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# Rosslyn Templars

Dedicated to Researching Rosslyn Chapel, The Knights Templar and Scottish Freemasonry

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- [News](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/news/)
- [The Masonic Authors' Guild International](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2025/03/26/the-lost-symbol-breaking-the-code/) - Robert Robert L D Cooper; Masonic Authors' Guild International; MAGI; Mark A. Tabbert; Bob Cooper; Freemasonry; Masonic; Scotland; Iowa;
- [The Lost Symbol](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/08/06/the-lost-symbol/) - We have heard that a group of learned Freemasons have been calculating what the plot of Dab Brown's latest novel, The Lost Symbol, is likely to be. These Masonic scholars were alerted to the possible inclusion of Freemasonry in the plot line by the recently published covers of the novel and by a discussion of
- [Rosslyn Chapel Appeal](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/08/05/rosslyn-chapel-appeal/) - As we previously reported Rosslyn Chapel Trust have been granted £7.1 million of taxpayer's money to restore the chapel. However, it now seems that this sum is insufficient to do the job and so the trust has launched an appeal for more money - £2.25 million to be exact. An attractive brochure has been produced explaining
- [Updating the web site](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/07/28/updating-the-web-site/) - Since the web site was refreshed a great deal has happened in relation to Freemasonry, Rosslyn Chapel and associated subjects. So much in fact that we hardly know where to begin! Do we start with the most recent news and work back, or begin 6 - 12 months ago and work forward? Someone has just
- [International Conference on the History of Freemasonry - ICHF](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/12/international-conference-on-the-history-of-freemasonry-ichf/) - The first International Conference on the History of Freemasonry - ICHF was held over the course of the weekend 25th and 27th May. It was preceded by the NYOS Staffa award ceremony which was sponsored by the Grand Lodge of Scotland - the home of Scottish Freemasonry. The award ceremony and the conference were held
- [International Conference on the History of Freemasonry](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/12/international-conference-on-the-history-of-freemasonry-2/) - We have just learned that the amazingly successful ICHF conference of 2007 is to be repeated in May 2009 - probably for the last time before it moves to another country. The organisers argued, successfully, that as 2009 marked the 250th anniversary of the birth of Scotland's National Bard, Brother Robert Burns, ICHF should again
- [Rosslyn Chapel makes £500,000](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/rosslyn-chapel-makes-500000/) - The Rosslyn Chapel Trust Ltd. (a charity registered in Scotland) made more than half a million pounds profit in 2006 from visitors. For more details click here.
- [Rosslyn Templar to run Marathon for Charity](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/12/rosslyn-templar-to-run-marathon-for-charity/) - Brother Robert Currie is due to run the Edinburgh Marathon in May. All money raised will be donated to the Children's Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS)
- [New director for Rosslyn Chapel](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/new-director-for-rosslyn-chapel/) - Stuart Beattie, the project manager at Rosslyn Chapel, has moved on to new pastures. He is replaced by Colin Glynn-Percy a Scottish landholder with various business interests. In an interview with the Scotsman newspaper he makes some interesting and perhaps prophetic comments about the chapel and its future. Mr Glynn-Percy has something of a colourful
- [Cracking the Freemason's Code](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/cracking-the-freemasons-code/) - Many people are now well aware that Robert Cooper, Curator of the Grand Lodge of Scotland Museum and library, is the author of The Rosslyn Hoax? The book launch took place on 9th October in Freemasons' Hall, Edinburgh. To see some of the photographs taken that evening click here or on the previous link. Not
- [The Complete Idiot's Guide to Freemasonry](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-freemasonry/) - It had to happen we just wonder why it took so long! At last Freemasonry has joined the ranks of other mainstream subjects - such as: The Crusades The Talmud Understanding Catholicism The Roman Empire Communism The American Revolution With the publication of this book is Freemasonry now seen as a normal part of society,
- [Cracking the Freemasons Code](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/12/cracking-the-freemasons-code-2/) - Freemasonry continues to hold a fascination for many people, fuelled no doubt by numerous books and even a Hollywood Film, yet many of these books are written by people who are not Freemasons and the small number which are written by Freemasons they are not Scottish Freemasons. Why should this matter? How can non-Masons have
- [Photography Banned at Rosslyn Chapel](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/12/photography-banned-at-rosslyn-chapel/) - It has recently been announced that a ban on photography within Rosslyn Chapel has been imposed. Visitors will no longer be able to take photographs of their visit. The move is ostensibly on Health and Safety grounds. Colin Glynn-Percy, the new director of the charity: Rosslyn Chapel Trust, said that there were concerns that people
- [Second International Conference on the History of Freemasonry Announced](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/12/second-international-conference-on-the-history-of-freemasonry-announced/) - The first International Conference on the History of Freemasonry - ICHF was held over the course of the weekend 25th and 27th May 2007. It was a resounding success attended by almost 250 delegates. It has just been announced within the last few days that a second conference will be held at Freemasons' Hall of
- [Landmark judgement on Freemasonry by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/12/landmark-judgement-on-freemasonry-by-the-european-court-of-human-rights-echr/) - The ECHR has recently published a landmark judgement on a case of discrimination against Freemasons and Freemasonry in Italy, and therefore Europe. Judgements of the ECHR are applicable to the UK where, as many will be aware, Freemasons are the subject of discrimination which verges on persecution. There are several point awaiting clarification but in
- [The Rosslyn Hoax?](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/12/the-rosslyn-hoax-4/) - The book by the Curator of the Grand Lodge of Scotland (the home of Scottish Freemasonry) has sold out. We have received numerous requests from people anxious to obtain a copy but although they have been disappointed we are delighted to be able to report that The Rosslyn Hoax? is now to be reprinted as
- [Musical code cracked at last?](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/12/musical-code-cracked-at-last/) - Ever since a Scottish Sunday newspaper reported in 2002 that a Japanese electronics company was offering a reward to anyone who could crack the alleged musical code people have been trying to do just that. Now Rosslyn Chapel are to stage a performance of the musical code - it is expected that this will cause
- [Rosslyn Chapel to get Taxpayer's money for restoration](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/12/rosslyn-chapel-to-get-taxpayers-money-for-restoration/) - It has been announced that Rosslyn Chapel Trust Ltd. has been awarded taxpayer's money to restore the chapel despite making £500,000.00 from visitor's admission fees (£7.00 per person) during 2006.
