This compact handbook enables users to quickly and accurately read Latin epitaphs in churches, no matter what their knowledge of the language is. John Parker has reproduced the text of 52 church memorials in Latin, and this edition is illustrated with photographs of eight of the epitaphs, providing explanatory captions that help contextualize each inscription. With an introduction that discusses the conventions of lettering, abbreviations, Latinized personal names, and stock phrases found on these memorial stones,Reading Latin Epitaphsis not only a volume for ecclesiastical scholars or historians, but an excellent tool for travelers and architecture enthusiasts as well. Giving readers all the tools they need to decipher these texts, Parker has included a very brief Latin grammar that lays out the basics of the language in a clear and concise fashion, and notes on Roman numerals and dates. A glossary of all the words found in the included epitaphs, as well as additional words often found in inscriptions, rounds out this indispensible guide.
John Parkeris a retired teacher and author of three other books:Crossnumbers;The Platonic Solids; andAd Hoc, Ad Lib, Ad Nauseum.
Introduction
Acknowledgements
A Brief Latin Grammar
Dates
The 52 Epitaphs
1. Westminster Abbey
2. Offwell
3. St Thomas, Exeter
4. Mamhead
5. Manaton
6. Staverton
7. Teigngrace
8. Ottery St Mary
9. St Martin’s, Exeter
10. St Saviour’s, Dartmouth
11. Thorverton
12. Morchard Bishop
13. St Saviour’s, Dartmouth
14. St Olave’s, Exeter
15. Exeter Cathedral
16. St Martin’s, Exeter
17. Colyton
18. St Mary Arches, Exeter
19. Exeter Cathedral
20. Sidbury
21. Totnes
22. Axmouth
23. Dunsford
24. Salcombe Regis
25. St John, Exeter
26. Shobrooke
27. Otterton
28. Ottery St Mary
29.lsÓ
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