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On The Symbolical Character Of Medlæval Heraldry, And Its Connection With Freemasonry .
voured to show that , as an Heraldic bearing , it had been adopted by persons who had been engaged in architectural pursuits , " by builders of houses , " and by men who designed ancl assisted in executing some of the most glorious of those magnificent edifices , which promise to hand down the fame of their originators to remote posterity .
In viewing the chevron , more particularly as connected with Masonry , need we suggest its similarity to the square ? We cannot directly prove that the chevron derived its heraldic origin from the Mason ' s Craft , and then in process of time came into general use ; nor do we pretend to say that it was from its resemblance to the square onlthat it
y was particularly adopted by some of the great architects of the middle ages , for we showed , on the evidence of the Book of St . Alban's , that it had another signification , viz . that of the timbers of a roof ; but we cannot help thinking that there might have been a double reason for its appropriation by the Master Masons of the fifteenth century . Whilst in their
armorial bearings they symbolized the arched and fretted roof , the result of their labours , might they not also have borne in mind the faithful and unerring jewel , by the aid and application of which their exertions were crowned with success ? Carter , in his work on " Ancient Sculpture and Painting" ives an account of a very singular monument
, g in the south transept of Gloucester Cathedral . It is that of a man supporting a Mason ' s square , and is supposed by some to be a representation of a Master Mason , named John Gower , who , according to a tradition contained in a vernacular rhyme , was the architect of the most beautiful portion of the cathedral .
" John Gowere Who built Cumpden church and Gloster tower . " Whether this be the real effigies of John Gower or not , and whether " John Gowere" was the actual architect of the " towre , " we cannot at present say ; but certain it is , that it is that of some brother of the Craft , who
" Souihc through ijis sleight , Via malum np a toure of fjetgljt ; © fjoitgf ; it lucre of no rountu stone , iffitrougfit Suit !) sqiurc anti scanttlonc . " CHAUCER . The coat of arms , No . 6 , in the plate which accompanied our former paper , we described as that of William of Wyke-
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On The Symbolical Character Of Medlæval Heraldry, And Its Connection With Freemasonry .
voured to show that , as an Heraldic bearing , it had been adopted by persons who had been engaged in architectural pursuits , " by builders of houses , " and by men who designed ancl assisted in executing some of the most glorious of those magnificent edifices , which promise to hand down the fame of their originators to remote posterity .
In viewing the chevron , more particularly as connected with Masonry , need we suggest its similarity to the square ? We cannot directly prove that the chevron derived its heraldic origin from the Mason ' s Craft , and then in process of time came into general use ; nor do we pretend to say that it was from its resemblance to the square onlthat it
y was particularly adopted by some of the great architects of the middle ages , for we showed , on the evidence of the Book of St . Alban's , that it had another signification , viz . that of the timbers of a roof ; but we cannot help thinking that there might have been a double reason for its appropriation by the Master Masons of the fifteenth century . Whilst in their
armorial bearings they symbolized the arched and fretted roof , the result of their labours , might they not also have borne in mind the faithful and unerring jewel , by the aid and application of which their exertions were crowned with success ? Carter , in his work on " Ancient Sculpture and Painting" ives an account of a very singular monument
, g in the south transept of Gloucester Cathedral . It is that of a man supporting a Mason ' s square , and is supposed by some to be a representation of a Master Mason , named John Gower , who , according to a tradition contained in a vernacular rhyme , was the architect of the most beautiful portion of the cathedral .
" John Gowere Who built Cumpden church and Gloster tower . " Whether this be the real effigies of John Gower or not , and whether " John Gowere" was the actual architect of the " towre , " we cannot at present say ; but certain it is , that it is that of some brother of the Craft , who
" Souihc through ijis sleight , Via malum np a toure of fjetgljt ; © fjoitgf ; it lucre of no rountu stone , iffitrougfit Suit !) sqiurc anti scanttlonc . " CHAUCER . The coat of arms , No . 6 , in the plate which accompanied our former paper , we described as that of William of Wyke-