Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Knights of Pythias Chart - The Brotherhood of Pythianism
1900
The M. C. Lilley & Co.
USA: Ohio, Columbus
Color lithograph on paper
overall: 23-1/4"h x 16-3/4"w; 59.055 x 42.545 cm
Gift of Anonymous Donor
2000.027

Knights of Pythias chart titled "The Brotherhood of Pythianism"; central motif shows Knights of Pythias emblem with Damon, Pythias and King of Syracuse holding hands; top yellow triangle shows king with senators, left blue triangle shows king with guards fighting, right red triangle shows man with woman and child; top of print reads "K P"; below emblem reads "Friendship / Charity / Benevolence." Circle at top has a portrait of an unidentified man. There are columns at left and at right. At left are two flags and a banner reading, "St. John Lodge No. 32 Osceola Iowa." At right are three flags representing Nebraska, Ohio and Texas. Between the central triangles are circles with an altar and an open book. One has crossed swords behind the book, one has them on top of the book and the third has one sword on top of the book. At the bottom are three vignettes, a castle, a crowd scene at a temple with a king, and a mother and child at home with a memorial scene at upper right. At bottom center are three shields in blue, yellow and red; each has a letter, "F / C / B." Along the bottom is the title, "The Brotherhood of Pythianism." Additional lettering along the bottom reads, "COPYRIGHT, 1900 BY. THE M. C. LILLEY & Co. Columbus, O."