Stories in Stone : : a Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography
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Funerary architecture: designed for eternity -- Mausoleums, chapels, offices -- Tombs, sculptures, memorials -- The sarcophagus -- Stone sentinels: designed for remembrance -- Flora -- Plants and flowers -- Fruits, grains, and vines -- Trees and bushes -- Fauna -- Animals -- Fowls and insects -- Fishes and mollusks -- Reptiles and amphibians -- Mythical creatures -- The evangelists -- The human condiction -- The seven virtues -- Human body parts -- Wordly symbols -- Mortality symbols -- Religious devotion -- Christian symbolism -- Hebrew symbolism -- Heavenly messengers -- The cross --Secrets societies, clubs, and fraternal organizations -- Acronyms of societies, clubs, and organizations -- Final impressions.
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PUBLISHED
Salt Lake City : Gibbs Smith, Publisher, c2004.
Year Published: 2004
Description: 288 p. : col ill., maps ; 24 x 12 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
158685321X :
SUBJECTS
Sepulchral monuments.
Symbolism in art.