- [Amazon](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/amazon/) - The Rosslyn Templars are regularly asked to supply books which are reviewed or otherwise mentioned on this site. We have explained before that we do not sell books as that does not within the scope of this site. However, recognising that some visitors do wish to buy books we have added (where possible) direct links
- [Temple Church - London](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/temple-church-london/) - Like Rosslyn Chapel, other sites which feature in The Da Vinci Code have experienced a surge in visitor numbers. Principally these are the Louvre Museum in Paris (where the novel begins and ends) and the Temple Church in London. The Louvre is beyond the scope of this web site but we are aware that a
- [St Duthac Collegiate Church](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/st-duthac-collegiate-church/) - St Duthac Collegiate Church is the most northerly collegiate church on the Scottish mainland. Not very much is know about it but what we have been to find has now been added to this web site. Interestingly it was contemporary with Rosslyn Chapel.
- [Freemasonry and Rosslyn Chapel](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/freemasonry-and-rosslyn-chapel/) - The Rosslyn Templars have been asked on a number occasions as to what is the best book on the subject of Freemasonry (and associated subjects) and Rosslyn Chapel. This is not an easy question to answer and so we have devoted a new page to that subject. To go there click here. In the first
- [Maddy Prior and Friends - The Quest Tour](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/maddy-prior-and-friends-the-quest-tour/) - Maddy Prior visits Rosslyn Chapel on Wednesday 25th Oct. Box Office: 01865 241 717 Over a remarkable career spanning over 3 decades, Maddy Prior MBE has become widely recognised as the voice of English folk music. An unsurpassed interpreter of traditional song, Maddy is also a songwriter of great vision, whose solo work has stretched
- [Rosslyn Chapel is Masonic](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/rosslyn-chapel-is-masonic/) - It's official - Rosslyn Chapel is Masonic - according to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). To read the article concerned click here or on the previous link.
- [Grand Lodge of Scotland](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/grand-lodge-of-scotland/) - The Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland (the Grand Lodge of Scotland - the home of Scottish Freemasonry) has re-launched its web site. Completely redesigned and much more user friendly. To go there click here or on any previous link.
- [The Rosslyn Hoax?](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/the-rosslyn-hoax-3/) - We have been waiting for more information about this new, and we hear potentially shocking, book about Rosslyn Chapel - The Rosslyn Hoax? is due to be published sometime in late October. A separate page has therefore been created where we shall post news about the book as and when it becomes available. To go
- [The International Conference on the History of Freemasonry (ICHF)](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/the-international-conference-on-the-history-of-freemasonry-ichf/) - It has been confirmed that the conference will take place and that a dazzling array of scholarly talent will be presented. More details will follow. Meantime there are some further details on the Grand Lodge of Scotland web site - the home of Scottish Freemasonry
- [The Rosslyn Hoax](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/the-rosslyn-hoax-2/) - A few more details about the forthcoming book are now available. The author has been interviewed and the interview is now available on line. For whatever reason the book cover has been reworked and in our opinion the new version is much more attractive. To see the new Rosslyn Hoax? book cover click here
- [The Mouse and The Mat](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/the-mouse-and-the-mat/) - What do Freemasonry and Mouse Mats have in common? Nothing! - except that the Grand Lodge of Scotland has just produced a Masonic Mouse Mat. It has been spotted in their online shop but they have not yet announced that it is available. To see the Masonic Mouse Mat click on this link. We shall
- [Membership of the Rosslyn Templars](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/membership-of-the-rosslyn-templars/) - When this small group of people came together to form what is now known as the Rosslyn Templars it was never envisioned that so many requests would be received to become one of us. For years we have have steadfastly refused to create any category of membership simply because this was an entirely private initiative
- [The Rosslyn Hoax?](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/the-rosslyn-hoax/) - We have just received confirmation that the long awaited book: 'The Rosslyn Hoax?' is scheduled to be published later this year. The announcement was made at the London Book Fair on 7th March 2006. Here's the blurb: The Rosslyn Hoax? - would you like to know the truth about Rosslyn Chapel? Since the publication
- [International Conference on the History of Freemasonry](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/international-conference-on-the-history-of-freemasonry/) - It has recently been announced that an International Academic Conference is to be held in 2007 in Edinburgh, Scotland. One of the organisers is Robert L. D. Cooper, Curator, of the Grand Lodge of Scotland Museum and Library explained: 'Freemasonry, especially Scottish Freemasonry, has attracted a lot of interest over the last few years
- [Genealogical Enquiries](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/genealogical-enquiries/) - We do receive enquiries from people trying to track down details of the Masonic career their forebears. Unfortunately, the Rosslyn Templars are not in a position to find such information. However, you can contact the Grand Lodge of Scotland. Please note that they can only search the records for Scottish Freemasons. We shall endeavour to
- [ANZMRC Tour - 2005](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/anzmrc-tour-2005/) - Brother Robert Cooper, Curator of the Grand Lodge of Scotland Museum and Library, has now returned from his three month, round the world, Masonic lecture tour and we hope to interview him regarding his experiences in the next few weeks. In the interim you might like to know that he has created a web site
- [ANZMRC](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/2009/01/11/anzmrc/) - ANZMRC Every two years the Australian and New Zealand Masonic Research Council (ANMRC) invite a Masonic scholar to give a series of lectures to Research Lodges and other Masonic bodies in the southern hemisphere. The 'touring lecturer' for 2005 is Robert Cooper, the Curator of the Grand Lodge of Scotland Museum and Library in Edinburgh.

