Temple Kirk Inscription VAESAC MIHM RI VÆS.AC. RI. MI.H.M another look in 2023 2 of 4

Pictures from 2020
Temple Kirk Inscription VAESAC MIHM RI VÆS.AC. RI. MI.H.M
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In 2020 I posted 29 pictures of the letters on Temple Kirk bell tower. Here in this album are four pictures one taken with a 500mm lens and three taken with a 500mm lens and a x2 converter. These letters have been raising interest for many years.

On the North East Corner of Temple Kirk just outside Edinburgh in Scotland sharp eyes can read an inscription in stone that has been filled in with metal letters. There are various readings of the letters some of which aim to include some letters and to put others to one side regarding them as more recent inclusions. There are ideas that the inscription dates to the Templar Knights, or to their successors of this barony the The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem. Pages online appear and disappear offering insights and revelations. The historic plan of the East gable in section with details from 1905 records different lettering to that seen in situ today. I have set these pictures to bring out details in the stone and of the metal to give interested partied a good view of the inscription including the letters and the stops.

VÆSAC. RI. IMI. H.M.
VÆS.AC. RI. MI.H.M
VÆS AC RI MI H M
VAESAC RI MIHM (without the Æ ligature)

“1975: Nigel Tranter says in his Portrait of the Lothians book that “there is a strange inscription on the east gable which long puzzled antiquaries, ‘VAESAC MIHM.’ This is now thought to be the initial letters of Vienne Sacrum Concilium Militibus Johannis Hierosolymitani Melitensibus (The Sacred Council of Vienna, of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem and of Malta).” Tranter gives no attribution to the translation”
Reader of the Lost Stone by JEFF NISBET link below

I ask you not to look too closely at the carved oblong plaques near the metal letters. These carefully made recesses into the stone could also hold lettering, or give further evidence towards understanding the metal letters. The oblongs are much harder to see and I hope that their potential keeps people looking and not looking for clues and history for a long time to come.

PHH Sykes ©2020
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The letters recorded here are slightly different again VÆSAC· IMI· H·M RI. with notes from the artist
East gable, plan, section and details. 1905
i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00324541.jpg

TEMPLE VILLAGE, OLD TEMPLE KIRK (CHURCH OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS OF BALANTRODOCH) INCLUDING BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS
LB14621
“The incription "V?SAC MIHM" on the E gable below the bellcote seems to be a mystery. It has been suggested that it could stand for "Vienne Sacrum Militibus Johannis Hierosolymitani Mletensibus" (The Sacred Council of Vienne, to the Knights of St. John of jerusalem and Malta), or alternatively "Virgin ?des Sacra Matri Jesu Hominum Mediatoris" (Church Sacred to the Virgin, Mother of Jesus, Mediator of Men). In 1312 the Order was suppressed, and the lands were given to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, whose good work was funded by the residents of Temple who gave them one tenth of their income.
Amended Scheduled Area 29 October 1999, No 1191.”
portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB14621

Reader of the Lost Stone by JEFF NISBET
www.mythomorph.com/wp/reader-of-the-lost-stone/

Re: Knights Templar suppression
sinclair.quarterman.org/archive/2002/01/msg00122.html

Temple Church inscription
www.inrebus.com/index.php?y=07&entry=entry071109-2125…

Temple Village History – Brief
www.templevillage.org.uk/temple-village/temple-village-hi...
The Old Temple Kirk may date back to the 12th century although it is more likely to have been built by the Knights of St John soon after they succeeded the Templars in 1312. The late Gothic tracery can still be seen with animals carved at the ends of the mouldings above the windows. This theory is confirmed by the inscription on the gable end of the church “VAESEC MUHM” that has been translated as “Vienne Sacrum Concilium Militibus Johannis Hierosolymitani Melitensbus” meaning The Sacred Council of Vienne, to the Knights of St John of Jerusalem and Malta.””

Here is a link to the VD or WD inscription
“The Temple Stone [W.D. inscription]
www.templevillage.org.uk/temple-village/the-temple-stone/

Temple Old Kirk
templemcp.wixsite.com/mysite

Taken in: UK / Scotland / Midlothian (show map)

Taken on: September 9, 2023

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