The book of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite of freemasonry : containing instructions in all the degrees from the third to the thirty-third, and last degree of the rite : together with ceremonies of inauguration ... etc. (1914)
McClenachan, Charles Thompson · New York : Macoy Pub. & Masonic Supply Co. · leaf 381
efore the throne is atable, covered with a cloth of the same colors. Overthe throne hangs a triple interlaced triangle of broadbars, two of which are white, and one black; and inits centre the letter \ Instead of a gavel, the presidingofficer uses an arrow, the plume of which is red on oneside and… … thin white gauze. This represents Truth, and is thepalladium of the Order of Princes of Mercy. The altar, placed in the centre of the room, is of atriangular shape, each side measuring 18 inches, andits height being 36 inches. The top is a plate, likegold, on which, formed of different colored…
