num_pages: 224
description: Hydriotaphia is a book written by Thomas Browne, a 17th-century English writer and physician. The book is a treatise on the burial customs of ancient civilizations, particularly the Greeks and Romans. Browne examines the practice of cremation and the use of urns, or hydriotaphia, as a means of preserving the ashes of the dead. He also explores the symbolism and meaning behind various burial rituals and monuments, such as the use of obelisks and pyramids. The book is written in a poetic and philosophical style, with Browne reflecting on the transience of life and the inevitability of death. It is considered a classic of English literature and has been praised for its elegant prose and insightful observations on human mortality.1658. Urn burial, or a discourse of the Sepulchral urns lately found in Norfolk. Together with The Garden of Cyrus, or the Quincuncial, Lozenge, or Network Plantations of the ancients, artificially, naturally, mystically considered. These works are written in Old English text, and due to the age of the originals we reproduced, some pages may be found to be spotty or faded.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
language: English
title: Hydriotaphia
titlecomplete: Hydriotaphia
genres: 17th Century, Essays, Death, Nonfiction, Literature, Philosophy, History, Classics, Archaeology, British Literature
ratings_count: 436
series: Diptych of Discourses
publisher: Kessinger Publishing