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Mission, statutes, regulations, calendar and secret codes of L'ordre du Lion.
- Title
- Mission, statutes, regulations, calendar and secret codes of L'ordre du Lion.
- Author
- Ordre du Lion.
- Publication
- 1808?
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Pforz BND-MSS (Ordre du Lion) | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
Details
- Description
- 1 volume (73 manuscript pages, 40 total leaves) : charts; 18 cm
- Summary
- Manuscript notebook made by an unidentified member of L'ordre du Lion, probably shortly after its founding. Contains a précis of the aims of the Order ("L'ordre du Lion a pour but la destruction de la puissance Anglaise . . ."); its statutes, in 14 articles; its projected command structure in France, based on regions given astrological code names and colors; a list of officers serving under Grand Master Édouard-François Simons; a ceremonial catechism; and a series of codes, passwords, symbols and ciphers for secret communications.
- Subjects
- Note
- Pforzheimer Manuscript (MISC 4421).
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- L'ordre du Lion was a masonic brotherhood founded by French prisoners of war at the English parole town of Odiham during the Napoleonic wars. Established in 1808, their prinicpal aim was the destruction of England.
- Binding (note)
- Mottled half sheep, blue paper covered boards, upper cover bearing a shield with initials "Mm" in manuscript.
- Call Number
- Pforz BND-MSS (Ordre du Lion)
- OCLC
- 1001388999
- Author
- Ordre du Lion.
- Title
- Mission, statutes, regulations, calendar and secret codes of L'ordre du Lion.
- Production
- 1808?
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- L'ordre du Lion was a masonic brotherhood founded by French prisoners of war at the English parole town of Odiham during the Napoleonic wars. Established in 1808, their prinicpal aim was the destruction of England.
- Binding
- Mottled half sheep, blue paper covered boards, upper cover bearing a shield with initials "Mm" in manuscript.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Pforz BND-MSS (Ordre du Lion)