THE STONEMASONS OF GERMANY.
"
175
from which Stock owns to liaving copied
not above suspicion, at least in this exact form, as Schneider
he has discovered the secrets of these masons with great difficulty," and he may not
Book of Coustitutions
for the lodge at Altenburg,"
it; so that its very existence
"
says,
is
have obtained a veritable transcript of their " examination." Beyond the fact that it consists
of question and answer, there is very little that I need comment upon in this chapter, the
more especially as
shall
"
"
this so-called
now proceed to give a few
What was the name of the
examination
extracts
first
will be again discussed at a later period.
I
:
mason
"Anton Hieronymus [Adou-Hiram
"
?],
?
and the working
tool
was invented by Walkan"
[Tubal Cain ?].
In regard to these expressions, the two pillars previously referred to sufficiently attest
that the masons were conversant with the architectural details of the Holy Writings
;
our surprise in their claiming Adon-Hiram as a brother,
or in their affirming that the first artificer in metals designed the implements of their
handicraft.
Fallou lays great stress on the following
and there
is
excite
nothing to
:
Q.
A.
Q.
What
A
dost thou carry under thy hat
laudable loisdom.
What
A.
A
Q.
?
dost thou carry under thy tongue
What
?
truth.
praiseworthy
is the strength of the craft
A. That which
fire
?
and water cannot
destroy.
And
he explains the substitution of truth for beauty, by the fact (sic) that beauty is no
a part of a mason's art.^
longer
But even if we were to concede this (which I am far from doing), we should only
that the stonearrive at the simple conclusion which