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Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: tombstone motifs
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 08:38:09 EDT


What you may be seeing on the difficult-to-read gravestone may be handshakes
which mean "farewell to earthly existence" while the circular motif could be
a crown ("Christian righteousness") or a garland or wreath, both of which
mean "victory in death." More information about these motifs may be found in
Francis Duval's book, Early American Gravestone Art. S Whyte

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