Daisy Wheel, Hexfoil, Hexafoil, Rosette

Protective Marks in Gravestone Art

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

The use of protective symbols, also known as apotropaic marks, is often part of folk magic traditions. The symbols appear in homes and churches and on personal items, and even graves, across Europe, Australia, and North America. The most common and well-known of these marks is the hexfoil, otherwise known as the daisy wheel, witch hex, or rosette. Hexfoils have a history of use for personal protection and were both intentionally carved and graffitied into church pews and walls, bed frames, doors, and gravestones. This research sheds light on the use of this historic symbol to protect the bodies and souls of the deceased, across several thousand years and multiple countries.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-09-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:456 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:210
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781805396635

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Robyn S. Lacy earned her PhD in Archaeology at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. She runs a historic gravestone preservation business with her husband in Newfoundland, which takes them all across the island and beyond. Her first book, Burial and Death in Colonial North America, was published in 2020, and she regularly writes about her research on her website, spadeandthegrave.com.

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“As an analysis of the distribution and extent of the symbol in northern America this book is a must read for graveyard historians… this is an interesting book which is an attempt to narrate the use of [the W] symbol in funerary contexts over the last couple of millennia.” • Current Archaeology

Innehållsförteckning

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. Protective Marks and ObjectsChapter 2. Hexfoils in a Mortuary ContextChapter 3. The Reformation and Medieval MagicsChapter 4. Survey of Protective Marks on GravestonesChapter 5. Results of the SurveyChapter 6. Modern Interpretations of the Hexfoil and Other Protective MarksConclusion: Protective Marks on Gravestones: Past and PresentReferencesIndex