On the Significance of the Hammer and other Tools depicted on Christian Funeral Inscritions. [From: Arctos, Vol. 10, 1976]. Acta Philologica Fennica.

Language: English

Published by Classical Association of Finland, 1976

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pp. 49-58. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of the ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Author's name handwritten on cover, otherwise a good and clean copy. - From the text: It is a well-known fact that tools and instruments delineated on pagan funeral stones could suggest the craft or profession of the defunct. This in part made up for the paucity of records of occupations in epitaphs. Tools and instruments were common on Christian funeral inscriptions, too. Here, however, their significance is more problematic. In Christian use, many a common tool may have acquired spiritual significance. Thus the balance, libra, could symbolize the Last Judgement, and iugum submission to the Christ. Even such a common article as the shoe could be suggestive of Christian ideas. One of the most-debated symbols is the ascia, which has baffled scholars for hundreds of years. In Christian material, the nearest guess may be that it functioned as a substitute for the cross, as a crux dissimulata. - Wikipedia: Iiro Ilkka Kajanto, född 7 juni 1925 i Raumo, död 30 december 1997 i Esbo, var en finländsk klassisk filolog. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

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Title
On the Significance of the Hammer and other Tools depicted on Christian Funeral Inscritions. [From: Arctos, Vol. 10, 1976]. Acta Philologica Fennica.
Author
Kajanto, Iiro:
Publisher
Classical Association of Finland
Publication year
1976
Condition
Gut
Binding
Reprint, stapled.
Language
English
Item weight
550 grams
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