The definition for epitaph is that it "is a short text honoring a deceased person, strictly speaking that inscribed on their tombstone or plaque. Some are specified by the dead person beforehand, others chosen by those responsible for the burial. An epitaph may be in verse or poetry, but most epitaphs are brief records of the family, and perhaps the career, of the deceased, often with an expression of love or respect - "beloved father of ..." - but others are more ambitious. From the Renaissance to the 19th century in Western culture, epitaphs for notable people became increasingly lengthy and pompous descriptions of their family origins, career, virtues and immediate family, often in Latin."
The CD contains the transcribed and translated inscriptions from the monuments and gravestones of Salisbury Cathedral in Wiltshire as recorded in 1825.
High quality scanned images of the whole of the original book. This CD has been bookmarked for easy navigation, and pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
