Stories in stone : a field guide to cemetery symbolism and iconography

Author

Douglas Keister

Call Number

• 731.76 K279 (CEN)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

Salt Lake City : Gibbs Smith, Publisher, c2004.

Physical Description

288 p. : col ill., maps ; 24 x 12 cm.

Contents

• 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
• Chinese and Japanese symbolism
• Heavenly messengers
• The cross --Secrets societies, clubs, and fraternal organizations
• Acronyms of societies, clubs, and organizations
• Final impressions.