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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
MONDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 190J>.
MAGNIFICENT WINDOW IN NEW TEMPLE
DEPICTING THE GLORIES
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Her* Is the explanation of the deelgn,
the- numbers of the paragraphs corro
spnndlng to those on diagram:
No. 1. Godfrey de Bouillon, flrst King
of Jerusalem, with his arms on shield
and blazon above (d'argent a la rrolx
potonce, et cartre pptenca d'or, cautor-
vol de quatre crolsettes de meme),
A well-known lav/ of Heraldry
broken In putting gold on sliver. In
• this one Instance adopted In allusion to
Fs. lxvll, II. Godfrey de Bouillon con--
quered Jerusalem In 1019 and died In
llOOi he bore the title, "Protector of the
Holy Sepulchre.” i , 1 < : ' i
Also hie arms as Duke of Bologna,
he bean the cross of the Templars on
left shoulder.
Shell above symbolic of the pilgrim
ages.
No. 1. Richard Coeur de Lion (his
tory describes him as having red hair
and beard)' In costume of the Templars
with blazon on shield and above three
gold leopards on a red Held. The cross
on left shoulder Is the old French form
of the Maltese cross with eight points,
symbolising the eight Beatitudes. The
glorious Beauseant behind him with
legend of the Templars, Richard led
the third Crusade, 1199, and defeated
Saladln (Salah-ed-deen, Integrity of
religion), leader of the Saracens,• and
established a truce of three years and
three months, which permitted pilgrims
to visit the Holy Sepulchre.
Nos. S, 4. K. The Battle of Acre (A. D.
1291), next to Jerusalem and Ascaton,
the greatest battle of the Crusades,
chosen because Acre was the seat of
the Knights Templars. King Richard
on the left with Saracens trying to un-
horso hint; flag of Jerusalem and glo
rious Iloauseant above him. Is clad In
full lighting costume of the Templars.
Saladln opposite with Saracens, his
war banner above, In upper part of
middle section, the ramparts and tow
ers of Acre with army of Templars with
Beauseants.
Nos. (, 7, I. The Court of Darius.
Darius seated, crowned, on his throne
In the traditional robes of purple, the
Persian headdress of white astrachan;
before him the petitioning Jewish
elders to whom he granted covenant to
rebuild Solomon's Temple. In back
ground retainers and advisers of Da
rius, who was also King of Egypt.
No. 9. Emblem rtf Templars enrrte<r
by priors. Chaplains today correspond
to the priors of earlier days.
No. 10. Earliest seal .of the order of
the Temple, with Temple of Solomon
and legend "Slglllum Tube Templl
Chrlstl."
Nos. IS, 14, 29, 28. Effigies of earliest
Crusaddrs from nine recumbent effigies
In the Inner Temple, London. They
were nearly all Templars, and Inner
Temple has been preserved by modern
English Templars. The names of but
five of the effigies are known, but our
space permitted only the use of four.
Flanking them nre symbolic shields of
Templars and Saracens.
No. 11 (and alternate). "Pauperis
Commllltones Chrlstl Templlque Sal-
omonlcl" (Brethren of the Militia of
Christ and of the Temple). The Tem
plars were given the Mosque which
stood on the site of Solomon's Temple
to live In by Baldwin II, nephew of
Godfrey de Bouillon, and were there
after known by the above title.
Nrt. 12. Cross and crown, generat
symbol of various commanderies, usu
ally on a field of black.
No. IT. Modern seal of Command
eries In American—cross gold and
crown red. on a Held of silver (this seal
obtained from Grand Recorder of Ma
sonic Temple, Boston, and verified by
Armorer).
No. 18. The arms of Hugues . de
Palens, Founder and First Grand Mas
ter. No portrait or effigy to be found;
therefore only his blazon Is used, dis
covered In an Illustrated work on the
Museum at Versailles, Argent, Cross
I’atteo In Gules, flanked by Glorious
Beauseant, Prior's staff and sword. The
date, 1118, Is that of Hugues de Palens
organizing the order; 1156, that of his
death; the date of his birth Is Impos
sible to determine.
No. IS. Enrly seal of Palens and his
friend, Goeffrey de St. Omar. The ear
liest seal shows the Temple. On this,
two riders on one horse, was adopted
later In commemoration of the early
poverty of Palens.
No. 23. The “Agnus Del" was the
second seal (A. D. 1241). facing to
the right with cruciform nimbus and
banner surrounded by legend "Slglllum
Templl."
No. 27. The seal of the Templars
adopted 1863. the emblem of the Inner
Temple Pegasus argent on azure field,
motto;
"Valat as Atthera Virtue.''
No. 24. Modern motto used on seals,
etc.:
"Be Thou Faithful Unto Death."
No. 19. Symbolical arrangements of
modern American Commanderies—
shield with Christian cross In red on
Held of white, surrounded by motto,
“In Hoc Slgno Vinces.” and banner
motto below, "Non Nobis,” etc.,, for
merly used on the glorious Beauseant
of Crusader Templars. Above the pa
triarchal cross of flagstalfs and crosiers
of chaplains.
No. 20. Modern arms of English
Templars—Agnus Del to.the-left-In cen
ter of red cross on a. sliver ground
(found In Bell Series, The-Inner Tem
ple, the most recent • published author
ity).
No. 28.—Seal of the thirteenth cen
tury preceptorlea In England, .“Slglll
Templl Domlne de Anglia."
NOTES MADE DURING
RESEARCH OF KNIQHT
TEMPLAR LITERATURE
Originally there were three Monastic
Orders, vlx; Templars, Hospitallers
and Teutonic Knights. They owed their
origin to the Crusades and made It
their duty to guard and protect pil
grims on their way to the Holy Sepul
chre from the attacks of Saracens.
The Templars were called "Pauperis
Commllltores Christ! Templlque" be
cause they lived In the temple on the
site of Bolomon's Temple. The cos
tumes of the Templars were a white
linen mantle with a red leather cross
of eight points sewed onto the left
shoulder. Also In the early days of the
organization the reigning Pope granted
a cross to be worn on the breast. Be
neath this i mantle waa;a complete, suit
of link armor.
The standard bearer . (Balconlfer)
bore the "Glorious Beauseant," or war
banner, of -the Templars. It was half
black and -half'white,.wlth the legend.
"Non' Nobis, Non Nobis,’’' etc. The
black of the .upper part denoted death
to their enemles. tbe.'Whlte.of ihlTMr-
*r loye to each other and peace to their
friends, while the motto pointed to
tbelr inspiration and courage In-the
Held. .Beauseant,’ meaning beauty of
holiness. WaS' derived from the Ker
man,French. Bausan-(a piebald horse,
.block;horse,with, white stockings).. The
word' "Beauseant" was also the' war
cry of.the Templars,ln-battle.
Esquire’s costume was gray or .brown
mantle. The names authenticated of
the effigies In the Inner Temple are as
follows: . .
Sir Goeffrey.da Maganavffie, Earl of
Essex. 1144.
William MareschalL- the Elder. Earl
of Pembroke.
William Mareschall.- the Younger.
Gilbert Mareschall, Earl of Pem
broke.
Robert: deRos.
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