Salon de la Rose + Croix. Règles et monitoires

THE ESTHETIC CHARTER

OF THE TEMPLE OF THE ROSE CROSS

original Latin: "ROSÆ CRUCIS TEMPLI SANCTI ORDINIS CHARTA ESTHETICA"

Under the Tau the T-shaped cross, often associated with the Egyptian ankh or Hebrew protection, the Greek Cross, the Latin Cross; before the Grail, the Beauséant the black and white war banner of the Knights Templar, and the Cruciferous Rose; in Roman Catholic communion with Joseph of Arimathea, Hugues des Payens the co-founder and first Grand Master of the Knights Templar, and Dante original: "Dante (1)", the Septenary a group or council of seven of commanders assembled. We, by divine mercy and the consent of our brothers, Grand Master of the Rose + Cross of the Temple, very humble servant of the IDEAL GOD.

Command,

1st An annual exhibition of the Fine Arts will take place in Paris starting in 1892 under the title of:

And for this purpose, we establish to represent us with full powers the Grand Prior of Paris, Archon a high-ranking official or ruler, here used as a title for a director of arts of the Fine Arts,

Given in Paris under the Cruciferous Rose on this second Sunday after Pentecost in the year 1891 of the Redemption, the third year of our Mastership.

(1) The dates of Dante (1265-1321) make Rosenkreuz the legendary founder of the Rosicrucians a successor (1378-1484) and return to the greatest genius of Catholicism the honor of having created both the symbol and the order of the Rose + Cross.
See Paradise, XII, 7; XXIII, 25; XXX, 39, 40, 42; XXI, 1; XXII, 5, 40. Furthermore, the Convivio and all the work called that of the Fidèles d’Amour Faithful of Love, a secret circle of poets to which Dante supposedly belonged.