First degree of the Strict Observance. My best description of the man(-like) figure is “king”.
Also in the French Mutus Liber Latomorum we find a few kings, such as the one below. Would it be so simple that this is King Solomon?
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Category Archives: Yet to identify
Wheelbarrow
A wheelbarrow as can be seen on a French tracing board from the early 1700’s. The text calls it: “un petit Chariot pour transporter des pierres”, a ‘little wagon to transport the rocks’. Unfortunately the book does not say for what degree this tracing board is.
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Yoke
From a French tracing board from the early 1700’s. Les Franc Macons Ecrasé calls this a “joug” which indeed means “yoke”.
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Axe and ??
This axe with an unidentified tool can be found twice on a French “Compagnonnage” “tableau” from 1848.
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Woman and Tree
Dąbrowski has an image that can supposedly be found in the National Museum of Scotland. On that chart you see what appears to be a woman and a tree, Eve? I don’t know in what rite or degree Eve is significant, but in Adoption lodges. I doubt Adoption imaginary is meant here.
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Grim Reaper
Dąbrowski has an image that can supposedly be found in the National Museum of Scotland. On that chart you see a Grim Reaper. I don’t know in what rite or degree the pilgrim is significant. Perhaps in some third degrees. Is this image perhaps also an explanation for the down-pointing arrow?
Christina Voss in The ‘Universal Language’ of Freemasonry (2003) describes a man with a scythe as “time”, which is an interesting interpretation.
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Tassel
Contrary to the tassels on aprons there are also tassels in the corners of the mosaic pavement sometimes.
cut-out from unknown symbol chart
Fish
Dąbrowski has an unidentified “Masonic Symbols”, (p. 186) see below. The chart is titled: “Masonic Chart of the Scottish Rite”, so I suppose the symbols refer to degrees in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. There are quite a few symbols on it that are unfamiliar to me, such as this one.
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Town
Dąbrowski has an unidentified “American Masonic Symbols”, see below. The chart is titled: “Masonic Chart of the Scottish Rite”, so I suppose the symbols refer to degrees in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. There are quite a few symbols on it that are unfamiliar to me, such as this one. I don’t even know what it is supposed to be, some village, town or city?
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Sprout?
Dąbrowski has an unidentified “American Masonic Symbols”, see below. The chart is titled: “Masonic Chart of the Scottish Rite”, so I suppose the symbols refer to degrees in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. There are quite a few symbols on it that are unfamiliar to me, such as this one. I don’t even know what it is supposed to be. A sprout?
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Clock?
Dąbrowski has an unidentified “American Masonic Symbols”, see below. There are quite a few symbols on it that are unfamiliar to me, such as this one. I don’t even know what it is supposed to be. There are other circles on the chart with what appear to be officers emblems in the middle.
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Crossed Horns
Dąbrowski has an unidentified “American Masonic Symbols”, see below. There are quite a few symbols on it that are unfamiliar to me, such as this one. I don’t know in what rite or degree this symbol is of significance.
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Coiled Snake
Dąbrowski has an unidentified “American Masonic Symbols”, see below. There are quite a few symbols on it that are unfamiliar to me, such as this one. I don’t know in what rite or degree this symbol is of significance.
It could be that the coiled snake is another version of the coiled rope. Here we have a suggestion that the snake and the rope are interchangeable.
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Hand
Dąbrowski has an unidentified “American Masonic Symbols”, see below. There are quite a few symbols on it that are unfamiliar to me, such as this one. I don’t know in what rite or degree this symbol is of significance.
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E D
Dąbrowski has an unidentified “American Masonic Symbols”, see below. There are quite a few symbols on it that are unfamiliar to me, such as this one. I don’t know in what rite or degree this combination is of significance.
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Four Triangles
Dąbrowski has an unidentified “American Masonic Symbols”, see below. There are quite a few symbols on it that are unfamiliar to me, such as this one. I don’t know in what rite or degree this combination is of significance.
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Three Pots and a Snake
Dąbrowski has an unidentified “American Masonic Symbols”, see below. There are quite a few symbols on it that are unfamiliar to me, such as this one. I don’t know in what rite or degree this combination is of significance.
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Cross on Heart
Dąbrowski has an unidentified “American Masonic Symbols”, see below. There are quite a few symbols on it that are unfamiliar to me, such as this one. It could be a reference to the Holy Heart of Jesus and there is even a possibility for it being a reference to Faith, Hope and Charity, but I don’t know in what rite or degree this symbol is of significance.
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Sword and Star
Dąbrowski has an unidentified “American Masonic Symbols”, see below. There are quite a few symbols on it that are unfamiliar to me, such as this one. I don’t know in what rite or degree this combination is of significance.
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Rake
Dąbrowski has an unidentified “American Masonic Symbols”, see below. There are quite a few symbols on it that are unfamiliar to me, such as this one. It is a similar set to the pick axe, crow and shovel, but then with a garden tool. I don’t know in what rite or degree this tool has a significance.
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