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- Understanding cemetery symbols : field guide for historic graveyards / by Snider, Tui,author.(CARDINAL)788919;
Includes bibliographical references.Why symbols matter -- How to use this book -- The American burial landscape --Cemetery safety & etiquette -- Types of American cemeteries -- Names, dates, & epitaphs -- Sticks & stones -- Coins, pebbles & seashells -- American headstone styles -- Monuments & other structures -- Cemetery architecture -- Hands, hearts & body parts -- Saints, angels & other beings -- Plants, flowers, & trees --So many crosses! -- Clubs, secret societies & organizations -- Common Latin phrases -- Misc. cemetery symbols from A to Z."In [this book]... [the author] helps history buffs, genealogists, ghost hunters and other curiosity seekers decode forgotten meanings of the symbols our ancestors placed on their headstones. By understanding the meaning behind the architecture, acronyms, & symbols found in America's burial grounds, readers will gain a deeper appreciation for these "messages from the dead." --Back cover.- Subjects: Sepulchral monuments.; Sepulchral slabs.; Symbolism in art.; Cemeteries.;
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- Understanding cemetery symbols : a field guide for historic graveyards / by Snider, Tui,Author(DLC)no2014059292;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220).- Subjects: History.; Genealogy.; Sepulchral monuments; Sepulchral slabs; Symbolism in art.; Cemeteries; Cemeteries; Sepulchral monuments; Sepulchral slabs;
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- If the stones could speak / by Brown, Ryland,author.;
A guide to the shapes and symbols in your local cemetery- Subjects: Cemeteries.; Sepulchral monuments.; Sepulchral slabs.; Signs and symbols; Signs and symbols; Symbolism in art.;
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- The art of death in Graeco-Roman Egypt / by Corbelli, Judith A.,author.(CARDINAL)835947;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Historical background -- Rock-cut tombs -- Loculus slabs and funerary stelae -- Sarcophagi, coffins and body cases -- Masks and portraits -- Cinerary urns -- The art-historical legacy -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Museums.- Subjects: Sepulchral monuments; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Art, Classical;
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