Aberlady churchyard. Inscription illegible. Winged cherub at top of stone, cornucopia beneath. Skull and single bone between figures of sower and reaper.
SC 564916
Description Aberlady churchyard. Inscription illegible. Winged cherub at top of stone, cornucopia beneath. Skull and single bone between figures of sower and reaper.
Catalogue Number SC 564916
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of EL 6472
Scope and Content 'Sower and Harvester' stone, Aberlady churchyard, East Lothian The inscription on this stone is now illegible, and its date and dedication are unknown, though the carvings imply this to be the memorial of a farmer. Surmounting the stone, a winged cherub symbolises the soul's ascent to heaven. The figures at the bottom of the stone are the Sower (left) and the Reaper (right), a favourite of farmers in the Lothians. Between are emblems signifying death and mortality. The Sower and Harvester scene is an allusion to the Biblical quotation 'What man sowing precious seed and going forth doth mourn' as well as being a graphic allusion to farming life. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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