Religious Symbols: “IHS” son of “IOS” the Carpenter
Religious symbols can be traced as far back as religions. Carpenters building cathedrals were not simply workers but worshippers of...
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Fleur-de-Lys, By Order of the King
Figure 147 Au Roy, “To the King”, frontispiece of 1661 book published to celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of the death of French...
British Empire in a Bottle
Tools and trades of the Bottle Family of Harrietsham, Kent, in the UK cover fourteen generations from the late 16th century to the...
French Fashion Rocks the 13th Century
“Fashion is merely a form of ugliness so absolutely unbearable that we have to alter it every six months.” - Oscar Wilde, 1885 Figure...
Three Old Eucharistic Bread Irons
In the 13th century, the baker was not only making bread to feed the towns and villages throughout Europe. He was also a key character in...
Freemasonry and its Symbolic Tools
“Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, […] its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures without...
Every Tool has a Heart
“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. That word is love” Sophocles (496-406 BC) Why do so many tools have a nicely...
Symbols by Numbers
“Arithmo de te pant epeoiken” (Everything is given order by numbers) - Pythagoras (569 BC – 475 BC) Numbers and dates often appear on...
Armorers' Tools of Life and Death
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpet.” Voltaire...
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