The Tau Architect

The Tau is a figure built from 5 lines and is considered an important emblem or badge in Royal Arch Masonry and was the symbol of the Knight Templars of St Anthony of Leith. Find out why…. Some being that it implies T.H. Or Templum Hierosolyma, temple of Jerusalem ; or that it suggests a treasure, or a place were treasure is buried. There is also a triple cross like a T of the Egyptian, Roman, or English Alphabet. what’s the connection to Leith? This symbol was the symbol of the Knight Templars of St Anthony of Leith. Their Church, burying place with gardens were in St Anthony’s Wynd-an ally off the Kirkgate which no longer exists.

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