Francis Bacon and his secret society - Grand Lodge of Colorado

LIST OF PAPER-MARKS.
Plate I.
1. Sphere, surmounted by star or crosses. Account books,
Hague. British Museum collection. 1301.
2, 3. Sphere, surmounted by star or crosses. Account books,
Hague. British Museum collection. 1356, 1430
Another, 5£ inches high, slightly different. Cotton MSS.
Nero 127.
4. Sphere, cross, scarabeus. Jansen (in Sotheby). 1315.
5, 6. Sphere, cross, scarabeus, one with water line = Holy
Spirit. Jansen (in Sotheby). 1360.
7-11 Sphere, with triangle = the Trinity ; ellipse = Holy
Spirit. The figure 4, sacred number in " Perfect
Masonry, " meaning the universe, four elements, four
winds, four seasons, four dimensions, as generally conceived,
length, breadth, depth, height. In 9a is a
figure 4, the Egyptian hierogram = Greek alpha and
omega. The T, which frequently appears in these
plates, signifies light. The double tan, a very ancient
symbol of the sacred sanctuary of light and beauty,
resembles H. Two I's, with a cross between, as 9b,
conveys the same idea as at fig. 10. A cross in a
•
sphere is the Druidical silver wheel, Arianrod — emblem
of the Bi-une God, the alpha and omega of the
Revelations. Chiefly from the collection, British Museum,
318c, vol. vii. No. 11 is five inches long. Circa
1400.
12. D, a mystic word expressive of the power of expanding,
spreading, unfolding, laying open.* Dl was a term
1 Celtic Researches, p. 446, Davies, quoted B. of God, ii. 441.
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