Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Description Of A Church Situated In Fort Manoel, Malta, In Which Are Several Interesting Masonic Illustrations.
FIG . 5 . This altar is also greatly ornamented ; its decorations being the rose , pomegranate , wheat-ear and acacia . The crown of this differs a little from the last , having only eight cinqnefoils terminating by rays to a ball . The base of the east presents an ornament . The west pillar shows a heart , from which are growing acacia branches . On the centre
of the heart are carved the letters IMI ( see Fig . 6 ) . On the inner square of the base of this altar are two roses representing the white rose and the red rose . We now proceed towards the altar opposite the last one described . Immediately under the arch are the sun and moon , and under them a crown , with a star of five short points and one long one , under which are eleven stars , with a half circle of pomegranates and lilies , as below . The crown of this altar has only eight cinquefoils , and a ball at top .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Description Of A Church Situated In Fort Manoel, Malta, In Which Are Several Interesting Masonic Illustrations.
FIG . 5 . This altar is also greatly ornamented ; its decorations being the rose , pomegranate , wheat-ear and acacia . The crown of this differs a little from the last , having only eight cinqnefoils terminating by rays to a ball . The base of the east presents an ornament . The west pillar shows a heart , from which are growing acacia branches . On the centre
of the heart are carved the letters IMI ( see Fig . 6 ) . On the inner square of the base of this altar are two roses representing the white rose and the red rose . We now proceed towards the altar opposite the last one described . Immediately under the arch are the sun and moon , and under them a crown , with a star of five short points and one long one , under which are eleven stars , with a half circle of pomegranates and lilies , as below . The crown of this altar has only eight cinquefoils , and a ball at top .