Memorials of old Northamptonshire . ually fits the initials, and gives as the sum ofits letters a multiple of three :—• Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus SabaothQui Es Et Qui Eras et Qui Venturus Es. Thus the upper line has 6 words and 39 letters; and thelower, 9 words and 27 letters.^ The frieze of the entablature is occupied with legends,one to each side; and the sides being 33 ft. long, eachlegend contains 33 letters. They are as follows: — APERIATVR TERRA & GERMINET ( Let the earth open, and bring forth a Saviour.) QVIS SEPARABIT NOS A (Who shall sepa
Memorials of old Northamptonshire . ually fits the initials, and gives as the sum ofits letters a multiple of three :—• Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus SabaothQui Es Et Qui Eras et Qui Venturus Es. Thus the upper line has 6 words and 39 letters; and thelower, 9 words and 27 letters.^ The frieze of the entablature is occupied with legends,one to each side; and the sides being 33 ft. long, eachlegend contains 33 letters. They are as follows: — APERIATVR TERRA & GERMINET ( Let the earth open, and bring forth a Saviour.) QVIS SEPARABIT NOS A (Who shall separate us from the love of Christ.) 1 Sabaoth is substituted here for the omnipotens of the original. TheTe Deum has Sabaoth. 2 In this line, Et is probably counted as one letter, as in the first legendon the south-east face. 3 Isaiah xlv. 8. 4 Rom. viii. 35. In the original, Quis ergo nos separahii a charitateChristi. These minute variations are no doubt made to include only anumber of letters which is a multiple of Triangular Lodge, Rushton. Sir Thomas Tresham. 137 CONSIDERAVI OPERA TVA DOMINE ETEXPAVL! ( I have considered Thy works, O Lord, and was afraid.) The centre gable on each side displays a sun-dial, andabove it, in a sunk and moulded panel, a word. Theoutside gables bear similarly an emblem and a set offigures. Taking them in the usual order, we get: — Face: 3898 RESPICITE 3509 Seven-branchedCandlestick. [Sundial.] Seven Eyes of God. N. Face: 1641 NON MIHI 1626 Hen and Chickens. [Sundial.] Pelican in herPiety. Face: 1595 SOLI LABORAVI 1580 Dove and Serpent. [Sundial.] Hand of Godon a Globe. An interpretation of the emblems, and a fuller lightupon the legends upon each face of the Lodge, appearsto me to be given by the hypothesis that each face isillustrative of one Person of the Trinity. It is curious thatthe number of letters in the legends (and in some casesthe number of words) make up a sacred number, suchas seven or five, or a multiple of
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