SCS 002. Supreme Council, Scottish Rite, Southern Masonic Jurisdiction, certificates

Content Description

The certificate includes the signatures of 50 Masons, many 32° and 33°, and is adorned with the double-headed eagle and a roof supported by stone columns carved with Egyptian art. It comes with a black leather pouch which is stamped with the double eagle insignia, " Supreme Council, 33°. A. & S.R., Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A."

Content Description

32° certificate issued by Supreme Council of the Thirty-Third Degree for the Southern Jurisdiction to Edward Eudey Thomas, dated November 11, 1898. Certificate of relationship issued by Supreme Council of the Thirty-Third Degree for the Southern Jurisdiction to Katie Bower Thomas, dated January 23, 1899.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains certificates and calling cards from William M. Robertson and his family.

Scope and Contents Blank 32° Scottish Rite certificate. The design is composed of an arched ribbon inscribed with the title "Universi Terrarum Orbus Architectonis per Gloriam Ingentis" (By the Glory of the Great Architect of the Universe). In the upper right hand corner, a pelican feeds her young with her blood (a symbol of the 18th Degree or Knights of the Rose Croix). In the upper left hand corner, a crown above a lamb lying on a book of seven seals (17th Degree) are surrounded by symbols representing the...