Art, Symbol & Imagination
Egyptian-Style Pictographs of the Mystic Shrine
Small repeated figures occupy horizontal bands inside an elaborate architectural frame. Larger figures wearing red fezzes gather along the edges. The plate adapts Egyptian-looking imagery to the volume’s fraternal symbolism.
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Illustrator not identified. "Egyptian-Style Pictographs of the Mystic Shrine" [editorial title]. In Mount Sinai Temple: Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Mount Sinai Temple. Limited commemorative edition of 500 copies, 1910, 1910, E. J. Hall Publishing Co.. Source scan leaf 117. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0506-0116
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A historical image from an American fraternal organisation’s commemorative volume. Its theatrical desert imagery reflects the organisation’s period visual language.
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Illustrator not identified. Egyptian-Style Pictographs of the Mystic Shrine. Mount Sinai Temple: Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Scan leaf 117. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0506-0116