tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28702979.post3834042097217768334..comments2023-05-19T08:34:08.010-05:00Comments on Grail Seekers: A Guide to Masonic Symbolism for the Non-MasonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03644381573697357745noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28702979.post-47620382317337104092007-12-31T06:38:00.000-06:002007-12-31T06:38:00.000-06:00The Masonic connection at Rosslyn Chapel dates bac...The Masonic connection at Rosslyn Chapel dates back to the 1860s when the Chapel was restored for Episcopalian worship by the Fourth Earl of Rosslyn. The architect, David Bryce, replaced most of the stone bosses in the Lady Chapel. These had become heavily decayed and damaged, so that he was unable to replace them with accurate copies. He had to create his own designs and these were submitted to the Foruth Earl (who was Grand Masetr Mason of Scotland). Bewteen them, they 'tweaked' the designs to resemble Masonic symbolism. The Archvist of the Grand Lodge of Scotland in Edinburgh has even written a book 'The Rosslyn Hoax' to repudiate any genuinely medieval Masonic connection at Rosslyn, as Freemasonry as we know it today did not begin until after the Scottish Reformation (1560). Before that masons were craftsmen who served a long apprenticeship of stone-carving. The matter is also fully discussed in the new book 'Rosslyn Chapel Revealed' and another book is due out in May 2008 (Rosslyn: An Icon through the Ages).searcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977066739208700153noreply@blogger.com