Posts Tagged ‘grave art’
Celtic Crosses at Donegal Abbey
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged grave art, Crosses, celtic crosses, ireland, sculpture, cross, donegal, donegal abbey on May 24, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Celtic Crosses at Donegal Abbey
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged celtic crosses, cross, Crosses, donegal, donegal abbey, grave art, ireland, sculpture on May 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
A bleeding heart
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Symbolism, tagged bleeding, blood, blood droplets, donegal, donegal abbey, grave art, ireland, sacred heart, sculpture, symbolism on May 16, 2013 | 1 Comment »
When I wrote about the Sacred Heart previously, I mentioned that sometimes the heart would have blood droplets as if it was in the act of bleeding. This heart shows that feature very clearly.
Celtic Crosses at Donegal Abbey
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged celtic crosses, cross, Crosses, donegal donegal abbey, grave art, ireland, sculpture on May 10, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Celtic crosses at Donegal Abbey
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged celtic crosses, cross, Crosses, donegal, donegal abbey, grave art, ireland, sculpture on May 3, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Celtic Crosses on the Hill of Tara
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged celtic crosses, county meath, cross, Crosses, grave art, hill of tara, ireland, sculpture, symbolism on April 19, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
On this trip to Ireland, I got to revisit the little cemetery at the visitor center on the Hill of Tara.
Sacred Heart
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Symbolism, tagged county meath, grave art, heart, hill of tara, ireland, sacred heart, sacred heart of jesus christ, sculpture, symbolism on April 18, 2013 | 1 Comment »
The symbol on this tombstone is the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ – a flaming heart within a crown of thorns and topped with a cross. Some representations also include a halo of divine light, blood drops, or a lance wound like the one that Christ received in his side during the crucifixion. There is an associated Roman Catholic devotion.
Boyd Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Dead Men Do Tell Tales, Statues, tagged cause of death, cenotaph, dublin, epitaph, grave art, ireland, occupation, poem, st. patrick's cathedral, statue, statues on April 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Tomb sculptures wordless Wednesday
Posted in Angels, Cemetery Sculpture, tagged angel, cleveland, cleveland museum of art, grave art, ohio, sculpture, statues, wordless wednesday on March 13, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Iranian tombstone
Posted in Graveless memorials, tagged cleveland, cleveland museum of art, grave art, ohio, qur'an, sculpture on March 12, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
The tombstone of Shaikh al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn al-Hasan is in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Carved from limestone, it dates to 1110. The carvings include not only the name of the deceased and his death date, but verses from the Qur’an.
