- The Golden Triangle in the Apse.
[Photograph by Jianwei Chen]
The Golden Triangle – with the first two Hebrew Letters for ‘God’ – is associated with the Knights Templar. They were said to have found the ‘Delta of Enoch’ hidden in a sacred vault in the Temple of Solomon – and brought it to Scotland when they fled persecution in France. In gratitude, the Knights fought with Robert Bruce against the English at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 – and won!
John Graham of Claverhouse – the great Jacobite hero ‘Bonnie Dundee’ –
…….was said to have worn the Knights Templar Cross beneath his breastplate at the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689. He was shot dead at the height of his victory in the battle……
……..so John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar ……
– the patron of St. Mary le Strand’s architect, James Gibbs – revived this Order of the Temple and recruited all the Chieftains of the Scottish Clans to restore the House of Stuart to Britain.
When the Earl of Mar died in exile in Germany in 1732, Charles Edward Stuart – ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ – took over Leadership of the Order – and on 30th September, 1745, during the last Jacobite Rebellion – held a private audience for the Knights of the Temple in Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh.. Of this gathering the Duke of Perth wrote to Lord Ogilvy that:
‘It is truly a proud thing to see our Prince in the Palace of his fathers with all the best blood in Scotland around him. Our noble Prince looked most gallant in the white robe of the Order and took his profession like a worthy Knight.’
2. The White Flowers on the Ceiling
[Photograph by Jianwei Chen]
On 10th June 1714 – just before Queen Anne died – Northern Jacobites met at the ruined Auchindoun Castle in Scotland…..
– which had been the temporary headquarters of Bonnie Dundee during the 1689 Rebellion – to celebrate the birthday of James Francis Edward Stuart – ‘the Old Pretender’.
The men and women drank the health of ‘Jamie the Rover’ – then picked white roses and wore them on their breasts.
When they came to fight in both 1715 and 1745 – they wore white cockades – bunches of white ribbon – on their bonnets.
In a Jacobite Song a woman exclaims:
Betide what may, my heart is glad
To see my lad with his white cockade.
3. Starbursts – with Cherubs – in the Apse
[Photograph by Jianwei Chen]
After the failure of the 1715 Rebellion, the Old Pretender lost heart – but on 31st December, 1720 – Hogmanay! – Charles Edward Stuart – ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ – was born in Rome. He was baptised the same day by the Bishop of Montefiascone…..
– and created the Prince of Wales.
The Jacobites claimed that a new star had appeared in the sky – which proved that God was on the side of the Jacobites.
After 1720 starbursts began to appear on Jacobite glasses….
Bonnie Prince Charlie always appeared with a star pinned onto his chest – the Order of the Garter.
A Jacobite Song claims that:
on his breast he wears a star
You’d take him for a God of War.
The Shakespeare Code 
I wonder why only two letters of the tetragramaton. The Jews believe that YHWH , usually pronounced as Yahweh or Jehovah by Christians, is the name of God, but can only be said by the High Priest in the Temple in Jerusalem. Since the Romans destroyed it in the first century it is forbidden to be said by Jews. Maybe, there was a reluctance by the Templars to write the whole word.
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Fascinating and intriguing!