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/) - INTRODUCTION Welcome back! This site was left unattended (again) for some considerable time and our apologies for that but we will try to be a little more active in the future. Quite a lot has happened since we last added to this website not least of which was the launching of the Masonic Authors' Guild
- [£½m film spin-off for Rosslyn Chapel](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/rosslyn-chapel/halfmillion-film-spin-off-for-rosslyn-chapel/) - £½m film spin-off for Rosslyn Chapel Rosslyn Chapel, the iconic 580-year-old centrepiece of the blockbuster movie The Da Vinci Code, has made millions. Latest accounts lodged with Companies House for the Rosslyn Chapel Trust Ltd reveal the beneficial effect publicity from the film generated for the chapel which is desperately in need of restoration. Meanwhile,
- [Rosslyn Chapel](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/rosslyn-chapel/) - Rosslyn Chapel Introduction The main point of this website is to research Rosslyn Chapel and to set it in its historical and religious context. All members of the Rosslyn Templars are dedicated to a further understanding of the building, those who built it, the myths surrounding it and the written material available. That attempt to
- [Scottish Collegiate Churches](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/) - Scottish Collegiate Churches All the Collegiate Churches of Scotland tabulated and compared. Below are listed all the collegiate churches which existed in Scotland. Some had failed before the Reformation (1559) but all ceased to exist by acts of the Scottish Parliament (1560 and 1567) which abolished and outlawed the Catholic Mass. The Protestant Reformers did
- [Authors](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/authors/) - Books about Freemasonry, Rosslyn Chapel etc. The requests for information about books that cover Freemasonry, Rosslyn Chapel, the Knights Templar, the St. Clair family etc., etc. are numerous and frequent. One of the common questions the Rosslyn Templars are asked is whether or not the author of a particular book is a Freemason or not.
- [About](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/about/) - About the Rosslyn Templars Contact Details General Information: rosslyn-templars@blueyonder.co.uk Webmaster: rosslyn-templars@blueyonder.co.uk
- [Da Vinci Chorus](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/rosslyn-chapel/da-vinci-chorus/) - Da Vinci Chorus Father and son discover the Holy Grail of music hidden away for 600 years on the columns of Rosslyn Chapel A father and son codebreaking team have discovered music's Holy Grail - hidden in intricate carvings at Rosslyn Chapel for almost 600 years. Music teacher Thomas Mitchell, 75, strived for 27 years
- [The Knights Templar](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/the-knights-templar-books/) - The Knights Templar Book Reviews Here the Rosslyn Templars will review books about the Knights Templar which we think will be of interest to our visitors. Tales of the Knights Templar The Knights Templar - A New History The New Knighthood The Provincial Priory of Cheshire 1850 - 2000 The Secret Scroll The Templar Legacy
- [Temple Church - London ](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/the-knights-templar-books/temple-church-london/) - Temple Church - London The Church of the Knights Templars in London A description of the fabric and its contents with a short history of the Order By George Worley. Edited by Robert L D CooperHardback. 101 pages. 192 mm x 124 mm. ISBN 0-9544268-3-5. Illustrated in black and white £12.50 per copy There has
- [New director of Rosslyn Chapel vows to overcome the Da Vinci hype](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/rosslyn-chapel/981/) - New director of Rosslyn Chapel vows to overcome the Da Vinci hype Rosslyn Chapel must move beyond the hype of The Da Vinci Code if it is to remain a "world-class visitor attraction", the new director of the historic site's administrative body said last night. Setting out his vision for the development of the 560-year
- [It's the Da Vinci cold as Chapel boss's past laid bare](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/rosslyn-chapel/its-the-da-vinci-cold-as-chapel-bosss-past-laid-bare/) - It's the Da Vinci cold as Chapel boss's past laid bare It is a picture that is sure to raise a few eyebrows in the pews of Rosslyn Chapel. The new man charged with overseeing the venerable institution has been exposed as one of the first proponents of the naked calendar. Long before the Rylestone
- [Rosslyn Exhibition - Country of Painter and Poet ](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/rosslyn-chapel/rosslyn-country-of-painter-and-poet/) - Rosslyn Exhibition - Country of Painter and Poet 11th April to 7th July 2002 Admission £3.00 Concessions £2.00 (William Delacour. The Prospect of Rosslyn Chapel from the North-west, 1761. © The British Library Board) The legend and intrigue that has surrounded Rosslyn Chapel, Castle and Glen has been a source of inspiration for some of the greatest
- [Grail Quest](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/rosslyn-chapel/grail-quest/) - Grail Quest Nobody knows where it came from, who made it or what purpose it served. For untold years it lay in a corner of a room in the old town hall of Kirkwall, a painted scroll with mysterious images and symbols incomprehensible to the secret society of Freemasons that owned it. Now a Cambridge
- [Photographers slam Da Vinci Code chapel after picture ban](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/rosslyn-chapel/photographers-slam-da-vinci-code-chapel-after-picture-ban/) - Photographers slam Da Vinci Code chapel after picture ban Photographers criticise Da Vinci Code chapel after cameras banned over health and safety fears; Rosslyn Chapel boss fails to respond to photographers' concerns Photographers have criticised a medieval chapel featured in The Da Vinci Code movie after it banned photography on health and safety grounds blaming
- [International Conference on the History of Freemasonry](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/rosslyn-chapel/international-conference-on-the-history-of-freemasonry/) - International Conference on the History of Freemasonry 25th May - 27th May 2007 The Grand Lodge of Scotland (the home of Scottish Freemasonry) had been delighted to sponsor the NYOS Staffa awards and which, by a happy coincidence, was to be held in Freemasons' Hall on the evening before the ICHF. So what is the
