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Nordlicht @physiognom.bsky.social · 5h

#31DaysOfGraves

Das 9: Hand

Barmstedter Friedhof
Urnengrab

Das Foto zeigt eine sonnige Friedhofsanlage mit grünem Rasen und altem Baumbestand. Im Zentrum steht eine rustikale Holzskulptur in Form von zwei aufwärts gerichteten, betenden oder haltenden Händen, die auf einem Baumstumpf ruhen. Rechts davon befindet sich ein liegender Grabstein.

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Simon Knott @simoninsuffolk.bsky.social · 4h

Going up. A pointing finger on the churchyard memorial for Jonas Walpole, 1905, at Erpingham, Norfolk.

Erpingham: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/erpingham/er...

#31DaysofGraves 9: hand

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Gardens Of The Silent @gardensofthesilent.bsky.social · 3h

A Legacy in Stone: The Ornate Marble Grave of William Mitchell.

Norton Summit Cemetery, South Australia.

© All Rights Reserved by Gardens of the Silent.

#cemetery #cemeteries #grave #graves #gravestone #graveyard #taphophile #gardensofthesilent #southaustralia #photography #cemeteryphotography

A middle ground photograph of a cemetery headstone. The main marker is a tall, ornate, Gothic-style white marble stone dedicated to William Mitchell, "Beloved Husband of Emily Gregory," who died May 28, 1889, aged 40 years.

A rusty, wrought-iron railing surrounds the base of the grave. To the left is an older stone cross on a raised pedestal, and to the right, the edge of another, darker stone is visible.

The background is filled with dense green shrubs and the dark, twisting branches of trees under a cloudy sky.

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Britain’s War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social · 3h

Brant Broughton war memorial. St. Helen’s Church, Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire. First World War. #LestWeForget

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 3h

#31DaysOfGraves Day 9: Hand. Tomb in Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh, with a hand holding the deid or skellet bell.

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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 3h

Hole-y Books! A fantastic @bodleian.ox.ac.uk lecture and workshop yesterday on early medieval Insular and Continental parchment by Jiří Vnouček for the ‘INSULAR: Insular manuscripts in the age of Charlemagne’ project! 📜🎉

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 1d

I got lost in the cemetery today. Here is an armless angel in front of the setting sun

A giant angel statue commemorating the life and death of a woman from 1904

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N16Breda Corish @n16breda.bsky.social · 21h

Autumn colours in Abney Park Cemetery today 🍂🍃🍂

Enhanced colour photograph of two tall grave memorials covered in green & red Virgina creeper. Seen in Abney Park Cemetery, London N16 this morning.

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Friends of Warriston Cemetery @fowarristoncem.bsky.social · 20h

#31DaysOfGraves day 8 - glass. Arguably the most famous tomb despite its current state, the "Red Lady" (officially the Robertson mortuary chapel) was erected in 1865 for Mary Ann Robertson (1826–1858). The original red glass roof allowed red coloured daylight to flicker on the stone figure inside.

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 20h

#31DaysOfGraves

Day 8: Glass

By T. W. Camm, The Studio Smethwick at Christ Church Coseley.

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Norma Explores @normaexplores.bsky.social · 19h

Day 8 of #31DaysOfGraves and the prompt is 'Glass'

Here at St Nicholas' Church, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, the beautiful stained glass window is reflected in the memorial to a son of the town lost in the First World War.

Alfred Gordon Calthrop
2nd Lt 11th Bttn Royal Fusiliers. KIA near Ypres.

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🥀🪦 @graveyardgirly.bsky.social · 18h

Day 8: Glass

I like to affectionately call this mausoleum the gingerbread house. This one has lovely stained glass windows, which I apparently didn’t get pictured. You can see them peeking through the tracery though.

