John A Gwinn's Blog – January 2010 Archive (1)

· The term "relict" on a tombstone means that the woman was a widow at the time of her death.

· The term "consort" on a tombstone means that her husband survived her.

· The term "cenotaph" engraved on a tombstone indicates an empty grave, with the stone erected in honor or memory of a person buried elsewhere (often erected in honor of a person lost at sea or in war)

CARVINGS AND THEIR MEANINGS

· Arches - victory in death

· Arrows - mortality

· Bouquets, Flowers -… Continue