , occupies a more prominent place in the East , vis a vis to the venerable titular saint , who in an attitude of dignified repose fills a corresponding space in the West . The fittings and furniture present a specimen of almost every style of architecture , but blending together
with perfect harmony , and relieved from the charge of incongruity , by the instructive moral of universal communion which it conveys . The Master ' s , Past Master ' s , and Depute Master ' s chairs , connected together and elevated , witli a slight difference in their respective heights , on a dais of three degrees above the chequered floor , are covered with crimson cloth , the upper part of the backs and the elbows being formed of antediluvian oak , as are also the Wardens' desks , disposed in the South and West
. Numerous engravings , charts , drawings , Masonic emblems , ingenious inventions , or works of art , and portraits , adorn the walls . Among these is a proof engraving of that splendid national picture , the Waterloo Banquet , presented by Bro . Huggins , one of our most extensive American merchants ; a fine proof of Christopher Wren ' s works , presented by Bro . Lacy , —a decoration most appropriate to a Mason ' s lodge , and a most honourable tribute to the memory of that great architect zealous Mason , and good man , —alluded to with his usual felicity by that most dexterous of versifiers , the witty Thomas Ingoldsby , * in the Cynotaph of a favourite dog , " Poor Tray Charmant , "—
" And talking ot epitaphs , much I admire his , Cii-cum « j , icc si nwimmtintwti requires , Which an erudite verger translated to me , If you ask for his monument Sir—come—spy—see . *' Over the desk of the J . W . is a proof lithograph of the fine painting of the Inauguration of Robert Burns as Poet Laureat to the Canongate Kilwinning , painted for that lodge by Bro . Stewart Watson .
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Glasgow Masonics.
rosettes ; and a lodge jewel of a neat and chaste design , struck in virgin silver from a steel die , the property of the lodge . This jewel is in the form of a shield , about an inch long , having on it in high relief , St . Mark with the scroll of the evangel and his attendant lion , the square and compasses in the upper corner on the right—the "dexter chief . " It might thus be described in heraldic terms : "On a shield argent , St . Mark and the lion properthe square and compasses of the first in a canton gules . "
, It is worn suspended from the button hole by a crimson ribbon enriched with double silver clasps . The distinctive jewels of the respective officebearers , are suspended from collars of the same material as the sash ; the fold of their aprons is of crimson velvet , fringed with silver , having the figure of the jewel embroidered on it in silver thread . The Master ' s apron is rather a rare specimen of the rich and elaborate embroidery of older times , exhibiting on the silver-trimmed and massive tasselled
velvet fold , besides the characteristic jewel of the office , many beautiful Masonic symbols and devices . The lodge room , situated in St . George ' s Court , near to the Princes Theatre , of rather limited dimensions , being not quite thirty feet long b y twenty in breadth , presents a solid and substantial appearance , not devoid of elegance and grace . The walls are covered with a warm graniteimitation paper ; the recesses of four windows , formed into gothic niches or tabernacles , contain the symbolic renresentations of Faith . Honp
Justice , and the Egyptian god Harpocrates , with finger on lip , garland of peach-tree leaves , and many-eyed and many-eared wolf-skin investiture . The representation of the chief of the Christian as well as Masonic graces , occupies a more prominent place in the East , vis a vis to the venerable titular saint , who in an attitude of dignified repose fills a corresponding space in the West . The fittings and furniture present a specimen of almost every style of architecture , but blending together
with perfect harmony , and relieved from the charge of incongruity , by the instructive moral of universal communion which it conveys . The Master ' s , Past Master ' s , and Depute Master ' s chairs , connected together and elevated , witli a slight difference in their respective heights , on a dais of three degrees above the chequered floor , are covered with crimson cloth , the upper part of the backs and the elbows being formed of antediluvian oak , as are also the Wardens' desks , disposed in the South and West
. Numerous engravings , charts , drawings , Masonic emblems , ingenious inventions , or works of art , and portraits , adorn the walls . Among these is a proof engraving of that splendid national picture , the Waterloo Banquet , presented by Bro . Huggins , one of our most extensive American merchants ; a fine proof of Christopher Wren ' s works , presented by Bro . Lacy , —a decoration most appropriate to a Mason ' s lodge , and a most honourable tribute to the memory of that great architect zealous Mason , and good man , —alluded to with his usual felicity by that most dexterous of versifiers , the witty Thomas Ingoldsby , * in the Cynotaph of a favourite dog , " Poor Tray Charmant , "—
" And talking ot epitaphs , much I admire his , Cii-cum « j , icc si nwimmtintwti requires , Which an erudite verger translated to me , If you ask for his monument Sir—come—spy—see . *' Over the desk of the J . W . is a proof lithograph of the fine painting of the Inauguration of Robert Burns as Poet Laureat to the Canongate Kilwinning , painted for that lodge by Bro . Stewart Watson .