#31daysofgraves

A small, ornate Gothic-style mausoleum at Kensal Green Cemetery, built from pale stone and adorned with intricate carvings and stained-glass windows. The arched doorway is framed by detailed floral motifs, and above it is an inscription in Latin. The roof is tiled in muted shades of red and green, with wrought-iron finials along the ridge. A deep red, decorative iron fence encloses the front of the tomb, casting patterned shadows on the ground. In the background, gravestones and Celtic crosses stretch across the cemetery beneath a dramatic, cloud-filled sky, with sunlight breaking through the trees and illuminating parts of the scene in a warm, ethereal glow

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Lisa @big-red-rain-coat.bsky.social · 19h

St. Mark's, NOTL.
#31DaysOfGraves
#WindowsOnWednesday

A stained glass tomb window in green mosaic, protected by wrought iron

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 21h

Day 8 of #31DaysOfGraves - Glass

When visiting a graveyard, have you ever wondered what these flat marble plates, reminiscent of chopping boards, are?

They're the bases of Victorian/Edwardian "Immortelles" that once held fragile memorial ornaments under a glass dome. Not many now survive intact...

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Church Monuments Society @churchmonuments.bsky.social · 18h

#31DaysofGraves and day 8 is Glass: light through the window casts shadows on a monument at Cwm-iou

Light and shadow on wall monument to Joan, daughter of Mr Williams ... . Winged cherub at top.

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Anna Fairley Nielsson @annaandthedead.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 8 - Glass: Sun coming through the stained glass window of the Cory-Wright mausoleum at Highgate Cemetery #London

A large circular stained glass window reflects orange light on to the inside wall of a mausoleum. The text around the window reads "the eternal God is thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms"

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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 8 Glass:
Bit of a cheat because it's not quite glass. The newly restored Ancrum hogback with its protective cover. Ancrum, The Scottish Borders.
Photo credit; my sister.

An ancient grey stone with worn carving that is shaped like the roof of a house. The stone is enclosed in a transparent box for protection.

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Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery (KAVS) @listerlanecem.bsky.social · 1d

Good day all.

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Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery (KAVS) @listerlanecem.bsky.social · 23h

#31DaysOfGraves Day 8: Glass
Final resting place at Lister Lane Cemetery of former carpet weaver William Glass (d. 12th December 1872, aged 67) and wife Amelia (d. 16th February 1871, aged 66). Both William and Amelia were originally from Wellington, Somerset.

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CathyLoweBerkshire @cathylowe.bsky.social · 2d

#31DaysofGraves 7 • angel

These tomb angels in St Mary's, Aldermaston, had a specialist role - safeguarding the tassels of the effigies' cushions.

Sir George Forster & wife, made c 1530. Alabaster & of the highest quality. @portaspeciosa.bsky.social @chartresfi.bsky.social

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 2d

A 6th century pillar at St Llawddog's #Cilgerran #SirBenfro with a Latin inscription:

TRENEGUSSI FILI MACUTRENI HIC IACIT

'Trenegussus son of Ma(r)cus Treni, here he lies’

and one in og(h)am:

TRENAGUS MAQI MAQITRENI

'Trenagus son of Mac-Treni’

📷 Aug 2015

#EpigraphyTuesday #TombTuesday

A stone grave marker inscribed in Latin stands in a grass covered cemetery

A stone grave marker with church in the background

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Liz Craig @willsmanonename.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 2: angel

Highland Road Cemetery, #Southsea

An angel stood in front of a cross, pointing towards the sky

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Isabelle Prim @horatioforever.bsky.social · 2d

Cimetière de la Chartreuse, early this morning 🍁

Rust in peace
Tombs, and rusted crosses and railings

Some of the mausolea of the cemetery, blue sky

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 1d

Day 7 of #31DaysOfGraves - Angel

Angels come in so many different shapes and sizes in Scottish graveyards, we've opted for this Victorian Gothic form, sitting in the shadow of Glasgow Cathedral, forever gently dropping stone flower petals onto the graves of the Smith family below...

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Simon Knott @simoninsuffolk.bsky.social · 1d

2/2 A wider view of the mausoleum of the composer Francis Poulenc, 1963, in Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris. He shares it with his niece who died later the same year.

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