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The only known surviving breast jewel was made, at an unknown date, by George Kenning but there is - surprisingly, for he was a member of Hermes Lodge - no reference to the Rite and its regalia in any of Kenning's catalogues[36].
The Old English name, "elk-sedge" is a kenning for sword. It represents a two-edged blade. It can be seen as the godhi or gydhja in the attitude of addressing or invoking the gods.
In his Masonic Encyclopaedia, Kenning mentions that the square was often seen in churches as an emblem of the old operative builders, and that upon an early metal square found near Limerick, in Ireland, ...
 See also: Familiar, Sacred, Death, North, Spiritual
  
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