Masonic International Masonry Master Mason Apron - Embroidered 1955-1956

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Masonic International Masonry Master Mason Apron
This piece is made of satin like material. Both images on the front are embroidered with metallic like thread. Measures 15 inch by 13-1/2 with flap down, lies flat. One cord with tassel measure 45 inches, the other cord measures 62. In pristine condition n front and back
Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons that from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.
KING SOLOMON'S TEMPLE
The Temple Legend is a name that I give to that legend or tradition which traces the origin of Freemasonry as an organized institution to the Temple of Solomon and to the builders, Jewish and Tyrian, who were employed in the construction of that edifice.
This is the legend that is now almost universally accepted by the great mass of the Masonic fraternity. Perhaps nine out of ten of the Freemasons of the present day - that is to say, all those who receive tradition with the undoubting faith that should be given to history only - conscientiously believe that Freemasonry, as we now see it, organized into lodges and degrees, with Grand Masters, Masters, and Wardens, with the same ritual observances, was first devised by Solomon, King of Israel, and assumed its position as a secret society during the period when that monarch was engaged in the construction of the Temple on Mount Moriah.
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