This isn't boring at all. My grandfather was, and my brother-in-law
is, a Mason (and Grandma was Eastern Star), but my own experience of
Masons is limited to the men in aprons who attended my grandfather's
wake and had to be left alone in the room with him.
Plus, of course, the eye on the dollar bill. And a Masonic hall a
local theater uses for performances.
I talk a lot about the great guilds in my Brit Lit classes, and spend
time on various kinds of iconography in all my lit classes. So this
thread has been very interesting to me on a number of fronts,
particularly the discussion of variations and flexibility in previous
centuries (as generally we tend to think of symbols and badges as
part of a fixed system).
And the pictures of custom and historical-repro aprons...gorgeous! --
made me want one!!!
--Ruth Anne Baumgartner
scholar gypsy and amateur costumer
On Jul 21, 2010, at 10:54 PM, Ron Carnegie wrote:
Okay sorry to bore those not interested. I checked on the below
mentioned
info. Here in Virginia the rule is, if it is printed in our stuff
it aint a
secret! And the information I am about to mention is printed. The
reasons
for it are not.
All of this has to do with the placement of the square and
compasses. I
imagine that many of your are familiar with the general shape with the
compasses open, points downward, with the square placed with the angle
downward. The little point, that I really don't think will be
visible to
the audience anyway is this:
Entered Apprentice Degree- the square should be on top of the two
points of
the compasses
Fellowcraft (what the wiki is calling journeymen and perhaps some
jurisdictions do)- the left point of the compasses should be under the
square the right point over
Master- both points should be over the square
I hope you understand what I mean. It would be easier to depict
in a
picture. If you look at the posts I sent, as I recall most
importantly the
two supposed Burn's aprons, you should see what I mean.
"I'm your huckleberry"
Ron Carnegie
r.carne...@verizon.net
-----Original Message-----
From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-
boun...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of Ron Carnegie
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 10:42 PM
To: 'Historical Costume'
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Masonic aprons .. a bit of info..
Hmmm ... there is a difference in some symbolism between the three
degrees,
but it is minor and I am not certain that I can tell you. Let me
check my
Presentation manual and see if it is in there, if it is I can share
it with
you, if it is not, then I can't. That being said however, any of the
"secrets" of masonry regarding recognition signs or ritual can
easily be
found online. If my jurisdiction regards it a secret however, I
would be in
violation of my obligation in sharing it with you or verifying your
sources.
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