Bleiglasfenster
Bleiglasfenster / Stained glass windows
All pictures in this gallery with kindly permission of Sarah. Alle Fotos dieser Galerie mit freundlicher Erlaubnis von Sarah. On the other side of the south lounge at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, there are a series of art glass windows depicting the Arts and Sciences. These windows have a warmer light quality compared to the Masonic Degree windows because the artisans learned to incorporate precious metals (gold and silver) into the glass paints to preserve the true colors after firing.
Die Grade des Schottischen Ritus
In the loggia along one side of the south lounge in the Scottish Rite Cathedral are a series of art glass windows depicting the lessons of several degrees of Scottish Rite Freemasonry. This first pair of windows depict (from left to right):
Der Kandidat (welcher bereits den 3. Grad, den des Freimaurermeisters in der blauen Loge der Johannismaurerei haben muss). Der vierte Grad - die Pflicht zur Stille und Verschwiegenheit repräsentiert durch Daniel. Der fünfte Grad - Tue niemandem etwas was Du nicht willst, das man es dir tut. - repräsentiert durch die Stärkung des Wanderers.
Scottish Rite Masonic Degree windows -- VII, VIII, IX, and X.The next set of Scottish Rite Masonic Degree windows depict (from left to right): Seventh Degree -- represented by the judgment of Solomon. Eighth Degree -- Apply Yourself With Zeal to Your Allotted Work Remembering That The Lord Seeth. Ninth Degree. Tenth Degree -- The Cause of Free Speech, Free Thought, Free Tolerance
Scottish Rite Masonic Degree windows -- XI, XII, XIII, and XIV. The third set of Scottish Rite Masonic Degree windows depict (from left to right):Eleventh Degree -- Be Earnest, Honest, SIncere -- represented by the herdsman prophet Amos. Twelfth Degree -- Building For The Ages -- represented by Bezaleel the Builder. Thirteenth Degree -- No Task Too Difficult -- represented by Moses before Pharaoh (we all remember "Let my people go", right?). Fourteenth Degree -- Whom Virtue Unites, Death Cannot Separate -- represented by King David
Scottish Rite Masonic Degree windows -- XV, XVI, XVIII, and XXXII. The fourth set of Scottish Rite Masonic Degree windows depict (from left to right): Fifteenth Degree -- Life Without Friends is Worthless -- represented by Zerubbabel rebuilding the Temple. Sixteenth Degree -- Great is Truth and Mighty Above All Things -- represented by Conferring the Degree of Prince of Jerusalem. Eighteenth Degree -- A New Commandment Give I Unto You, That You Love One Another -- represented by Jesus Christ. Thirty-Second Degree -- Spes Mea in Deo Est (My Hope is in God) -- represented by Knight Kadosh -- Technically, the 32nd degree is the highest degree in Scottish Rite Freemasonry, though a 33rd degree may be awarded at the discretion of the leadership of the order.
