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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/88732| Title: | Memento mori and vanitas elements in the funerary art at St John's |
| Authors: | Munro, Dane |
| Keywords: | St John’s Co-Cathedral (Valletta, Malta) Funeral rites and ceremonies Death in art |
| Issue Date: | 2004 |
| Publisher: | Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti |
| Citation: | Munro, D. (2004). Memento mori and vanitas elements in the funerary art at St John's. Treasures of Malta, 11(1), 67-72. |
| Abstract: | The eulogies and memento mori aspects engraved or sculpted in marble of the funerary monuments and slabs of the Knights of the Order of St John at St John's Co-Cathedral, the former Conventual Church of the Order, are meant to remind passers-by of their mortality and that they should prepare for the inevitable. In Western Christianity culture, living well and dying well were major achievements for each pious Christian. The Knights of St John were no exception, were they? |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/88732 |
| ISSN: | 1028-3031 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacEMATou |
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