File:Freemasons Hall. London. Temple Doors. Inner face. Before Mounting. 1933.jpg
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English: Doors to the Grand Temple (interior), Freemasons' Hall, London. 1933. H.V. Ashley and Winton Newman architects. Elements of design: the Seraphs, their faces turned towards each other; left the soul of man resting in the hand of the Creator; right the balance of Truth; the starry girdle of Prudence. Below: the flashes from the Divine mind to the soul of man:- Row 1: Taciturnity (finger to lips) Sacrifice (Soldiers of the War) Brotherhood (David and Jonathan) Temperance (Moses & the tables of the Law). Row 2: Hope (prophet points heavenward) Wheat (symbol of resurrection) Wisdom in high places (Solomon with sword of justice) Beauty (Hiram Abij with plans of Solomon’s Temple) Contemplation (figure with hand on beard). Row 3: Fidelity (with the bound bundle) Prudence (figure with head looking both ways) Justice (figure with sword and scales) Courage (figure pulling the tongue out of the dragon). Row 4: Work (the greatest blessing of God to man) Wisdom in Council (Masonry). Handles: the sword of Wisdom; the sword of Courage. Knocker: the winged Bull, symbol of Divine Power. https://www.scribd.com/doc/17256374/Walter-Gilbert-Main-Inventory
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| Source | Contemporaneous photo of the doors after casting commissioned by Walter Gilbert. File created from a print in the possession of Phillip Medhurst. |
| Author | Phillip Medhurst |
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Work conceived, designed and modelled by Walter Gilbert (a Freemason). Bronze casting by H. H. Martyn of Cheltenham. http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1217252088 archive copy at the Wayback Machine
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