View of gravestone of Jean Ramsay, 1769. Digital image of AN 6568

Description View of gravestone of Jean Ramsay, 1769. Digital image of AN 6568

Date 1990

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

Catalogue Number SC 795018

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of AN 6568

Scope and Content View of gravestone of Jean Ramsay, St Fergus's Church and Burial Ground, Glamis, Angus This shows the gravestone with its large winged soul with a halo (top), an emblem of the spirit of ascending to Heaven (indicated by two stars). Two large Corinthian pilasters flank a heraldic shield surrounded by 'mantling' (leafy plumes) and surmounted by a helmet. At the base of the stone is a strange representation of a skull (symbol of death) shown in profile. Scottish gravestones feature a wealth of imagery and symbolic devices which represent trade emblems, symbols of death and resurrection, and Biblical scenes. They offer a fascinating insight into how our ancestors saw themselves and how they wanted to be remembered, as well as providing a store of information for people interested in family or local history, and folk art. This gravestone commemorates Jean Ramsay, who died in 1766. It is inscribed: 'ERECTED BY/DAVID LINDSAY MASON IN GLAMMIS/& JEAN RAMSAY HIS SPOUSE IN MEMORY/OF THEIR DAUGHTER JEAN WHO DIED/24th NOVEMBER 1766 AGED 22 YEARS'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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