The history of freemasonry : its legends and traditions, its chronological history (1906)
Mackey, Albert Gallatin, 1807-1881, Hughan, William James, 1841-1911, Singleton, William Reynolds, 1819-1901. History of the symbolism of freemasonry, the Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite and the Royal Order of Scotland · New York : Masonic History Co. · leaf 257
nces, im-pressing everywhere the evidences of an influence on the art of build-ing, it is proper that we should now pause to examine the memorialsof their labors in the different provinces and colonies. It is thus that we shall be enabled to establish the first link inthat chain which connects the… … HE first link of the chain which connects theRoman Colleges of Artificers with the buildingcorporations of the Middle Ages, is found inthe dispersion and settlement of the former inthe conquered colonies of Rome. It has been satisfactorily shown that the Ma-sons at Rome were incorporated into…
