TY - BOOK AU - Keister, Douglas. TI - Stories in stone: a field guide to cemetery symbolism and iconog raphy SN - 158685321X U1 - 731/.549 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City PB - Gibbs Smith, Publisher KW - Sepulchral monuments KW - Symbolism in art N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 279) and index; 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 ER -