{"id":44,"date":"2016-07-22T15:46:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T14:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/phddigitisation\/?p=44"},"modified":"2016-07-22T15:46:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T14:46:43","slug":"cemeteries-in-the-60s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/phddigitisation\/2016\/07\/22\/cemeteries-in-the-60s\/","title":{"rendered":"Cemeteries in the 60’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iron Age burial excavated\u00a0at Ch\u00e2lons-sur-Marne, France (<\/span>Ritchie: 1968)<\/span><\/p>\n

Highlights from the PhD digitisation project<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

Exploring the theme of cemeteries and memorials\u00a0showcases some of the most visually rich and striking theses that we have seen thus far in our digitisation project. <\/span><\/span>This selection\u00a0of works date from the 1960\u2019s\u00a0a period\u00a0throughout which we see an increase in topics drawn from the Humanities and Social Sciences. The images collated here come from theses discussing\u00a0subjects\u00a0raging from\u00a0martyred saints\u00a0to housing development and time periods\u00a0from the Iron Age\u00a0to 1967.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Discovery of the relics of St. Luke the evangelist in the church of the Holy Apostles (Vat. Grec. 1613, p.121; Powell: 1963)<\/span><\/p>\n

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One such fascinating subject is the depiction of the treatment and burial of martyred saints in the Byzantine era. These images are drawn from the thesis by Ann Powell (1963) entitled \u201cByzantine landscape painting, with special reference to the Illustrations of the Monologian of Basil II, Vat. Grec. 1613\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Funeral of St Matthew (Symeon), (Vat Grec. 1613 p186; Powell: 1963)<\/span><\/p>\n

The history and culture of Scotland also features prominently.\u00a0Another gem discusses the period of the\u00a014<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup><\/span> to 17<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup> centuries including images of the cemeteries and tombs found in Ayrshire (Largs, Skelmorlie Aisle) and Perthshire (Grantully). As part of this work (MR Apted\u2019s, 1964, \u201cpainting in Scotland from the 14<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup> to the 17<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup> centuries with particular reference to painted domestic decoration 1550-1650) the interior\u00a0design of this period is recorded with painstaking detail.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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St Mary\u2019s, <\/span>Grandtully\u00a0(Apted: 1963)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Skelmorlie Aisle, Largs (Apted: 1964)<\/span><\/p>\n

The Montgomerie tomb, Skelmorlie Aisle (Apted: 1964)<\/span><\/p>\n

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A thesis on Celtic weaponry delivers stunning images of burials and funerary stele, from Iron Age France (depicted above) to Roman Britain (below): G Ritchie, 1968, \u201cCeltic defensive weaponry in Britain and its continental background\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Wroxeter (Shropshire) Roman grave stele (Ritchie: 1968)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Colchester Essex, Roman grave stele (Ritchie 1968)<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally moving all the way from the 1st century AD we reach Edinburgh\u2019s rural fringe development between 1850-1967, in:\u00a0AJ <\/span><\/span>Strachan, 1969, “The rural-urban fringe of Edinburgh 1850-1967”.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0In this case\u00a0we\u00a0see cemeteries rather oddly paired with recreational areas such as parks, golf course and sports grounds. The darker areas reflect housing developments over time. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The development of cemeteries and recreational spaces between 1850 and 1967.<\/span>(Strachan: 1969)<\/span><\/p>\n

The theses selected here have been scanned and are currently being processed to\u00a0be made available online soon.\u00a0They\u00a0take us on a journey through the development of research in the\u00a0Humanities and Social Sciences from 1963 to 1969, but what will the 70\u2019s bring us? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Make sure to follow our next adventure\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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