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The great seal.

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Emblems and Insignia↗

[A Masonic invalid feeding cup].

Description and reproduction of an extremely rare faience Creil-et-Montereau invalid feeding cup, made between 1849 and 1867, with a yellow ground and decorated with subjects symbolic of freemasonry.

Cooking and Eating Utensils↗

[The double red cross: simple decoration or deliberate emblem?].

In general, the origins of the double transverse red cross (Croix à double traverse), such as that of Lorraine, is less evident than that of the "Double Red Cross" ("Double Croix-Rouge"), as exemplified by the international emblem of the battle against tuberculosis. The importance of the proportions of the latter is emphasised.

Emblems and Insignia↗

[In the Senate, the clamour in the corridors does not always rhyme with history].

After a visit to the Senate, I was informed that, apparently, the backs of some of the chairs were decorated with a medical caduceus with a most political connotation! After a thorough inquiry with the guardian of this honourable establishment, it proved that this caduceus was the symbol of prudence and truth with the symbol of justice and peace. Yet my guide, a senator by profession was sincere. But this old Latin saying could certainly serve hime as an excuse: Errare humanum est.

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