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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 4h

Wow, just wow. As life and death just are, so nature just is <3

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 4h

Same for me, thank you for pointing to them.

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Church Monuments Society @churchmonuments.bsky.social · 13h

Today in #31DaysofGraves is Skeleton AND it's #MementoMoriMonday - so here is the very crudely carved cadaver effigy from St Dogmaels. Probably a prior or senior monk from the monastic community there.

Upper part of crudely carved cadaver effigy with shroud exposing face and ribs and clutched over lower part of torso

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Mach ich auch @machichauch.bsky.social · 11h

#31DaysOfGraves
12: Notable Woman
This grave in Kyôto ist supposed to be Murasaki Shikibu's. The author of Genji monogatari died prob. 1016. The location used to be temple ground and is today cared for by a neighbouring factory. She shares the space with calligrapher/poet Ono no Takamura (802-53).

Grave of Murasaki Shikibu in Kyôto: green enclosed space with a stone and the inscription, a small bowl before

Stone at the entrance to the graves to Murasaki Shikibu and Ono no Takamura: A stone, partly covered by green leaves and small flowers in pale violet colour, „murasaki“ in Japanese.

grey stone stele marking the grave of Ono no Takamura, a glass/plastic cup of water standing before. (Photos all by me 2015)

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Dr. Robyn S. Lacy ⚰️ @graveyardarch.bsky.social · 7h

Day 13, Skeleton: I couldn't resist using today to highlight the amazing Paris Catacombs! Created in former underground quarries below Paris, the Catacombs were established in the late 18th century. The first cemetery transfered there was the Cimetiere des Innocents, in April 1786.
#31daysofgraves

A stone plaque is set in the centre of a wall of human skulls and femurs in the Paris Catacombs. The plaque reads 'Ossements du Cimetiere des Innocents Deposés en Avril 1786'.

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 4h

Let's just ask to clear up any misunderstandings: did the badger drag out the bone to make more space in his home?

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 4h

...I'm just going to let this develop...

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 5h

Lol, you know it!

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 5h

There was a huge squirrel burying nuts ...

But I think that belongs to the graveyard team -- gotta get that work done!

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Karen @songthrush83.bsky.social · 13h

Day 13 of #31daysofgraves - skeleton. Here’s a view of the wall that divides the churchyard from the cemetery, taken in 2019. Many of the bones in both places share DNA with my own, and I always feel connected to my ancestors when I’m up here.

A photograph taken in Codnor cemetery, close to the wall that divides the cemetery from the churchyard. The wall runs through the centre of the picture, rising slightly diagonally to the right. On the left, in front of the wall, is a Victorian gravestone which is leaning forward slightly. Beyond the wall is Codnor church with a large yew tree standing in front of it. The ground in front of the wall is covered with ivy and fallen leaves.

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Professional Secret Keeper @secretkeepingpro.bsky.social · 1d

Day 12 of #31DaysofGraves - Notable Woman

Historically notable (Eliza Hamilton)
Notable to me (my mom)
Notable in that I wish I knew her (Diane) - everybody dies but she lived

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 1d

Since it's Sunday, one more for #31DaysOfGraves, notable women
- a picture of Haworth Churchyard, resting place of Charlotte and Emily Brontë. It's a beautiful spot, but the photo gives an idea of how crowded it is - apparently somewhere in the region of 40,000 souls lie here, in quite a small plot

Haworth graveyard, Yorkshire. Ranks of gravestones among trees.

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 13h

So who gets it?

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 13h

These truly are the most notable of women.

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thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · 1d

#31daysofgraves day 12 notable woman. My gg grandmother Maria Elizabeth Tavendale (nee Coveny), Waimangaroa, West Coast, #nz. She came here from #Liverpool as an assisted immigrant in 1878, age 19. She had 11 children, the youngest born 1900 (age 41). William died in 1901, so she raised them alone.

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Remember It - Recuérdalo @recuerdalo.bsky.social · 18h

Remains of a #grave in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Brindisi. #31daysofgraves 13. Skeleton (not quite, but the closest I could get) #funeraryart #memorial #photography #taphophile.

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 13h

Doesn't that make it a Momento Mori (Day 31)?

I soo wanted skull and crossbones to mean it's a pirate grave, but I'm just a silly swashbuckler at heart!

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 13h

With a bonus wasp!

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Friends of Wombwell Cemetery @fowcemetery.bsky.social · 14h

Day 13: Skeleton. #31DaysOfGraves

No skeletons on headstones that we know of, so we present some skeleton trees.

A tall, thin tree without its leaves against the blue sky, with some of the cemetery towards the bottom.

The large, thick trunked cherry blossom without its leaves. It sits on a corner with paths at either side.

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Eine rosa Rose @einerosarose.bsky.social · 17h

#31DaysofGraves
Tag 13: Skelett / Skeleton
Grabmalmuseum.
Friedhof Ohlsdorf, Hamburg.

Blick auf ein historischen Grabmal mit einem moosbewachsenem Schädel. Der Schädel liegt oben auf einem runden Stein-Gefäß. Dieses ist beschriftet. Die Schrift ist anber nicht mehr lesbar. Ebenfalls in dem Moos ein Schädel eines kleinen Vogels.

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Donna Martina @donnamartina.bsky.social · 14h

#31DaysOfGraves Tag / Day 13: Skelett / Skeleton

Abbildung von Skeletten finden sich selten in der deutschen Sepulkralkultur.

Das ist das einzige Beispiel, das ich gefunden habe: Ein halber Totenkopf.

Ein in eine Rasenfläche eingelassenes Grab, nur markiert durch den grauen Grabstein aus Granit und am Fußende des Grabes durch eine Steinplatte mit zwei erhabenen Fußabdrücken aus dem gleichen Stein.
Der Grabstein selbst ist wie ein Kopf aus einer mesoamerikanischen Kultur gestaltet. Es ist eine kurze, Säule, oben flach, in der ein Gesicht hineingehauen wurde. Hier allerdings ist die Hälfte des Gesichtes ein Totenkopf, die andere Hälfte lebendig.
Auf der kurzen Säule steht eine kleine Tonlaterne und eine Flasche Bier.

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 14h

I love that he is (his bones are) sitting on Death like he's on a space hopper!

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stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social · 14h

#31DaysOfGraves Day 13 Skeleton

Right order! Nothing to see here!

All our skeletons are in their appropriate place, underground, and no amount of trick or treating is going to bring them out.

Here's a lovely shot of the long avenue instead.

St John's #Graveyard, #Nelson, #Lancashire.

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Vikki @vikki-emma.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 12 - notable women.

OK, so mine is only notable to a handful of people, but she is to me, so in my book it counts! My Granny. The woman that had more impact on my formative years than anyone else. Sometimes in ways she didn't intend...

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Jane Harris Janealogy @janejanealogy.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves - 12 Notable woman. The lonely grave of Betty Corrigall on the border of the parishes of Walls and Hoy #Orkney in my #OnePlaceStudy #NorthWallsAndBrims Notable now for the sadness and poignancy of her story Read more here: www.scottish-places.info/features/fea...

A white gravestone (fibreglass actually) surrounded by a white picket fence tiny against a backdrop of brown heather and hills.

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