Research Resources & Book Reviews
The main resource of Quatuor Coronati Lodge is AQC, the Transactions of the Lodge, which date back over 130 years. Our library and other documents etc. are stored in the Museum and Library at Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, London.
A Searchable List of Articles and Papers published in AQC is available here:
A Complete List of Papers & Authors in AQC, 1886-2020
Indexing any journal is an ongoing task, particularly one that has been published annually for 133 years. 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.
Our Searchable Index for AQC 1 – 127 can be accessed here
Searchable Indexes for more recent volumes are below: –
Some out-of-copyright issues of AQC are stored on Internet Archive and can be accessed at archive.org. Links to the first sixty volumes of AQC are given below. Certain volumes are stored on third-party websites. QC/QCCC does not accept responsibility for the integrity of any files that may be downloaded.
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
Listed below for download and study is a selection of rare, mainly late nineteenth-century volumes published as QC Antigraphas (QCAs): click here for a summary of the contents.
The QCAs contain facsimile versions of early Masonic Charges such as 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 Vol 1: Early Masonic Manuscripts
QCA Vol 2: Early Masonic Manuscripts
QCA Vol 3: Early Masonic Manuscripts
QCA Vol 4: Early Masonic Manuscripts
QCA Vol 5: Early Masonic Manuscripts
QCA Vol 6: Early Masonic Manuscripts
QCA Vol 7: Anderson’s 1738 Constitutions
QCA Vol 8: Early Masonic Certificates
QCA Vol 9: Philo Musicae 1725-27
QCA Vol 10: Minutes of the Grand Lodge of England
QCA Vol 11: Minutes of the Antients Grand Lodge
Current Book Reviews
Les 30 Glorieuses de la Grande Loge des ‘Modernes’ vues par la presse de l’époque
300 Famous Australian Freemasons
Espionage, Diplomacy and the Lodge
Espionage, Diplomacy & the Lodge (2)
The Changing Face of the Masonic Benevolent Institution
The Treasures of English Freemasonry
Volume of Valour
Les Premiers Franc-Macons face a la Repression Policiere
Over 300 Years of Masonic Ritual
The Master’s Emblem
British Freemasonry 1717–1813
The Foundations of Modern Freemasonry
Finding the Mark
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.
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.