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Sun on Double Square and Triangle

For his “45th Degree: Chevalier du Soleil – Knight of the Sun”, Ravignat presents the same image as above. He says it is a “Jewel of the Knights of the Sun from the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite”. I found the same image on the website of Brick Masons and they say that it is a 28th degree Memphis-Misraim jewel. “Chevalier du Soleil” is indeed the 28th degree of Memphis-Misraim (Ravignat uses a different counting in his reconstructed Traditional Egyptian Freemasonry).

In Ravignat’s translation of the ritual we find the following passage:

Newly made Knight and Sage, it is my pleasure to invest you with the collar of this degree. It shows a Sun, the Glory of God, within a triangle and forming a double square.

Here is not not as much an officier jewel, but a badge of the degree.

Brick Masons

Two Serpents and a Cross

There is something odd here. In the Gaborria collection are two Misraim texts. One is said to be a 51th degree ritual, the other one has a bit of a vague description: “Le Chevalier du soleil. Prince Adepte. Grade philosophique composé par le bénédictin Don Pernetti. 28e de l’Ecossisme. 51e de Misraïm. 72e grade de la 8e série du Chap… Métr… de Fr…”. In short, a 28th Scottish degree, a 51th Misraim degree and also a 72nd degree in the Metropolitan Chapter. It is -indeed- the 72nd ‘degree’ in the collection of 81 that was compressed to the seven degrees of the French Rite.

When you look at both tracing boards, it seems that we are not looking at two serpents on a cross (or Caduceus), as the snakes appear to ‘stand up (somewhat) straight’.

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Tunnel?

I’m not sure what the construction at the bottom of this tracing board is supposed to be. It looks like a tunnel. This is the tracing board of the “Vray Maitre et Ecossais” (‘true master and Scot’) degree which is supposedly from 1745.

Also see: cold man

Bibliotheque Nationale de France – Fonds Maçonnique – FM4 (232)

Cold Man

On this tracing board of the degree of “Vray Maître et Ecossais”, which is dated 1745, we see a human being who appears to be cold. The tracing board contains some more unusual symbols.

Also see: tunnel?

Bibliotheque Nationale de France – Fonds Maçonnique – FM4 (232)

Lion with Tree Branch?

From the title page of the degree “Chap. métropolitain de France. Le Chevalier du Grand Lion. 20e grade de la 3e série.” A lion with a tree branch perhaps?

Bibliothèque Numérique Patrimoniale, Fonds Gaborria Ms.-409

Sun with Crossed Wands

A sun with behind is some sort of wands crossed. This image appears on the title page of the degree “42e degré, 8e classe. Cahier concernant la réception et les cérémonies du grade de Commandeur de l’Orient” in the Fonds Gaborria.

Bibliothèque Numérique Patrimoniale, Fonds Gaborria Ms.-345

Double Square with Circle, Dot and Moon

As you can see, Ravignat calls this “The Jewel of a Sovereign Prince of the 90th Degree” of Memphis Misraim. Unfortunately he gives no source for the image. In the ritual the image is described as:

a gold four pointed star or double square in the middle of which is a point with a circle. This star is flanked by a crescent Moon.

Also see Moon and Square, Double Square and Dot, Double Square, Circle and Dot.

Ravignat, p. 363

Double Square with Circle and Dot

As you can see, Ravignat calls this “The Jewel of a Sovereign Prince of the 89th” degree of Memphis Misraim. Unfortunately he gives no source for the image. In the ritual the image is described as:

a gold four pointed star or square on which is superimposed another square in the midle of which is a point within a circle

Also see Double Square with Dot and Double Square with Circle, Dot and Moon.

Ravignat, p. 344

Double Square with Dot

As you can see, Ravignat calls this “The Jewel of a Sovereign Prince of the 88th Degree” of Memphis Misraim. Unfortunately he gives no source for the image. In the ritual the image is described as:

a gold four pointed star or square on which is superimposed another square in the middle of which is a point

Also see Double Square with Circle and Dot and Double Square with Circle, Dot and Moon.

Ravignat p. 327