- [Has the Holy Grail been discovered at last?](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/rosslyn-chapel/has-the-holy-grail-been-discovered-at-last/) - Has the Holy Grail been discovered at last? The Holy Grail is one of the most difficult objects to discuss because its nature, meaning and purpose vary from writer to writer and from time to time. The Holy Grail has been part of the western European Christian tradition since the late 12th and early 13th
- [Rosslyn Chapel's prayers are answered with grants of £7m](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/rosslyn-chapel/rosslyn-chapels-prayers-are-answered-with-grants-of-7m/) - Rosslyn Chapel's prayers are answered with grants of £7m Gareth Edwards Grants of more than £7 million have today been awarded to save the world-famous Rosslyn Chapel. The money from Historic Scotland and the Heritage Lottery Fund will pay for an extensive programme of repair to preserve the crumbling chapel. The 15th century building, which
- [St. Duthac's Collegiate Church](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/st-duthacs-collegiate-church/) - St. Duthac's Collegiate Church Although the building of St. Duthac's (or Duthus) Collegiate Church commenced about 1400 and is therefore older than Rosslyn Chapel (which was begun in 1446) it did not attain collegiate status until 1487. There is not a great deal known about St. Duthac's but what is know know is provided on
- [Rosslyn Templars - Membership](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/about/rosslyn-templars-membership/) - Rosslyn Templars - Membership A Discussion The group known as the Rosslyn Templars (RT) was formed in 2001 with the idea of investigating all aspects of Rosslyn Chapel, Scottish Freemasonry etc. A number of books such as The Temple and The Lodge (1989) contained a great deal of information about Rosslyn Chapel, Scottish history and
- [Scottish Knights Templar](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/knights-templar/scottish-knights-templar/) - Scottish Knights Templar Earliest evidence of their existence since 1312 Following the dissolution of the Medieval Order of Knights Templar in 1312 there has been some debate as the earliest evidence modern Templars in Scotland. It has been said that this dates from 1778 when a ceremony was conducted in Edinburgh by Freemasons
- [Knights Templar](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/knights-templar/) - The History of the Knights Templar in relation Scottish chronology The History of the medieval Order is so well known, and has been published in so many other places, that there seems little point in providing a comprehensive account here. We have, therefore, opted to provide a 'time-line' of Scottish history in order that
- [The Sinclair family](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/sinclairs/) - The Sinclair family On this page we shall provide information relating to the Sinclair family. The Scottish origins of the name SINCLAIR: This Caithness surname is of territorial origin from St. Clare in the arrondissement of Pont d'Eveque, Normandy. The first Sinclairs in Scotland appear to have been vassals of the great territorial magnates, de
- [More images of Rosslyn Chapel](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/rosslyn-chapel/more-images-of-rosslyn-chapel/) - As the number of images of Rosslyn Chapel grows it will become necessary to re-organise them into a more orderly arrangement. Eventually it maybe possible to provide a virtual tour of Rosslyn Chapel but we must hasten to add that this is a long way off as members of the Rosslyn Templars are still try
- [Images of Rosslyn Chapel](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/rosslyn-chapel/images-of-rosslyn-chapel/) - Images of Rosslyn Chapel On this page we will provide images of Rosslyn Chapel both internal and external. Please do be aware that it can be difficult to obtain reasonable photographs with normal photographic equipment and, therefore, some images that one would expect to find here are not shown. We have also included some images
- [Japanese bid to solve mystery of the Rosslyn cubes](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/rosslyn-chapel/musical-cubes/) - Musical Cubes? Japanese bid to solve mystery of the Rosslyn cubes CLAIRE GARDNER THE mystical symbols carved into the stone ceiling of Rosslyn Chapel have mystified historians for generations. The 213 cubes are believed to be part of a musical notation system that recorded a melody of great spiritual significance to those who
- [Esdras Chapters 3 and 4](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/rosslyn-chapel/esdras-chapters-3-and-4/) - Esdras Chapters 3 and 4 NOW when Darius reigned, he made a great feast unto all his subjects, and unto all his household, and unto all the princes of Media and Persia, 2 And to all the governors and captains and lieutenants that were under him, from India unto Ethiopia, of an hundred twenty and
- [Stirling  Holy Rood](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/stirling-holy-rood/) - Stirling - the Church of the Holy Rood
- [Stirling  Chapel Royal](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/stirling-chapel-royal/) - The Chapel Royal - Stirling Castle Stirling Castle was one of the most important defensive structure, defending the main, central, route to the north of the kingdom Scotland. As such it has played many parts in Scottish history the best known being that it was the cause for the Battle of Bannockburn. The castle was
- [Seton](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/seton/) - Seton Collegiate Church Seton Collegiate Church is situated in a small secluded walled park off the A198 a few miles east of Edinburgh. It is a real pleasure to find such 'hidden gems' which, in their own way can rival Rosslyn Chapel (more correctly 'Church') for their history, interest and mystery. They are not so
- [Semple  Lochwinnoch](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/semple-lochwinnoch/) - Collegiate Church of Semple (on Lochwinnoch) Little is known of this Collegiate Church other than it was founded by John, Lord Semple. The charter of foundation is dated 21st April 1504 and is for a Provost, and six Chaplains of Nether Pennal, Upper Penal, Auchinlodmond, Nether Schelis, Lochwinnoch and Chapeltown, and a Sacrist and two
- [Restalrig](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/restalrig/) - Restalrig Collegiate Church Unfortunately, there is hardly anything left of Restalrig Collegiate Church and what there is has been incorporated into the present parish church - St Margaret's (King's Chapel). James III (1460 - 1488. b. 1430) had built and endowed the parish church of Restalrig. On 6th May 1487, John Frissel
