Gabaon

The Bonseigneur collection has a degree called “Parisian Ecossais” (‘Parisien Scot’). It contains an “Explication of the lodge” which describes an image from the Löwen/Hahn images in the Kloss collection very well, see above.

1º the trestle cord [with nine knots]
2º the three letters J.J.J.
3º the planet Mercury
4º the Blazing star
the Third Chamber or Gabaon
6º the candelabra with seven branches
7º the Ark of Alliance
the tomb of Hiram
9º the winding staircase
10º King Solomon
11º Saint John the Baptist
12º the columns J and B
13º the brazen sea
14º the golden lance
15º the seven steps of the Temple

Some things of this description, indeed aren’t there. Further in the text “the Third Chamber of the Holy of Holies where the Ark is rested” is mentioned, but no longer named.
This image could explain why some old tracing boards portray different rooms on top of each other.

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