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On The Symbolical Character Of Medilæval Heraldry, And Its Connection With Freemasonry .
if our former quotation from Nicholas Upton , who says that thc chevron was formerly borne " per carpentarios et domorum factores" clo not sufficiently prove the occasional union of the two professions , and , when carried on separately , the strong connection which existed between them , we will endeavour to adduce evidence more conclusiveand at the
, same time bring forward one or two facts which may assist us in future enquiries . We all of us know that there are various degrees in Freemasonry , and certain secrets attached to each , this is one of the first communications which is made to the newly-initiated Brother , but how few of us care to inquire into the
history and respective attributes of those several ranks which constitute our Order . How few of us call to mind that those very degrees have been conferred upon our most remote progenitors , and rendered illustrious b y the admission of so many of the master minds of past ages , to a participation in their several mysteries ! The three first degrees among the Freemasons of the middle ages appear to have been as follows : —
1 st . The Latomus , or Liiliotomus ( lapicida ) , the stone-hewer , who worked in the quarry , and cut out the rough blocks of stone . 2 nd . The Cmmentarius , who squared and polished the stone received from the Latomus , and prepared it for sculpture .
3 rd . The Magister Carpentrariits , or Mae / ister , who superintended the construction of the whole fabric , but whose attention was chiefly directed to the construction of the roof .
Chaucer thus discriminates between two of these degrees : — " About him left he no macon ( csementarius ) That could stone layne ne querrour ( latomus ) He hired them to make a toure . "—Romaunt ofthe Rose .
Dallaway , in a short tract upon Master and Freemasons , which accompanies his " Discourses on Architecture in England , " gives a few more terms which , doubtless , were synonymous with the above , such as " depositor opej-um " he who lays a foundation or plan , a duty which devolved upon the cmmentarius ; " tailleur cle pierres" the French name for the latomus ; " plastrarius" a plasterer ; " parietcr " ( part / eter ) , who covered the walls of houses with a peculiar
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On The Symbolical Character Of Medilæval Heraldry, And Its Connection With Freemasonry .
if our former quotation from Nicholas Upton , who says that thc chevron was formerly borne " per carpentarios et domorum factores" clo not sufficiently prove the occasional union of the two professions , and , when carried on separately , the strong connection which existed between them , we will endeavour to adduce evidence more conclusiveand at the
, same time bring forward one or two facts which may assist us in future enquiries . We all of us know that there are various degrees in Freemasonry , and certain secrets attached to each , this is one of the first communications which is made to the newly-initiated Brother , but how few of us care to inquire into the
history and respective attributes of those several ranks which constitute our Order . How few of us call to mind that those very degrees have been conferred upon our most remote progenitors , and rendered illustrious b y the admission of so many of the master minds of past ages , to a participation in their several mysteries ! The three first degrees among the Freemasons of the middle ages appear to have been as follows : —
1 st . The Latomus , or Liiliotomus ( lapicida ) , the stone-hewer , who worked in the quarry , and cut out the rough blocks of stone . 2 nd . The Cmmentarius , who squared and polished the stone received from the Latomus , and prepared it for sculpture .
3 rd . The Magister Carpentrariits , or Mae / ister , who superintended the construction of the whole fabric , but whose attention was chiefly directed to the construction of the roof .
Chaucer thus discriminates between two of these degrees : — " About him left he no macon ( csementarius ) That could stone layne ne querrour ( latomus ) He hired them to make a toure . "—Romaunt ofthe Rose .
Dallaway , in a short tract upon Master and Freemasons , which accompanies his " Discourses on Architecture in England , " gives a few more terms which , doubtless , were synonymous with the above , such as " depositor opej-um " he who lays a foundation or plan , a duty which devolved upon the cmmentarius ; " tailleur cle pierres" the French name for the latomus ; " plastrarius" a plasterer ; " parietcr " ( part / eter ) , who covered the walls of houses with a peculiar