Four Times Respectable College of Saint Andrew of Scotland

The L.·. Lodge or college must represent a long square original: "quarré long", an archaic term for a rectangle (an ancient form of the temple) arranged so that the walls turn all around. This square is only commemorative, as the work takes place in the hall of the G.·. Fond d'Ecosse Grand Foundation of Scotland. The room will be hung with panels of red and green cloth, two colors which carry their own symbolism. Red is in memory of the blood shed by our ff.·. brothers during the crusades and of the current disposition where we must be prepared to shed our own for the support of the Order. Green announces the hope we have of reconquering the Holy Places, of rebuilding an august temple there under the most sacred auspices, and of forming there an establishment of free and virtuous colonists under the respectable leader of their association. Each panel of the enclosure will be decorated with green St. Andrew's crosses or in red or other similar emblems. The standards of the Order will be at the two corners of the rear. No mosaic pavement referring to the black and white checked floors common in Masonic lodges as in other l.·. lodges, but a floor carpet, an ordinary ornament of a sovereign's apartment. At the back of the enclosure will be placed a throne covered in red and raised by four steps. On the right side, a 7-branched candlestick; on the left, at the foot of the throne, a small table covered with a red carpet on which are two naked crossed swords, the scroll of the obligation, a golden triangle, a case of lancets, and the clothing necessary for the candidate. Before this table, he kneels and signs his obligation, assisted by all the ff.·. brothers also kneeling with naked swords in hand, for as long as the vows are pronounced, with the exception of the G.·. M.·. Grand Master who receives him thus. The enclosure must be lit, strictly speaking, by 81 lights or at least the number closest to it, arranged on 4 columns suspended at the four corners in place of chandeliers, and along the colonnades of the enclosure. There must also be 4 torches placed on pedestals at the 4 corners of the Hall. In the middle of the enclosure is a securely locked iron chest placed between broken columns; the said chest must be suspended by a green and red cord from a pulley and crowned with a bishop's hat hanging from the ceiling. This casket must contain all the medals of the Degree and all papers concerning the masonry.