If you're at a loose end today, the Govan Stones is having a free open day between 11am and 4pm. This includes an achaeological survey of the Govan Old Parish Churchyard which has a number of interesting gravestones, such as ones like this which feature memento mori, or reminders of death.

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Ranunculus, scabiosas, and chrysanthemums in their decline. #MementoMori #FridayFlowers #BloomScrolling

💀✨ Dans la chapelle Cornaro, à Rome, le marbre ne se contente pas d’être beau : il sait aussi être un peu dramatique.

Ces squelettes incrustés dans le sol ajoutent au décor baroque une présence à la fois élégante, macabre et étrangement vivante.
Le genre de détail qui rappelle que l’art religieux du XVIIe siècle aimait autant l’élévation spirituelle que les effets de scène.

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same ol yard,
different grave.

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A quotation from Alexander Smith

Your death and my death are mainly of importance to ourselves. The black plumes will be stripped off our hearses within the hour; tears will dry, hurt hearts close again, our graves grow level with the church-yard, and although we are away, the world wags on. It does not miss us; and those who are near us, when the first strangeness of vacancy wears off, will not miss us much either.

Alexander Smith (1830-1867) Scottish poet
Essay (1863), “Of Death and the Fear of Dying”, Dreamthorp

More about this quote: wist.info/smith-alexander/8321…

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Smith, Alexander - Essay (1863), "Of Death and the Fear of Dying", Dreamthorp | WIST Quotations

Your death and my death are mainly of importance to ourselves. The black plumes will be stripped off our hearses within the hour; tears will dry, hurt hearts close again, our graves grow level with the church-yard, and although we are away, the world wags on. It does not miss…

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