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Banker marks were made on stones before they were sent to be used by the walling masons. These marks served to identify the banker mason who had prepared the stones to their paymaster. This system was employed only when the stone was paid for by measure, rather than by time worked.
According to Percy Jantz, the Masonic term landmark has biblical origins. He cites the Book of Proverbs 22:28: "Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set", referring to stone pillars set to mark boundaries of land.
English: These are two of a row of stones placed in front of Fountains Mill (at w:Fountains Abbey) that were shaped in the Mill when it was a Banker's Shop (Stonemasons' workshop) before it closed inI was 1997) These two show mason's marks.
Richard Hakluyt's memorial An example of a signed and dated maker's mark on a wall-mounted memorial to Mary Carpenter in Bristol Cathedral sculpted by James Havard Thomas of London. This is a list of monumental masons, also known as memorial masons, and gravestone carvers:
Their masons' marks have suggested arcane meanings for some enthusiasts. The name comacini Romantic historians of the nineteenth century traced to the location where they supposedly had their headquarters, the minute Isola Comacina in Lake Como, alleged to have been a safe haven during the Lombard invasion; a more inventive etymology derives from a supposed Latin expression cum machinis ...
An example of a signed and dated maker's mark on a wall-mounted memorial to Mary Carpenter in Bristol Cathedral sculpted by monumental mason J. Havard Thomas of London Monumental masonry (also known as memorial masonry ) is a kind of stonemasonry focused on the creation, installation and repairs of headstones (also known as gravestones and ...
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In 1784, over a period of four months, the building was demolished and the stones were taken to Eglinton. [40] Some of the dressed stone blocks from which the old stables and offices are constructed have masons marks cut into them, showing their origin to be the old abbey. [41]