A Scottish graveyard miscellany : exploring the folk art of Scotland's graves
Brown, Hamish2008
Books, Manuscripts
Hamish Brown explores, in words and pictures, the folk art of Scottish graveyards from the 18th century to the present day. More than mere memorials, the graves are a collection of pages in stone taken from the history of Scottish everyday life.
Author:
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2008.
Collation:
xii, 159 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Author, Hamish Brown.Includes bibliographical references.
Access restrictions:
Graveyard, Muiravonside, p13-14, p21, p84, p92, p93, p96.Hope, James : Admiral, p15, p127.Obelisk, Old Parish Church, Larbert, p19, (photo) p20.Mortsafe (wrought-iron cage covering grave), Airth, p35.Gravestone, Redding pit disaster, Old Parish Church, Polmont, p56-57, (photo) p57.Gravestone, Maggie McIntosh, Carriden, Bo'ness (1907), (photo) p63.Love Stewart & Co, cotton mill, Carriden, Bo'ness, p63.Winged Spirits, Old Parish Church, Polmont, (photo) p91.Gravestones, Old Parish Church, Polmont, p100, p112, p113, p121, p125 (photos)
ISBN:
9781841586762 (pbk)1841586765 (pbk)
Dewey class:
736.5'09411736.509411736.5736736.509
Local class:
929.509929.5736.5094A92 (BRO)736.509411F/ANT
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
HeadstonesGravestonesSTONES FIFE EDINBURGH PERTH KIRKYARDS GRAVES
BRN:
279432