View of mural monument commemorating Thomas Abernethie, d.1726, in the churchyard of Glencorse Old Parish Church, showing Corinthian pilasters flanking inscription panel, Arched tympanum filled by win ...
B 4039/13
Description View of mural monument commemorating Thomas Abernethie, d.1726, in the churchyard of Glencorse Old Parish Church, showing Corinthian pilasters flanking inscription panel, Arched tympanum filled by winged cherub, with a 'Green Man' mask at top.
Date 1988
Collection Papers of Betty Willsher, historian, St Andrews, Scotland
Catalogue Number B 4039/13
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 2240588
Scope and Content Gravestone of Thomas Abernethy and family, Glencorse Old Kirk, Midlothian This gravestone commemorates Thomas Abernethy who died in 1727. A winged cherub fills the pediment, symbol of the soul's heavenward ascent. Above is a goblin-like Green Man, an emblem of renewal and regeneration. Beneath the inscription panel are symbols of death and mortality, including crossbones and an hourglass. Sometimes grotesque, cat-like or human, the foliate face of the Green Man appears in many medieval churches across Britain. Only in post-Reformation Scotland does the Green Man appear as a gravestone ornament, copied from those in churches and abbeys. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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