Masonic temples : freemasonry, ritual architecture, and masculine archetypes / William D. Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, William D., 1963-

Contributor:

Thompson, Stephanie, book designer.

Thomson-Shore, Inc., book producer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freemasons--United States--Buildings.

Freemasons.

Buildings.

United States.

Freemasonry--United States.

Freemasonry.

Architecture--Psychological aspects.

Architecture.

Masculinity.

Freemasons--Buildings.

Physical Description:

xix, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2006]

Contents:

Introduction: New York's temple builders

The Masonic legend of the murdered architect and the archetype of the craftsman

Fine men have walked this way before: the Masonic lodge room

Matters military: the Masonic Knights Templar, their armories, and drill halls

From lodge room to theater: the meeting places of the Scottish Rite

The shrine is the playground of Masonry: shrine mosques

An order of builders: Masonic temples.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-204) and index.

"This book was designed and typeset by Stephanie Thompson and manufactured by Thomson-Shore, Inc."--colophon.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Ex libris Andrew Craig Morrison.

ISBN:

1572334967

OCLC:

62342772

Publisher Number:

9781572334960