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Near Contemporary Templar Iconography - How the Order Was Actually Pictured

Centuries of romantic engravings and nineteenth century imagination have shaped the popular image of the Knights Templar, yet only a handful of illustrations survive from the Order's own lifetime, made by or for the milites Templi themselves. Which of these can we actually trust as a genuine likeness?