Rituale Massoneria [Manuscript] - Sixieme Grade Secrétaire Intime - 1800

Masonic Manuscript Ritual – Sixth Degree “Intimate Secretary”
 Early 19th Century

Manuscript in French on laid paper, original binding in cardboard covered with heavily worn and flaked black paper at the edges, with worn spine and corners. Unbound volume, with some sheets loose.

Dimensions: approximately 27 × 21 cm.

The codex contains the ritual of the Sixth Degree – Intimate Secretary (Secrétaire Intime), one of the higher degrees of the Scottish Rite. The traditional sections are clearly legible:
• description of the Lodge and its decoration (Salle d’audience de Salomon),
• opening and closing of the works,
• obligation and oath,
• signs, pass-words and sacred words (Johaben, Jehovah, etc.),
• catechism interrogation,
• reception of the candidate with the symbolic participation of Solomon and Hiram King of Tyre.

The work dates to the early 19th century and represents an authentic document of the French Masonic tradition of the Scottish Rite. Manuscripts of higher-degree rituals, handwritten and intended for the internal use of lodges, are today extremely rare on the antique market, due to both the confidential nature of the content and the fragility of the medium.

Complete and legible copies like this are of great collectible and documentary-historical interest.

Overall condition: unbound, with loose sheets and age-related wear, but the text is fully legible.