A quick lookup informs me that bats can be a symbol of rebirth (for the Chinese, apparently it's a symbol of prosperity) (so, rich undead?).
Fencing comes to mind as a way of asserting the important of the person or person's family, but it can also mean, I think, that the person is separate from the others buried nearby.
I got excited about a result that said, "The Irurac bat symbolized the political union of the three Basque provinces" but it turned out to be a picture on a flag with three hands joined.
Some kind of shields on the fencing - is that a rosette boss on the gate or an animal face? The cross is slightly different, too - different time period, or variation in culture?
The size seems very imposing as well. And how it's angled is so different -- so demanding of attention. Fascinating how much is indicated about a time and place by the details. Very intriguing once one stops taking "it's a grave" for granted and looking at those details and wondering.
Someone important, and I'd guess that either they cared how they were buried or those left behind cared a lot. That must have cost.
Do the chains fasten to the lid or top, as if to prevent vandalism/opening, or are they decorative and go to the side of the coffin? I can't quite tell.
And it was expected that someone would want access to that space -- would leave something in the bowl, and possibly clean the stone and weed the space.
Obviously memorializing graves is important there - I can see plaques and flowers on other graves. Yet this one, whoever it was and however important, looks forgotten.
It may mean nothing, but we give meaning to things in our imaginations or find meaning in cultural references, and once we starting nothing details I think there is something in us that wants them to have meaning. Haunting sort of photo.
oh dear. That was a very bad unintended pun, and I was so proud of myself for not using "taking it for 'granite'" earlier. lol
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Fencing comes to mind as a way of asserting the important of the person or person's family, but it can also mean, I think, that the person is separate from the others buried nearby.
I got excited about a result that said, "The Irurac bat symbolized the political union of the three Basque provinces" but it turned out to be a picture on a flag with three hands joined.
Some kind of shields on the fencing - is that a rosette boss on the gate or an animal face? The cross is slightly different, too - different time period, or variation in culture?
The size seems very imposing as well. And how it's angled is so different -- so demanding of attention. Fascinating how much is indicated about a time and place by the details. Very intriguing once one stops taking "it's a grave" for granted and looking at those details and wondering.
Someone important, and I'd guess that either they cared how they were buried or those left behind cared a lot. That must have cost.
Do the chains fasten to the lid or top, as if to prevent vandalism/opening, or are they decorative and go to the side of the coffin? I can't quite tell.
And it was expected that someone would want access to that space -- would leave something in the bowl, and possibly clean the stone and weed the space.
Obviously memorializing graves is important there - I can see plaques and flowers on other graves. Yet this one, whoever it was and however important, looks forgotten.
It may mean nothing, but we give meaning to things in our imaginations or find meaning in cultural references, and once we starting nothing details I think there is something in us that wants them to have meaning. Haunting sort of photo.
oh dear. That was a very bad unintended pun, and I was so proud of myself for not using "taking it for 'granite'" earlier. lol