Pettigrew Chronicles of the Tombs

A Select Collection of Epitaphs
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4632-1899-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 536 Seiten

Reihe: Kiraz Theological Archive

Moving away from his usual interest in Egyptian mummies, Pettigrew here addresses another morbid interest in antiquities: the epitaphs and inscriptions of ancient sepulchers. The majority of this study focuses on the epitaphs of England and surrounding regions that fall into several categories ranging from devotional to untruthful, from rhetorical to ridiculous. Laid out catalogue style with an index, this book was among the first of its genre and retains its value for readers interested in the perceptions of death as left in the monuments of the departed.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- PREFACE (page 7)
- ROYAL EPITAPHS (page 285)
- EPITAPHS OF NOBILITY, WARRIORS AND STATESMEN (page 332)
- EPITAPHS OF ECCLESIASTICS (page 395)
- EPITAPHS OF POETS (page 415)
- MISCELLANEOUS EPITAPHS (page 439)
- LUDICROUS AND ECCENTRIC EPITAPHS (page 484)