The Kirkwall Scroll, considered one of the oldest pieces of freemasonry, dating to the 15th century. The scroll reside at Lodge No 38 Kirkwall Kilwinning. The Scroll, measures 18 feet 6 inches in length, and 5 feet 6 inches in width. The material of which it is composed is a strong linen, and consists of a full width of cloth in the centre with a divided width sewn along each side. It occupies the west wall of the Lodge room, but the height of the apartment is not sufficient to show the whole scroll at one time. It is very roughly painted in oil; the emblem down the centre being mainly in pale blue, but the top panel shows some attempt to imitate nature, the hills being brown, the sea green, the trees brown, and ground reddish, Eve and the animals and fishes pink. On each side of the centre strip runs a ribbon of three colours ‑ blue, yellow and green ‑ the blue being inside. On the left side the rivers and cities are green, the trees and hills brown, and the same may be said of the other side, the tents and symbols being, however, blue. The margin all round is a dark slate colour.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:43:28 +0000
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