Detail from a second degree Adoption tracing board. The description call this scene the “Sacrifice of Abraham”, relating to the story that can be found on a few places in the Bible in which Abraham is ordered to sacrifice his son Isaac.
See “Joseph in the Cistern” for a translation of the description of the tracing board.
The Baylot collection contains a degree called ‘Scottish lodge of the Trinity’. It contains the question: “How was the lodge grounded?”. The answer: “By three sacrifices, the offer of Abraham, Jacob’s ladder and the inauguration of the Temple of King Solomon.
Unnamed and undated document, digitally available on the website of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France FM4 (1323)