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Title: An encyclopaedia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences : comprising the whole range of arts, sciences and literature as connected with the institution
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Mackey, Albert Gallatin, 1807-1881 McClenachan, Charles T. (Charles Thompson)
Subjects: Freemasonry Freemasonry
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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PILGRIMS PRAYING UNDER THE PORCH OF THE KAABA, AT MECCA. black stone said to have been given by anangel to Abraham. See Allah. The inner as well as the outer structurereceive their name from Kaab, cube. Theabove engraving is from a forthcomingwork. Splendor of the Shrine, by William S.Paterson, New York. Cadet-Gassicourt, Charles III., King of Castile, who conquered andgave the Castle of Calatrava, an importantfortress of the Moors of Andalusia, to theKnights Templar, who subsequently relin-quished their possession of it to the king.The king, being disappointed in the abilityof the Templars to retain it, then offeredthe defence of the place to Don Raymond 958 CALENDAR ADDENDUM. CANOPY of Navarre, Abbot of St. Mary of Hitero,a Cistercian convent, who accepted it. DonRaymond being successful, the king gavethe place to him and his companions, andinstituted the Order of Calatrava. A GrandMaster was appointed and approved of bythe Pope, Alexander III., 1164, which wasconfirmed by Innocent

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