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Ruins of San Antón
I would say this commandery at Castrojeiz was completed in the late 1300s, the mother house was in Paris. San Anton Castrojeriz commandery was probablty built on a former Templar commandery site. There was Hainaut knightly aristocratic order of St Anthony started between 1352 and 1382 maybe by...- me123
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Knights Templar and other nonsense!
Templar cross?- me123
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Knights Templar and other nonsense!
I found this artifact near a lost medieval hall strangely enough one of the previous occupants Thomas De La Launde had templar connections through his ancestors, having said that a visitor or later occupant of the hall could of owned it.The silver twisted wire i believe represents St Anthony's...- me123
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The Tau Cross of Saint Anthony
The stone clerestory window at the monastery feature the "T" in it motif. at San Anton at Castrojeriz looks like the Tau crosses are encircled with imitation hermits girdles with the ends of the girdles hanging down to form the pattern of the window. This looks like the insignia of the (knights)...- me123
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The Tau Cross of Saint Anthony
I found a Tau cross wiith a metal detector, its a dress hook dating to the late 1400s, the silver twisted wire is i believe meant to represent ST Anthony's robe cord. From my reaserch the precious metal Tau crosses belong to elite confraternities, the order it turned into some aristocratic order...- me123
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