- [Lincluden](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/lincluden/) - Lincluden Collegiate Church The history of Lincluden Collegiate Church or "Lincluden Abbey" as it is better known today stretches over several centuries. The site was originally used for the motte and bailey castle of Lincluden, so named as it was built beside the Cluden water at Dumfries. Ground Plan of Lincluden In 1160 Uchtred,
- [Kilmun](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/kilmun/) - Kilmun Collegiate Church The collegiate church of Kilmun was, as the name suggests, dedicated to Saint Mund. On 5th August 1441 (the year often erroneously given as the date building Rosslyn Chapel was commenced) the Pope, Eugenius IV (reigned 3rd March - 23rd February 1447) granted the petition of Sir Duncan Campbell of Loch Awe
- [Kilmartin graveslabs](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/kilmartin-graveslabs/) - Kilmartin graveslabs. Before any discussion takes place it is necessary to clearly define what is meant by graveslabs and gravestones. Graveslabs are large flat pieces of stone (nearly always carved but not always decorated) which lay on the ground covering a burial site. Gravestones are upright 'markers' which indicate a burial site. At
- [Haddington](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/haddington/) - Haddington Church Haddington is the county town of East Lothian (previously known as Haddingtonshire). It was one of the earliest Royal Burghs in Scotland having been so created during the reign of David I (1124 - 1153. born 1084). When his son, Earl Henry married Ada de Warrenne in 1139 David I gave her the
- [St Mary's Collegiate Church - Interior](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/haddington/st-marys-collegiate-church-interior/) - The interior of St Mary's Collegiate Church (Incomplete)
- [Scotsman Article on The Green Man](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/rosslyn-chapel/scotsman-article-on-the-green-man/) - The Green Man A Green Man at Rosslyn Chapel, near Edinburgh. Although the Green Man first appeared in the Middle Ages, his roots can be traced to Roman, Greek, and pagan myths. Carvings of the ancient god can be found across Britain. His significance puzzles historians. A pagan symbol of fertility, or of eternity and
- [The Green Man](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/rosslyn-chapel/the-green-man/) - The Green Man A Green Man There are many places where undisputed Green Men appear, and many people find him an intriguing figure. So why does he often appear in religious, and specifically Christian, settings all over Europe and even extending into parts of the Middle East and India? The name 'Green Man'
- [Edinburgh St Giles](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/edinburgh-st-giles/) - High Kirk of Edinburgh, St Giles The site where the High Kirk of Edinburgh, St Giles, now stands has been a religious site since at least 854 and quite like likely much earlier. The earliest establishment was replaced by a Romanesque building erected by Alexander I (1107 - 1124. born 1078) about 1120. It is
- [St Giles, Edinburgh - Interior](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/edinburgh-st-giles/st-giles-edinburgh-interior/) - St Giles - High Kirk of Edinburgh - Interior There is much to see within St Giles although much of the detail is difficult to see because it is so high. The decoration one sees at a lower level in Rosslyn Chapel was destroyed at the Reformation. We are very fortunate that Rosslyn Chapel did
- [Edinburgh  Trinity Coll](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/edinburgh-trinity-coll/) - Trinity Collegiate Church - Edinburgh The history of this collegiate church is every bit as interesting as that of Rosslyn Chapel although for completely different reasons. Like Rosslyn Chapel, Trinity Collegiate Church was built and endowed by a powerful family who also had their main residence nearby. The difference here was that it was not
- [Markle](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/markle/) - Markle Collegiate Church Unfortunately, very little is known of Markle Collegiate Church and their is next to nothing in the way of physical remains. The Rosslyn Templars hope, in due due course, to post a few images of the site of the church. What is known of it is briefly detailed below The Collegiate Church:
- [Dunglass](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/dunglass/) - Dunglass Collegiate Church Like many other Collegiate Churches in Scotland, such as Rosslyn Chapel and Seaton Collegiate Church, Dunglass Collegiate Church was established, by a powerful local family - the Homes. The church was founded in 1444* and in 1450 James II (1430 - 1460) confirmed the Charter. On 2nd January 1450 the Pope confirmed both these Charters and named
- [Dunbar](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/dunbar/) - Dunbar Collegiate Church Unfortunately, the Collegiate Church no longer exists so here we have have provided some historical material together with images of the present Parish Church. Dunbar Collegiate Church was the first Collegiate Church in the Lothians and the third in Scotland after St Andrews, Fife (1250) and Abernethy, Perth, (1328). It was founded
- [Foundation Charter of the Collegiate Church of Dunbar](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/dunbar/foundation-charter-of-the-collegiate-church-of-dunbar/) - Foundation Charter of the Collegiate Church of Dunbar - 1342. Letters of Henry, Bishop of St. Andrews, making known that letters of the late William, Bishop of St. Andrews (containing the erection of certain churches and their chapels, in which the late Patrick, Earl of March and his heirs and successors have and had the right
- [Dirleton](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/dirleton/) - Dirleton Collegiate Church Unfortunately little now remains of the Collegiate Church which was within the boundaries of Dirleton Castle. It is thought that Sir Walter Haliburton founded Dirleton Collegiate Church in 1444. This period marked an intense burst of building activity in the Lothians as not only was Rosslyn Chapel begun in 1446 but Dunglass
- [Crail](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/crail/) - Crail Collegiate Church Crail is one of the oldest Royal Burghs in Scotland receiving its charter in 1178 during the reign of William the Lion (1143 - 1214, succeeded to the throne in 1165). More to follow...
