The Comacines, their predecessors and their successors (1910)
Ravenscroft, W. (William), b. 1848 · London : E. Stock · leaf 72
ibed in their ranks; they with theutmost jealousy practised all the arts con-nected with building, and by severe laws andpenalties (perhaps also with bloodshed) pro-hibited others from the practice of building56 The Coinacines important edifices. Loiil; and hard wc-rctheinitiations to aspirants,… … COMACINE LODGU, A.-..,I..l, WHICH HAS MASuMC liLVlCliOVER ENTRANCE. ritual to the extent of giving to their workingtools moral, and even spiritual, significance.That may be a not unlikely outcome of theirsystem, but whether so or not, they had ttieirsymbols, without doubt. This is illustratedin a…
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