Scottish Rite Masonry Illustrated - The Masonic Trowel

380 SUBLIME PRINCE OF THE ROYAL SECRET.
enclosing a pentagon,
t h a t an equilateral
triangle, and that a
circle. On the side of
the nonagon arc :nine
tents with a flag, pennon,
and letter to each.
Each tent represents
an entire camp, and
the several sides of
the nonagon are thus
assigned by our present
rituals, to the Masons
of the several degrees, from the first to the eighteenth
as follows:
S. Flag and pennon white, sprinkled lightly with
crimson. That tent indicates the camp of the Knights
Rose Croix, Knights of the East and West, and Princes
of Jerusalem, 18th, 17th and 16th degrees. The Commander
Malachi.
A. Flag and pennon light green. That tent indicates
the camp of the Knights~ of the East or Sword,
15th degree. The Comma%der Zerubbabel.
L. Flag and pennon red. That tent indicates the
camp of the Grand Elect Perfect and Sublime Masons,
14th degree. Commander Nehemiab.
I. Flag and pennon black and red. That tent indicates
the camp of the Knights of the Royal Arch and
Grand Master Architects, 13th and 12th degrees. Commander
Joabert or Johaben.
X. Flag and pennon black. That tent indicates the
camp of the Sublime Knights Elected, Illustrious Elect
of Fifteen and Elected Knights of Nine~ 11th, 10th and
9th degrees. Commander Phaleg.
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N. Flag and pennon red and black in lozenges. That
tent indicates the camp of the Intendants of the Building,
8th degree. Commander Jehoiada.
0. Flag and pennon, red and green. That tent indicates
the’ camp of the Provost and Judges, and Intimate
Secretaries 7th and 6th degrees. Commander
Aholiab.
N. Flag and pennon green. That tent indicates the
camp of the Perfect Masters and Secret Masters, 5th
and 4th degrees. Commander Joshua.
I. Flag and pennon blue. That tent indicates the
camp of the Masters, the Fellow Crafts and Apprentices
of Symbolic Masonry and Volunteers, 3rd, 2nd and 1st
degrees. Commander Ezra.
On each of the external angles of the pentagon, is a
great standard, each designated by a letter, and each
supposed to indicate the camp of a corps of Masons,
occupying a side of the pentagon. The standards are
described as follows, in the language of Heraldry, and
Indicate the following degrees:
T. Purple. On it is the Ark”’ of the Covenant, in
gold, between two palm trees, vert, and two lighted
torches or candlesticks, gold motto at the base, “Laus
Deo.” Around this standard are stationed the Knights
Kadosh, and the Grand Scottish Knights of St. Andrew,
30th and 29th degrees. Standard Bearer is Bezaleel.
E. Azure. On it is a lion couchant in gold, holding
in his mouth a key in gold, and a gold collar around his
neck, with the figures 525 on the collar. Motto at the
Not. 378.—~The Ark of the Covenant or of the Testimony was a chest
originally coiiatructed by Moses at God’s command. (Ezod zay, iS.) in
which were kept the two tables of stone, on which were engraved the
ten t,ommandnienta it contains, iIke~iac. a golden pot filled uith
manna. Aaron’s rod, and the tables of the covenant, it was at first
deposited in the most sacred place of the tabernacle, and afterwards
placed by Solomon in the Sanctum Sanctiurom of the Temple. and was
lost upon the deatroction of that hoilding hy the Chaldeatis The later
history of this ark is buried in obscurity.’ ‘—Mackey’s Enoyclopedla ef
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