- [Corstorphine](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/corstorphine/) - Corstorphine Collegiate Church This is another collegiate church which falls into the same mould as Rosslyn Chapel - established by a locally powerful family, the Forresters, who had a castle nearby. The castle no longer exists. The collegiate church developed from a chapel which was situated within the grounds of the parish church. In 1426 the
- [Coldingham](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/coldingham/) - Coldingham Collegiate Church Coldingham Church or Priory did not have a very long life as a collegiate church. Initially founded in 1473 but by the 1490's the plan to elevate Coldingham Church to that status had been abandoned due to the most powerful local family - the Earls of Hume (or Home). The success of
- [Bothwell](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/bothwell/) - Bothwell Castle and Collegiate Church Bothwell Castle and Collegiate Church are a classic example of the family castle and chapel type. Rosslyn Chapel and Castle also fall into the category of a defensive structure and a place of worship nearby. There were 45 collegiate churches in Scotland although not all of them were built by
- [Bothans](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/bothans/) - The Collegiate Church of Bothans The Collegiate Church of Bothans lies 100 yards east of the mansion of Yester, on the left bank of the Gifford Water, near the village of Gifford. It superseded an older church on the same or an adjacent site. The present building was laid out on a cruciform plan, of
- [Abernethy](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/abernethy/) - Abernethy Abernethy Church © Rosslyn Templars Nothing remains of Abernethy Collegiate Church and even the present Parish Church is experiencing problems and is undergoing extensive repair and renovation. Abernethy appears to have had an early community of Culdees (who provided a Celtic, rather than Roman, view of Christianity) and who were succeeded by Augustinians about
- [Aberdeen St Nicholas](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/scottish-collegiate-churches/aberdeen-st-nicholas/) - Aberdeen Collegiate Church St. Nicholas was a large parish church the rectory of which was assigned to the sixth prebend of the cathedral in 1256 and by the fifteenth century had a considerable body of chaplains. Regulations were made by Ingeram de Lindesay, bishop of Aberdeen (1441-59) which has been regarded as 'nothing less than
- [Book Reviews](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/) - Book Reviews Here we shall post details of books which we think will be of interest to visitors to this site. Please be aware that because of our small number and the potentially huge number of books and other publications which could justifiably be included here additions are likely to be sporadic and arbitrary (depending
- [Miscellaneous](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/miscellaneous/) - Miscellaneous Book Reviews On this page we shall detail items which do not really fit into any of the other categories. Thus a computer game about the Knights Templar would be included here because it is not a book even although the subject is appropriate to the Knight templar page. Knights of The Temple Music
- [Fiction](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/fiction/) - Fiction Book Reviews We have been asked to provide details of books and other material (particularly DVD's) which touch on the subjects discussed in this site for example: Freemasonry, the Knights Templar, the Holy Grail to name but a few. The range of such material is enormous and so what we review here are items
- [Freemasonry](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/freemasonry/) - Freemasonry Book Reviews A Winter With Robert Burns Cracking the Freemason’s Code Freemasonry Today Freemasonry, Anti-Masonry and Illuminism in The United States Les Bijoux Rose Croix Memorials of the Haughfoot Lodge Symbols of Freemasonry The Ashlar Magazine The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Freemasonry The First Freemasons The Grand Lodge of Scotland Year Book The Man
- [Rosslyn Chapel](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/rosslyn-chapel/) - Rosslyn Chapel Book Reviews An Account of the Chapel of Roslin 1778 Rosslyn County of Painter and Poet The Genealogie of the Saintclaires of Rosslyn The Illustrated Guide to Rosslyn Chapel, Hawthornden &c. The Rosslyn Hoax The Rosslyn Hoax (paperback)
- [History](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/history/) - History Book Reviews New Orkney Antiquarian Journal The Orkneyinga Saga The Black Douglases
- [Music](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/miscellaneous/music/) - Music Alright, we confess - we have not been able, yet to find any Knight Templar music - which is hardly surprising given their vows. However, the Rosslyn Templars have found several items of music from the Medieval period that Knights Templar would certainly have heard during their lifetimes. Music of the Crusades It is
- [The Forgotten Monarchy of Scotland](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/miscellaneous/the-forgotten-monarchy-of-scotland/) - We were unsure in what category this book ought to be placed. The cover states history/biography but the content covers much more than that as there are chapters which contain details of the Knights Templar, Scottish Freemasonry, Rosslyn Chapel etc. which means that it does not easily fit any of our subject categories. It has
- [Knights of The Temple](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/miscellaneous/knights-of-the-temple/) - Knights of The Temple
- [The Tutankhamun Prophesies](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/miscellaneous/the-tutankhamun-prophesies/) - The Tutankhamun Prophesies
- [The Last Templar ](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/fiction/the-last-templar/) - The Last Templar By Raymond Khoury Paperback: 480 pages £6.99 The Orion Publishing Group Ltd 6th March 2006 ISBN-10: 0752880705 As you might imagine following the success of the novel The Da Vinci Code a large number of people jumped on the bandwagon created by Dan Brown. Most have sunk without a trace but some
- [Monty Python and the Holy Grail ](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/fiction/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail/) - Monty Python and the Holy Grail DVD (Uk-14164-S) 86 Minutes. First Released 1974. This edition 2003 Most people in Britain will know of the Monty Python team of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin in no particular order other than alphabetical. The Monty Python's television series became a
