Code et Statuts generaux des Tribunaux des Grands inquisiteurs, Inspecteurs Commandeurs [Code and General Statutes of the Court of the Grand Inquisitors, Inspectors Commanders].

Abstract

One hardcover volume entitled Code et Statuts generaux des Tribunaux des Grands inquisiteurs, Inspecteurs Commandeurs[Code and General Statutes of the Court of the Grand Inquisitors, Inspectors Commanders]. This is followed by a preliminary title, De L’autorite Maconnique dans le Regime Ecossais philosophique [Masonic authority of the Scottish philosophical system], containing 4 Articles. There are 10 other sections that contain Articles 10-161. These sections are titled the Courts; Offences; Sentences; Appeals; the Presidents and Officers of the Court and their functions; Formality of rigor required before and after the admission of Grand Inspectors, their duties and responsibilities, the Elections; Work, Admissions, Visitors; The Creation of the Courts of the Grand Inspectors and Chapters, the great black and white eagles; the Deputy Grand Inspectors; and General Provisions. This section is dated the 10th day of the first month, 1787. The next section contains a sketch of the cross of the Inspector Commander, followed by examples of letters patent, including those for the creation of a tribunal, a deputy Grand Inspector, and a chapter of the Grand Eagles, white and black. This is followed by General Articles of the Chapters of the Grand Eagles, white and black of the Scottish (philosophical) Rite, followed by 4 crests. The last section is titled Statutes and Regulations: Philosophical creed convents by the authority of the Grand Supreme and S. [Sovereign] Court, chief order of France, 10 March, 1787. This section contains a preliminary discourse and 25 regulations. The remaining few pages of the volume contain more examples of documents and letters.