| Edition |
[First edition]. |
| Description |
xxxi, 482 pages : illustrations, maps. ; 29 cm |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Sepulchral monuments -- New England.
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Sculpture, American.
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