- [Harlequin](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/fiction/harlequin/) - Harlequin by Bernard Cornwell Published by Harper Collins. ISBN 0-00-651384-0. Paperback. £6.99. 484 pages. The sub-title of this book is: The Grail Quest (the main reason for buying the book) but unfortunately The Grail does not feature hardly at all in this book. Then the penny dropped and the reviewer realised that this was the
- [The Da Vinci Code ](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/fiction/the-da-vinci-code/) - Normally the Rosslyn Templars review books having read them themselves. However, this review is interesting and detailed in its' criticism and we thought it worth posting for you to read and judge for yourselves. The Royal Myth of the Da Vinci Code by Tim Callahan A review of The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown,
- [The Black Douglases](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/history/the-black-douglases/) - The Black Douglases (War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland) by, Michael Brown ISBN: 1-86232-036-5 £30.00 Hardback. Tuckwell Press. 1998. If you are interested in Scottish history and the 14th and 15th centuries in particular then this is a 'must buy' book. Let me explain why The author displays a superb grasp of the subject
- [New Orkney Antiquarian Journal](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/history/new-orkney-antiquarian-journal/) - New Orkney Antiquarian Journal. Volume 2. 92 pages. £12 per copy ISBN 0 9535945 1 3 This is obviously not a book as such it is rather an occasional scholarly publication issued by the Orkney Heritage Society together with the Orkney Archaeological Trust. The attraction here is that the journal supplies a very specific view
- [The Orkneyinga Saga](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/history/the-orkneyinga-saga/) - The Orkneyinga Saga Ed. Joseph Anderson The Mercat Press ISBN: 1 84183 002 X Published 1999. Paperback £10.99 First published in 1873 the front cover of The Orkneyinga Saga carries the apparent sub-title: '"The saga provides a framework for an understanding of Orkney's early history and of its Viking heritage." That in a nutshell sums
- [An Account of the Chapel of Roslin 1778](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/rosslyn-chapel/an-account-of-the-chapel-of-roslin-1778/) - An Account of the Chapel of Roslin - 1778 First published 1774. Reprinted 1778. This edition 2002. 52 pages. Seven engraved plates and one ground plan. Written by Dr Robert Forbes, Bishop of Caithness. This edition edited by: Brother Robert L. D. Cooper, BA, FSA (Scot), Curator of the Grand Lodge of Scotland Museum and
- [The Rosslyn Hoax](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/rosslyn-chapel/the-rosslyn-hoax/) - The Rosslyn Hoax A great deal of discussion has taken place in a number of blogs and chat rooms about this book - could those responsible for running Rosslyn Chapel knowingly have engaged in a hoax to con the public? Why would they? How? When? We doubt it and put that down to hype... but
- [The Rosslyn Hoax (paperback)](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/rosslyn-chapel/the-rosslyn-hoax-paperback/) - The Rosslyn Hoax? I has recently been announced that the book: The Rosslyn Hoax? has sold out in hardback and indeed such is the demand that the publishers have decided to publish a second, paperback, edition. This is in itself significant because less than 10% of all books first published in hardback succeed in making
- [The Genealogie of the Saintclaires of Rosslyn](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/rosslyn-chapel/the-genealogie-of-the-saintclaires-of-rosslyn/) - The Genealogie of the Saintclaires of Rosslyn Published by the Grand Lodge of Scotland Edited by Brother Robert L. D. Cooper. Latin translations by Brother John Wade. £29.99 (Hardback) £18.99 (Paperback) 240 pages. Illustrated. ISBN: 0 902324 63 2 No one could suggest that this is light reading. For a start it has no beginning,
- [The Illustrated Guide to Rosslyn Chapel, Hawthornden &c.](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/rosslyn-chapel/the-illustrated-guide-to-rosslyn-chapel-hawthornden-c/) - The Illustrated Guide to Rosslyn Chapel, Hawthornden &c. Rosslyn Chapel - What is it? - A Pagan place of worship?, Masonic building? or a Jewish Temple? Why was it built, by whom and for what purpose? Who is buried in the vaults below the chapel? Green Men - What are they? - Animal, vegetable or
- [Rosslyn County of Painter and Poet](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/rosslyn-chapel/rosslyn-county-of-painter-and-poet/) - Rosslyn County of Painter and Poet Lady Helen Rosslyn and Angelo Maggi Paperback. 80 pages. ISBN: 0 903278 29 5 £12.95 This lavishly illustrated book was published to accompany the Exhibition by the same title held at the National Gallery during the summer of 2002. That exhibition brought together some rarely seen works of art
- [The New Knighthood](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/the-knights-templar-books/the-new-knighthood/) - The New Knighthood
- [The Knights Templar - A New History](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/the-knights-templar-books/the-knights-templar-a-new-history/) - The Knights Templar A New History by Helen Nicholson ISBN: 0 - 7509 - 2517 - 5 Sutton Publishing, 2001. Hardback. 278 pages. £25.00 This is a very nice 'coffee table' book, a fact that is reflected in the price. Sutton Publishing is: 'a leading specialist in the history of this legendary medieval order provides
- [Tales of the Knights Templar](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/the-knights-templar-books/tales-of-the-knights-templar/) - Tales of the Knights Templar Ed. Katherine Kurtz. Published in the United States of America. (Price, Publisher and availability are, as yet, unknown) This book, we are told, is a little gem. It contains ten papers or essays on the Knights Templar by a variety of authors. The Chapters headings are: The City of Brass
- [The Secret Scroll ](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/the-knights-templar-books/the-secret-scroll/) - The Secret Scroll Andrew Sinclair Published by Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson. 218 pages. Hardback. ISBN 0-9537398-6-4 2001. £24.99 The first thing that we noticed about this slim book was the price. When published three years ago 218 pages, even as a hardback, was expensive. The blurb on the back of the book states: "This quest for the
- [The Not-So-Secret Scroll - Priceless Relic or Floorcloth? ](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/the-knights-templar-books/the-secret-scroll/the-not-so-secret-scroll-priceless-relic-or-floorcloth/) - The Not-So-Secret Scroll - Priceless Relic or Floorcloth? An article exploring the Kirkwall Teaching Scroll by Brian Smith It is eight years since Andrew Sinclair first drew our attention to the interesting ‘scroll' in the Masons' lodge at Kirkwall, as part of his campaign to prove that Earl Henry Sinclair went to America. ‘The earliest
