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On The Symbolical Character Of Medilæval Heraldry, And Its Connection With Freemasonry .
style of decoration called " pargetting ?* He further mentions two curious epitaphs , which illustrate the position often attained by the Freemasons of the middle ages , and prove that their fidelity , as well as their skill , was duly appreciated and amply rewarded . The consummate genius of the Master Mason of the abbey of Caen , in Normandy , is thus recorded : —
" Hie Gulielmus jacet petrarum summus in arte . " And in St . Michael's Church , at St . Alban's , Thomaii Wolsey , a Freemason , whose trustworthy character gained him the situation of esquire of the body to Richard II . is styled ,
" T . Wolsey , latomus summus in arte nee non armiger Ricardi Secundi regis Anglise—ob . 14 . 30 . " It was the latomus , the humble apprentice , who cut the ponderous blocks from the massive bed in which they had reposed for ages . To the caimentarius was allotted the task of further preparing and chiselling the stone , and of
modelling from the rude mass those exquisitely minute specimens of art , those life-like statues of saints of old , and delicately grouped wreaths of foliage which seem , in these days of reviving art and improved mechanism , almost to defy the attempts of the imitator . In both these processes , strengthskilland perseverance were requisitebut each
, , , stage was carefully superintended by the magister , architect , or master of the works , whose constant presence and attention prevented any deviation from the plan laid down for the building . But to the" magister carpentrarius , perhaps the most arduous , and , at the same time , most honourable post was assigned . The construction of those vast but
graceful roofs which are the peculiar feature of many of our churches built during the 14 th and 15 th centuries , the periods in which operative Freemasonry was most practically and most successfully carried on , was a work of no ordinary genius , and attended by difficulties which none but a master-mind could overcome . Nor was wood the onl y material upon which the magister carpentrarius was called to exercise his skill .
What age , however rich in the appliances of machinery to art , shall produce such a miracle of masonry as the fretted vault of King's College Cambridge , or such a perfect speci-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On The Symbolical Character Of Medilæval Heraldry, And Its Connection With Freemasonry .
style of decoration called " pargetting ?* He further mentions two curious epitaphs , which illustrate the position often attained by the Freemasons of the middle ages , and prove that their fidelity , as well as their skill , was duly appreciated and amply rewarded . The consummate genius of the Master Mason of the abbey of Caen , in Normandy , is thus recorded : —
" Hie Gulielmus jacet petrarum summus in arte . " And in St . Michael's Church , at St . Alban's , Thomaii Wolsey , a Freemason , whose trustworthy character gained him the situation of esquire of the body to Richard II . is styled ,
" T . Wolsey , latomus summus in arte nee non armiger Ricardi Secundi regis Anglise—ob . 14 . 30 . " It was the latomus , the humble apprentice , who cut the ponderous blocks from the massive bed in which they had reposed for ages . To the caimentarius was allotted the task of further preparing and chiselling the stone , and of
modelling from the rude mass those exquisitely minute specimens of art , those life-like statues of saints of old , and delicately grouped wreaths of foliage which seem , in these days of reviving art and improved mechanism , almost to defy the attempts of the imitator . In both these processes , strengthskilland perseverance were requisitebut each
, , , stage was carefully superintended by the magister , architect , or master of the works , whose constant presence and attention prevented any deviation from the plan laid down for the building . But to the" magister carpentrarius , perhaps the most arduous , and , at the same time , most honourable post was assigned . The construction of those vast but
graceful roofs which are the peculiar feature of many of our churches built during the 14 th and 15 th centuries , the periods in which operative Freemasonry was most practically and most successfully carried on , was a work of no ordinary genius , and attended by difficulties which none but a master-mind could overcome . Nor was wood the onl y material upon which the magister carpentrarius was called to exercise his skill .
What age , however rich in the appliances of machinery to art , shall produce such a miracle of masonry as the fretted vault of King's College Cambridge , or such a perfect speci-