View of the tombstone commemorating Alexander Omay, 1639, in the churchyard of Errol Parish Church. Coped stone with emblematic figures, symbols of trade and several inscribed panels.

Description View of the tombstone commemorating Alexander Omay, 1639, in the churchyard of Errol Parish Church. Coped stone with emblematic figures, symbols of trade and several inscribed panels.

Date 2/1986

Collection Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 2235017

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of A 26968

Scope and Content Table tomb of Alexander Omay, Errol Parish Church Graveyard, Perth & Kinross This shows one of the long coped sides of the monument, with its long inscription within a carved scroll. On the left of the scroll stands a woman in a long flowing dress. She holds a trumpet in one hand and a scroll in the other. A male figure balances the composition on the right. A trumpet is an attribute of one of the angels of the Resurrection, but she may have some other symbolism now lost to the modern viewer. This monument uses many designs taken from an illustrated book by Francis Quarles' (1592-1644) called 'Emblems, Moral and Divine', first published in 1635. Francis Quarles describes emblems in the introduction to his book as 'but a silent parable', and indeed the illustrations in his book are there to reinforce the meaning of Biblical quotations and moral poetry. This table tomb, with its ornately carved coped top, commemorates Alexander Omay. It is inscribed: 'HERE LYES ANE FAITHFUL SERVANT OF GOD/MR ALEXANDER OMAY PREACHER OF THE GOD'S WORD/IN MONEYDIE FOR THE SPACE OF 30 ZEIRS WHO DEPARTED THIS LYF/THE 11 OF AVGUST 1639 AND OF HIS AGE 66'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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