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Their organizations were guild-like. The first mention of Comacine masters was on the Rothari 's edict (643) and by Liutprand The Lombard . In the medieval age, artists did not sign their work, so to detect the work of this corporation historians look to specific details in the stonework; in this way historians have traced comacine master's influence as far as Sweden and Syria. To the comacine masters is attributed the Duomo of Como , (late XI century). Another notable group of medieval stoneworkers were maestri Campionesi from Campione , not so far from Como . According to ''A History of Freemasonry'' by H.L. Haywood and James E. Craig, the Comacine masters were reportedly the predecessors or "progenitors" of the Freemasons . {Link without Title} EXTERNAL LINKS
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