Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Scottish Rite Consistory Regalia for Grand Master of Hospitalers and Preceptor of the Templars, with Modifications (27th Degree)
1915-1919
Walter Tripp (1868-1926)
USA: Massachusetts, Boston
Print process on paper, opaque watercolor, graphite, ink
overall: 10"h x 8"w
Gift of the Supreme Council, 33º, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U.S.A.
2011.068.203

Masonic Scottish Rite Consistory regalia for Grand Master of Hospitalers and Preceptor of the Templars, with modifications (27th degree). Depicts full-length male figure wearing a white tunic with short sleeves. The tunic has gold trim and he wears a gold belt and a gold sash with a sword and scabbard. Under the tunic he wears silver chainmail that extends to cover his feet and hands. Over the tunic he wears a white cape with a red Christian cross on one side. He wears gold fingerless gloves. He has a brown beard and wears a white cap or hat. He stands with one arm extended out to the side. With his other hand he holds his sword. At the left is a red Maltese cross. Attached to the back is a typewritten piece of paper headed "C. 61. / XXVII-7. Grand Master of Hospitalers, / also with modifications, the Preceptor of the Templars." This is followed by a description of the various costume elements and a note on their sources.