Graven images; New England stonecarving and its symbols, 1650-1815,
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| Author / Creator: | Ludwig, Allan I. |
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| Edition: | [1st ed.]. |
| Imprint: | Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Press [1966] |
| Description: | xxxi, 482 pages illustrations, maps 29 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2089890 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Puritan background ; Language of religious symbolism
- Puritan religion. Function of symbolism in normative Puritan theology ; Puritan symbolism in religion until 1800 ; Puritan theology, symbolism and imagery ; Symbolic mediacy and immediacy in New England: religion and art ; Symbolic stonecarving: a study in realized eschatology ; English burial rituals ; burial rituals in New England
- Iconography. New England funerary art ; Repertory of symbols.