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The monument in Chichester Cathedral "An Arundel Tomb" is a poem by Philip Larkin, written and published in 1956, and subsequently included in his 1964 collection The Whitsun Weddings. It describes the poet's response to seeing a pair of recumbent medieval tomb effigies with their hands joined in Chichester Cathedral.
An ancient English altar stone. Scriptural and liturgical allusions contribute to the phrasing of the poem's imagery. The altar’s fabric is reared of stone that “no workman’s tool hath touched”, which is in line with the divine commandment to the Jews after their exodus from Egypt that "if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up ...
A church monument is an architectural or sculptural memorial to a deceased person or persons, located within a Christian church. It can take various forms ranging from a simple commemorative plaque or mural tablet affixed to a wall, to a large and elaborate structure, on the ground or as a mural monument, which may include an effigy of the ...
A solemn tribute. The new statue of Princess Diana includes a special detail calling back to a previous memorial for the late royal, Kensington Palace confirmed. Princess Diana Statue: Garden ...
Conner agrees with Paul Meyvaert's conclusion that the runic poem dates from after the period in which the monument was created. [18] He says Meyvaert has "satisfactorily explained" that the layout of the runes suggests "that the stone was already standing when the decision to add the runic poem was made."
The poem describes the sight of a thirteenth-century church in what is now known as Middleton-on-Sea in West Sussex. The churchyard of the poem's title was the church's cemetery . The area had been subject to substantial erosion since at least 1341, and preventative measures were employed in 1570 and 1779.
Epitaph on the base of the Haymarket Martyrs' Monument, Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois. An epitaph (from Ancient Greek ἐπιτάφιος (epitáphios) 'a funeral oration'; from ἐπι-(epi-) 'at, over' and τάφος (táphos) 'tomb') [1] [2] is a short text honoring a deceased person.
Durham, also known as De situ Dunelmi, Carmen de situ Dunelmi [1] or De situ Dunelmi et de sanctorum reliquiis quae ibidem continentur carmen compositum, [2] is an anonymous late Old English short poem about the English city of Durham and its relics, which might commemorate the translation of Cuthbert's relics to Durham Cathedral in 1104.