- [The Provincial Priory of Cheshire 1850 - 2000](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/the-knights-templar-books/the-provincial-priory-of-cheshire-1850-2000/) - The Provincial Priory of Cheshire 1850 - 2000 UNITED RELIGIOUS, MILITARY AND MASONIC ORDERS OF THE TEMPLE AND OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, PALESTINE, RHODES AND MALTA OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND PROVINCES OVERSEAS by E. KT. DR A. G. MATHIE P. PR. HERALD TEMPLE PRECEPTORY N0. 327 CHESHIRE BODYGUARD PRECEPTORY N0. 578 I thoroughly
- [The Templar Legacy & The Masonic Inheritance within Rosslyn Chapel](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/the-knights-templar-books/the-templar-legacy-the-masonic-inheritance-within-rosslyn-chapel/) - The Templar Legacy & The Masonic Inheritance within Rosslyn Chapel. By Tim Wallace-Murphy. Published by "The Friends Of Rosslyn". ISBN: 9521493-1-1. There is no year of publication quoted. £7.95. This is an interesting little book (63 pages, paperback). Profusely illustrated it is an excellent 'pictorial guide' for those who have visited the Chapel and wish
- [Cracking the Freemason's Code](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/freemasonry/cracking-the-freemasons-code/) - Cracking the Freemason's Code By Robert L. D. Cooper Paperback. 240 pages. ISBN: 9781846040498. £9.99 The author is probably best known for his recently published book: The Rosslyn Hoax? and that has almost completely overshadowed this book which, although dealing with Freemasonry, does so in a completely different way. For a start this book is
- [The Complete Idiot's Guide to Freemasonry](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/freemasonry/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-freemasonry/) - The Complete Idiot's Guide to Freemasonry by S. Brent Morris, Ph.D. Paperback. 334 pages. ISBN 1-59257-470-4 £12.99 UK; $18.95 USA; $25.00 CAN. Freemasons are themselves, for the first time in a very long time, publishing books about Freemasonry, rather than leaving it to non-Masons who are often very deficient in their knowledge of the Craft.
- [The Grand Lodge of Scotland Year Book](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/freemasonry/the-grand-lodge-of-scotland-year-book/) - The Grand Lodge of Scotland Year Book
- [Les Bijoux Rose Croix ](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/freemasonry/les-bijoux-rose-croix/) - Les Bijoux Rose Croix 1760 - 1890 Robert Vanloo (text) and Philippe Klein (photographs) 152 pages. Paperback. 29 Euros is ordered before 22 09 2003 -thereafter 34 Euros. ISBN: 2-84454-217-4 So why even review a book written in French and intended for the French market? The answer is simple: this is a lovely book and
- [The Ashlar Magazine](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/freemasonry/the-ashlar-magazine/) - The Ashlar Magazine Scotland's only National Masonic News-sheet Since The Ashlar was first published in February 1997 it has attracted a devoted following of several thousands. For a country as small as Scotland it is no mean achievement that it has even survived let alone held its' own. Published in January, March and September to
- [A Winter With Robert Burns ](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/freemasonry/a-winter-with-robert-burns/) - A Winter With Robert Burns First Edition 1846. This Edition 2003. Hardback. 184 pages with two fold-outs (of the painting and key thereto) ISBN: 0 9544368 0 0. £12.95. ( Post and Packing extra) Masonic Publishing Company. There was one thing that Burns never compromised over and that was being a Freemason. This book is
- [Memorials of the Haughfoot Lodge](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/freemasonry/memorials-of-the-haughfoot-lodge/) - Memorials of the Haughfoot Lodge by Brother Harry Carr. This edition published and edited by Brother Trevor Stewart. August 2002. £7.00 per copy (plus post and packing) from the Grand Lodge of Scotland.* The late Brother Carr (1900 - 1983) was an erudite and prolific author on matters relating to Freemasonry. He is best remembered,
- [The First Freemasons](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/freemasonry/the-first-freemasons/) - The First Freemasons Scotland's Early Lodges and Their Members by Dr David Stevenson Paperback. 222 pages. ISBN 902324 65 9. £14.95 The First Freemasons. The earliest known Lodges are those in Scotland estanblished by William Schaw. Freemasonry originated in Scotland. Although not a Freemason, Dr David Stevenson has been driven, by curiosity, to write a
- [Symbols of Freemasonry](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/freemasonry/symbols-of-freemasonry/) - Symbols of Freemasonry by Daniel Béresniak photographs by Laziz Hamani ISBN: 2 84323 033 0 Published by Editions Assouline. 1997. Distributed in the UK by Thames and Hudson Distributed in the United States of America by St Martin's Press Distributed in Canada by McClelland & Stewart What a superb book this is, measuring 30cm X
- [Freemasonry, Anti-Masonry and Illuminism in The United States](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/freemasonry/freemasonry-anti-masonry-and-illuminism-in-the-united-states/) - Freemasonry, Anti-Masonry and Illuminism in The United States, 1734-1850, A Bibliography Walgren, Kent Logan Worcester, MA. American Antiquarian Society 2003 small 4to., cloth. cxvi, (ii), 497+(1); vi, (ii), 499-1136 pages. Two volumes. $195 + Post and Packing (No cover image as yet available) Below is the publishers 'review' of this book. We are reliably informed
- [The Man Who Would Be King](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/freemasonry/the-man-who-would-be-king/) - The Man Who Would Be King Actors: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey, Doghmi Larbi Directors: John Huston Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen Language English Region: Region 2 Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Number of discs: 1 Classification: PG Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent. UK DVD Release Date: 28 Oct 2002 Run Time: 123 minutes We
- [Freemasonry Today](https://www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk/index.php/book-reviews/freemasonry/freemasonry-today/) - Freemasonry Today We, the Rosslyn Templars, had not anticipated reviewing magazines but when we saw that front cover of Freemasonry Today it was felt that we would be doing our visitors a dis-service in not doing so. Freemasonry Today is independent of any Masonic body and is, therefore, not hampered by constraints which would otherwise
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