The walls of the temple featured 30 pilasters, each with a moonstone at the base and a sunstone at the top. A sunstone served as the capital, or head, of each pilaster. A star stone was placed …

On the main floor in the “American Stories” exhibition is a rather unusual artifact—a capital sunstone from the original Latter-day Saint temple in Nauvoo, Illinois, constructed between …

As a skilled stonecutter, William Jones shaped the first moonstone for the Nauvoo Temple. His wife, Elizabeth Jones, was a founding member of the Nauvoo Female Relief Society. She …

The sunstones of the Nauvoo Temple recall Mormonism’s past, stand as symbols for intellectual freedom and open inquiry in the Church, and now appear once more in general Latter-day …

Jan 19, 2017 · Acting as a scale model of the universe, each pillar of the Nauvoo temple features a crescent moon at the bottom and a sunstone at the top. The sunstone represents the …

Nauvoo Temple Moonstone: Creator: Baugh, Alexander L. Contributor: Baugh, Alexander L. Description: An original moonstone on the temple block in Nauvoo in 1991. The moonstone …

Aug 31, 2016 · Stone artifacts that were once part of the original Nauvoo Temple now connect us to the Nauvoo period in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

May 27, 2011 · Each pilaster was embellished by a large moonstone at the base and a sunstone at the top. The moon- and sunstones were bas-relief features, hand-chiseled in solid stone. A …

This stone once adorned the original Nauvoo Temple, built between 1841 and 1846. Thirty pilasters (columns built into the wall) encircled the temple exterior, each featuring a starstone, …

His design made use of distinctively Latter Day Saint motifs, including sunstones, moonstones, and starstones. It is often mistakenly thought that these stones represent the three degrees of …