Stories in stone : a field guide to cemetery symbolism and iconography /
Keister, Douglas.
Salt Lake City, Utah : Gibbs Smith, Publisher,
c2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279) and index.
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.
Sepulchral monuments.
Symbolism in art.