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CONTENTS of INTO THE SILENT LAND: HISTORIC CEMETERIES & GRAVEYARDS IN ONTARIO by JENNIFER McKENDRY home page Please use "BACK" command (on top tool bar) to return to this page after reading the excerpts and samplings noted below |
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| PREFACE | vii | |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | ix | |
| “The Graves of the Emigrants”` | x | |
| 1. | INTRODUCTION: Into the Silent Land excerpt | 1 |
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CEMETERY DESIGN & FURNISHINGS TRADITIONAL GRAVEYARDS & GARDEN CEMETERIES, 13 CEMETERY FURNISHINGS, 35 |
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ARCHITECTURE HONOURING THE DEAD
CHURCHES, CHAPELS AND LODGES, 64 DEAD HOUSES, 71 MAUSOLEUMS, 74 excerpt ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS, 86 IN CONCLUSION, 101 |
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GRAVE
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INTRODUCTION, 156 Materials of Grave Markers, 163 The Earliest Grave Markers, 168 Beds to Tables: Shapes of Grave Markers, 169 Styles of Grave Markers, 172 excerpt Makers of Grave Markers, 178 IMAGERY ON GRAVE MARKERS, 186 Nature, 186 trees, 186 tree-stump monuments, 192 flowers and plants, 195 birds and animals, 200 People: Human and Divine, 208 portraiture and the idealized, 208 hands, divine and human, 216 angels, 221 excerpt Religious Motifs and Scenes, 233 Allegories and Associations, 243 Trades, 250 |
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| 5. | CONCLUSION: Heaven Invites, Hell Threatens | 315 |
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APPENDIX:Designers & Carvers of 19th-Century Ontario Grave Markers sampling |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 340 | |
| INDEX sampling | 347 | |
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