“Hair is at once the most delicate and lasting of our materials and survives us like love. It is so light, so gentle, so escaping from the idea of death, that, with a lock of hair belonging to a child or friend, we may almost look to to Heaven and compare notes with angelic nature,… Continue reading French Hair Art & The Industry of Mourning
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Symbolism Meaning: Inscriptions
Symbolism Meaning: Animals Symbolism Meaning: Objects Symbolism Meaning: Plants Symbolism Meaning: Inscriptions Symbolism Meaning: Gemstones A listing of sentimental and memorial jewellery inscriptions: Affection Weeps, Heaven Rejoices All I refuse & thee I chuse Angels Weep When Children Mourn Belle d’Amour (love token) Dearest (love token) Discite Invitatium (memento mori) (separation of justice) E n… Continue reading Symbolism Meaning: Inscriptions
Symbolism Meaning: Animals
Symbolism Meaning: Animals Symbolism Meaning: Objects Symbolism Meaning: Plants Symbolism Meaning: Inscriptions Symbolism Meaning: Gemstones Birds in flight: These are symbolic of the “winged soul.” The representation of the soul by a bird goes back to ancient Egypt. Some older burial art features only wings to convey the symbol of divine mission. Often denote the… Continue reading Symbolism Meaning: Animals
Symbolism Meaning: Objects
Symbolism Meaning: AnimalsSymbolism Meaning: ObjectsSymbolism Meaning: PlantsSymbolism Meaning: InscriptionsSymbolism Meaning: Gemstones Anchor: Early Christians used the anchor as a disguised cross, and as a marker to guide the way to secret meeting places. A Christian symbol of hope, it is found as funerary symbolism in the art of the catacombs. Often set amongst rocks. It… Continue reading Symbolism Meaning: Objects