Research Resources
The main resource of Quatuor Coronati Lodge is AQC, the Transactions of the Lodge, which dates back nearly 140 years. Our library, other documents and artefacts are stored in the Museum and Library at Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, London, or are on loan elsewhere.
A Searchable List of Articles and Papers published in AQC is available here:
AQC – Complete List of Papers & Authors, 1886-2023
Indexing any journal is an ongoing task, particularly one that has been published annually for as long as AQC. The late Svend Aaage Verdeso of Denmark produced a workable index of volumes 1-127 (1888-2014) in PDF form that can be searched using Acrobat Reader or simply used as a normal index. We hope to produce a compact revised index of all volumes of AQC in the course of the next few years, funding and volunteers permitting.
A composite Searchable Index for all AQCs to date can be accessed here: AQC Index Volumes 1 to 136
Individual Indexes for our more recent volumes are below: –
Links to the first seventy volumes of AQC are given below. These are now out of copyright. Certain volumes are stored on third-party websites. QC/QCCC does not accept responsibility for the integrity of any files that may be downloaded. Copies of papers from more recent editions of AQC can be obtained by members by emailing queries@quatuorcoronati.com. There is a small fee for this service (payable via a donation) which covers the cost of scanning.
AQC Volume 1
AQC Volume 2
AQC Volume 3
AQC Volume 4
AQC Volume 5
AQC Volume 6
AQC Volume 7
AQC Volume 8
AQC Volume 9
AQC Volume 10
AQC Volume 11
AQC Volume 12
AQC Volume 13
AQC Volume 14
AQC Volume 15
AQC Volume 16
AQC Volume 17
AQC Volume 18
AQC Volume 19
AQC Volume 20
AQC Volume 21
AQC Volume 22
AQC Volume 23
AQC Volume 24
AQC Volume 25
AQC Volume 26
AQC Volume 27
AQC Volume 28
AQC Volume 29
AQC Volume 30
AQC Volume 31
AQC Volume 32
AQC Volume 33
AQC Volume 34
AQC Volume 35
AQC Volume 36
AQC Volume 37
AQC Volume 38
AQC Volume 39
AQC Volume 40
AQC Volume 41
AQC Volume 42
AQC Volume 43
AQC Volume 44
AQC Vol. 45 pt. 1 AQC Vol. 45 pt. 2
AQC Volume 46
AQC Volume 47
AQC Volume 48
AQC Volume 49
AQC Volume 50
AQC Volume 51
AQC Volume 52
AQC Volume 53
AQC Volume 54
AQC Volume 55
AQC Volume 56
AQC Volume 57
AQC Volume 58
AQC Volume 59
AQC Volume 60
AQC Volume 61
AQC Volume 62
AQC Volume 63
AQC Volume 64
AQC Volume 65
AQC Volume 66
AQC Volume 67
AQC Volume 68
AQC Volume 69
AQC Volume 70
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, QC published a series of rare Masonic volumes known as QC Antigraphas (QCAs): please click here for a summary of the contents.
The QCAs contain facsimile versions of early Masonic Charges including the Regius, Cooke and Lansdowne manuscripts; a compilation of early Masonic Certificates (QCA volume 8); the first Minutes of the Grand Lodge of England (QCA volume 10); and the early records of the Grand Lodge of England according to the Old Institutions – the first Minutes of the Antients Grand Lodge, (QCA volume 11).
QCA Volume 1: Early Masonic Manuscripts
QCA Volume 2: Early Masonic Manuscripts
QCA Volume 3: Early Masonic Manuscripts
QCA Volume 4: Early Masonic Manuscripts
QCA Volume 5: Early Masonic Manuscripts
QCA Volume 6: Early Masonic Manuscripts
QCA Volume 7: Anderson’s 1738 Constitutions
QCA Volume 8: Early Masonic Certificates
QCA Volume 9: Philo Musicae 1725-27
QCA Volume 10: Minutes of the (Premier) Grand Lodge of England (1723-1739)
QCA Volume 11: Minutes of the Antients Grand Lodge
QCA Volume 12: Minutes of the (Premier) Grand Lodge of England (1740-1758)
Other Research Sources
A good entry point for masonic research is the Resources & Information page at the Museum of Freemasonry, London. A short summary of other Masonic Libraries and information sources is available here. Ron Selby of Temple of Athene Lodge has also produced a useful guide to UK Research Lodges.
The Research Directory of the Bristol Masonic Society is another invaluable resource, as are the Masonic Library of Singapore and the Centro Ricerche Storiche Sulla Libera Muratoria.
The Future
We continue to work on making available primary and secondary source material from QC’s Archives.
Please support this effort if you can by making a donation.