Keister, Douglas. <br/><br/>
Stories in stone :  a field guide to cemetery symbolism and iconog raphy / 
written and photographed by Douglas Keister. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Salt Lake City :  Gibbs Smith, Publisher,  c2004. 
 - 288 p. :  col ill., maps ;  24 x 12 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 279) and index. 
<br/><br/>Funerary architecture: designed for eternity -- Mausoleums, chapels, offices -- Tombs, sculptures, memorials -- The sarcophagus -- Stone se ntinels: designed for remembrance -- Flora -- Plants and flowers -- Fru its, grains, and vines -- Trees and bushes -- Fauna -- Animals -- Fowls and insects -- Fishes and mollusks -- Reptiles and amphibians -- Mythi cal creatures -- The evangelists -- The human condiction -- The seven v irtues -- Human body parts -- Wordly symbols -- Mortality symbols -- Re ligious devotion -- Christian symbolism -- Hebrew symbolism -- Heavenly messengers -- The cross --Secrets societies, clubs, and fraternal orga nizations -- Acronyms of societies, clubs, and organizations -- Final i mpressions. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>158685321X 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003-020482 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sepulchral monuments.<br/>Symbolism in art.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>731/.549