Location
St Mary's Graveyard
Banff, Banffshire
OS Map Reference
NJ 690 640
Date
1636
Description
A fine recumbent figure tomb set in a gabled enclosure, the Medieval meets the Renaissance in a particularly Scots idiom. There is an interesting central motif below the figure of corn springing from bones. The wild boar in the crest is extremely rotund and has something almost oriental in its design. Inscriptions: (motto at top) Dominus fecit. (main plaque) An. Dom. 1636. Positum a Georgio Baird de Aucbmedden praeposito Burgi de Bamff in honors Dei & in memorii praedicessoru quorum corpora in die resurrectionis . hic sepulta jacent.(underneath with memento mori) G. B. Mors sceptra ligonibus aequans. Spes altera vitae. Coelum non solvm quaero.
Related Information
Scheduled ancient monument St. Mary's Churchyard, contains an outstanding collection of monumental sculpture, many of which display symbols of mortality. Erected in 1471 this medieval church was demolished in 1797, with only the vaulted South/ Banff Isle remaining,which is the burial vault of the Ogilvy family.
Era
1600s
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Categories
Iconography
- dog or hound
- heraldic motifs
- memento mori
- plant
- recumbent human figure
- sword
- wild boar
External Links
Photographer
- David Watson Hood
Unavailable Data
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