A crest made of metal and nacre depicts Herod's (or Enoch's) Temple with its two pillars and nine gates.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Former Owner(s)", "value": "Gaster, Moses 1856-1939" }, { "label": "Technique(s)", "value": "engraved" }, { "label": "Decoration", "value": "
The crest depicts Herod's temple. On the front side, there is a form made of an inner cross inside a glowing star, inside a triangle, encricled by a circle, inside a square. Above the square there is an inscription: \"ADUI+HPESOI+MIARHPE\". Bellow it: \"AUHSOHEI+HAISSEM\". The words \"DIVINITY\" and \"MORALITY\" appear inside the square, in the corners. In the circumference, the Latin phrases: \"IN HOC SIGNO VINCES\" and \"TRIA IUNCTA IN UNO\", and the inscription: \"R . OR . HRD . M . KAD SEHILOH\". Inside the circles, the inscriptions: \"IE VA\", \"FRMD\", \"A PA OMG\" and \"GGT\". The right pillar depicts two stars and the sun on it top, under them a crown. Beneath the crown there is a Hebrew inscription אב רוח קדש (Father, Holy Spirit), with geometrical (possibly alchemical) signs. Another Hebrew inscription ברא שית, that is, בראשית (Genesis), and the Greek inscription τετραγραμμ[α]τον. Under these is a coat of arms with three crowns and a cross. Beneath it appears the year 1926, and the names of the Masonic figures [King] Athelstan and [Prince] Edwin. The right pillar depicts geometrical (possibly alchemical) signs, the name of Enoch, and the inscription \"3579 PAT. Under it the Latin phrase: \"LUX EX TENEB[ris]\", and the English text: \"There is a Precious Treasure In the Sub terranous of the ARCH. Trigonometry. Astronomy, Geometry. Physical\". Beneath it the Latin phrase: \"UNA TRIBUS AB UNO\". Under it, the inscription \"L.E.T\". At the bottom of the pillar there is a depiction of two angels, between them a glowing fire. At the back side there is a depiction of the nine gates, with several inscriptions. In the outer side: \"HEL 357 HAN 9 BLL NUM 27 SBL 81\". The names of the twelve tribes appear in shorten forms: \"DAM(!) ASR NTL RBN GAD ISH IUD BIM ERM SMN MNS ZBL\". The central three gates contains letters: SKI, TH, AH. Above each gate there is an inscription: \"IU A\", \"IE VAH\", \"GE VA\", \"IE O\", \"IAK INAI\", \"GO THA\", \"IU B\", \"ADO NAI\", \"HAY AD\". At the bottom, the names of the three masonic Grand Master Architects (Ioabert, Guibelum, Stolkin) appear in shorten forms: \"IAB GBL STK\". On the right of these names, there is also a depiction of masonic symbols - the pickaxe, the shovel, and the crowbar. On the left, there is a depiction of a gavel and (possibly) a ring. The are two loops on the top of the crest.<\/p>
Compare to chart for the Chapter and Grand Lodge of England by Peter Lambert de Lintot (copy at the British Museum, 1896,0511.385.4<\/a>) from 1789, and the 19th-century version by David Rosenberg (Mysticum Sapentiae Speculum, Paris ca. 1831; Paris BnF, RF-MAT-1<\/a>).<\/p>"
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"label": "Acquisition",
"value": "Acquired by The John Rylands Library from the heirs of Moses Gaster in 1954."
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"label": "Title",
"value": "Masonic crest"
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"label": "Mode",
"value": "Worn around the neck."
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"label": "Function",
"value": "Ritualistic use?"
},
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"label": "Date of Creation",
"value": "1926"
},
{
"label": "Origin Place",
"value": "England?"
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"label": "Data Source(s)",
"value": "Catalogue description by Dr Gal Sofer in consultation with Emma Roberts (Museum of Freemasonry) and Martin Dennis (Museum of Freemasonry) Revised by Zsófia Buda.<\/p>"
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"label": "Language(s)",
"value": "English, Greek, Hebrew, Latin"
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"label": "Physical Location",
"value": "The John Rylands Library"
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"label": "Extent",
"value": "height: 83 mm, width: 84 mm."
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"label": "Shape",
"value": "square"
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"label": "Classmark",
"value": "Gaster Amulet 44"
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"label": "Subject(s)",
"value": "Amulets; Freemasonry--Symbolism"
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"label": "Abstract",
"value": " A Masonic crest.<\/p>"
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"label": "Collection",
"value": "Gaster Amulet Collection"
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"label": "Bibliography",
"value": " Fine<\/p>"
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"label": "Date of Acquisition",
"value": "1954"
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