2019/13.684.5
Picture Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
United Grand Lodge of England Set 5 of 12 Slides of Freemasons' Hall, London, Series A - Grand Temple - Main Doors, exterior
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Note:- Publication of this Image is Restricted
WMLMT Classification:- Slide
Country of Origin:- England
Province/Region/District:- United Grand Lodge of England - United Grand Lodge of England
Associated Unit (Lodge/Chapter Etc.):- United Grand Lodge of England
Order:- Craft (Blue Masonry)
Description
"The bronze doors of the Grand Temple, each half weighing one and a quarter tons, bear eight panels depicting the building of King Solomon's Temple:-
Top left and right - A procession to the house of the Lord for thanksgiving bearing the Ark of the Covenant and the Seven Branched CandJltick.
Left side - Camels bringing gold and silver from beyond the desert. Stones drawn by oxen through the streets of Jerusalem to the Temple site. Giblites hewing and squaring stones in the underground quarries.
Right side - An eastern loom with gifts from the weaving sheds beyond the great rivers. The timber being given by King Hiram, felled in Lebanon and brought by float from Tyre to Joppa. The casting of the metals in the furnaces of Zeredathah ."
