An elaborate Symbolist title page border designed by Alexandre Séon, signed with his initials A.S. on the right. At the top center, a rose blossom containing a Latin cross is flanked by wide, outstretched feathered wings. Underneath these wings, two blocks of Latin text are hand-lettered. The central text is framed by an arch supported by two large Assyrian lamassu, which are winged bulls with human heads. Circular floral rosettes decorate the bottom corners.

To the Rose

through the Cross, to the Cross

through the Rose; in her

in them, budded with gems,

I shall rise again.

original Latin: "Ad Rosam per Crucem, ad Crucem per Rosam; in ea in eis gemmatus resurgam." This is a central motto of the Rose-Croix, symbolizing spiritual rebirth through the union of the rose (nature/soul) and the cross (sacrifice/matter).

Not unto us,

not unto us, O Lord,

but to the glory of your name

alone

Amen

original Latin: "Non nobis non nobis Domine sed nominis tui gloriæ soli Amen." This is the traditional motto of the Knights Templar, taken from Psalm 115.

CATALOGUE

OFFICIAL

Illustrated with 160 drawings

OF THE SECOND

SALON

OF THE

ROSE † CROIX

WITH THE

AESTHETIC RULE

AND THE

CONSTITUTIONS OF THE ORDER

March 28 to April 30, 1893

PARIS

PALACE OF THE CHAMP-DE-MARS

(CENTRAL DOME)

NILSSON BOOKSTORE

338, Rue Saint-Honoré

Paris. — Printing Paul Dupont