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What is the significance of the Trestle Board in Freemasonry?
In Craft Masonry, the Trestle Board represents the natural and moral law by which a Mason outlines the spiritual edifice of his life. In operative stonemasonry, the trestle board served as the physical drawing board upon which the architect or Master Workman laid down the geometric plans and architectural designs for a building. Speculatively, it is categorized as one of the jewels of the lodge—classified as immovable in English practice and movable in American usage—and defined continuously since the early eighteenth century as the board upon which the Master draws his designs.
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