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The Tau Cross (2 nd S. i. 211.) To the in-
quiry of BUEIENSIS, whether this was the dis-
tinguishing badge of any religious order in the
fourteenth or fifteenth century, I reply, that the
Tau Cross is not the badge of any distinct order ;
but is called the Cross of St. Anthony, or the
Egyptian Cross, as it is understood to have been
adopted by St. Anthony and his monks. It was
used, probably, in allusion to the verses 4. and 6.
of the ninth chapter of Ezekiel ; where St. Jerotn
understands the mark to have been the letter
Thau, which, before the time 6f Esdras, was
shaped like a cross, as the Greek letter Tau and
the Roman T. Hence the Vulgate has in these
verses : " Signa Thau super frontes," and " Super
quern videritis Thau." St. Anthony is often
painted with the Tau Cross on his habit or cloak,
which is probably what BUBIENSIS remembers to
have seen. F. C. H.
Order of St. John of Jerusalem (1 st S. xii. 455. ; 2 nd S. i. 197.) Whether this order has "really been re-established in this country by the autho- rity of the foreign branches," as Z. inquires, I
- cannot answer ; but I know that it is assumed to
exist by the Freemasons, and kept up in some, sort among them. I have before me a printed " Service of the Knights of the Temple and St. John of Jerusalem." The Duke of Kent was Royal Grand Patron of the " Royal and exalted Religious and Military Orders of H. R. D. M. Grand elected Masonic Knights Templars K. D. O. S. H. of St. John of Jerusalem, Palestine, &c. &c. &c." The Knights of St. John of Jerusalem are united in some places in England with four other " progressive degrees of masonic knight- hood," as they are styled ; which are, the Knights of the Nine Elect, Knights of Kil winning, Knights of the East, Sword and Eagle, and Knights of
r Rosae Criicis. F. C. H.
Surnames: Etymologies wanted (2 nd S. i. 21:3.) ME. LOWER will perhaps think with me that " Rand," as a surname, is derived from & place so called (probably from Rand, near Wragby, co. Lincoln). One of your philological correspon- dents will perhaps explain the word " Rand " as applicable to places. Johnson describes it as a Dutch word, signifying a border, or seam.
J. SANSOM.
Tillemans the Painter (2 nd S. i. 195.) There is a short but very comprehensive account of both S. P. and P. Tillemans, in Pilkington's Dictionary of Painters, p. 579. H. E. WILKINSON.
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Constantia Grierson (2 nd S. i. 192.) C. M. C. will lind a few more particulars (though not all he asks for) respecting this lady in the 16th vol. of Chalmers's Biographical Dictionary, and in pages
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