"Freemasonry: Grand Masonic Diploma Engraving On Parchment, Montpellier, 1867"
FREEMASONRY: GREAT MASONIC DIPLOMA ENGRAVING ON PARCHMENT, MONTPELLIER, 1867 EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENT OF FRENCH FREEMASONRY OF THE MONTPELLIER LODGE. FINE ENGRAVING IN A LARGE BORDER FULL OF MASONIC CHARACTERS AND ALLEGORIES, WHOSE PLATE MUST BELONG TO THE 18TH CENTURY. IT IS COMPLETED BY HAND IN 1867, SIGNED WITH THE SEAL OF THE LODGE. ON MAGNIFICENT VITELA OR PARCHMENT. MEASUREMENTS: APPROXIMATELY 40 X 51 CM. APPROXIMATELY SAID THUS: AL(A) G(LORIA) D(EL) G(RAN) A(ARCHITECT) D(EL) U(NIVERSE): IN THE NAME AND UNDER THE AUSPICIES OF GO TO ALL REGULAR MASONS SPREAD ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH: HEALTH, STRENGTH, UNION... TESSIER AND SCHMIDT, THE SUCCESSORS OF MICHELET APPEAR IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER.