Annals of the South African MuseumWest, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 1994 - Natural history |
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Page 136
After the coffin had been given benediction , the mourners departed , leaving it
alone in the empty cathedral until the funeral service in the afternoon . The coffin
was placed directly in the grave only when death had been due to disease or if
the ...
After the coffin had been given benediction , the mourners departed , leaving it
alone in the empty cathedral until the funeral service in the afternoon . The coffin
was placed directly in the grave only when death had been due to disease or if
the ...
Page 137
Thus the use of black vestments for funeral services is indicative of sadness and
mourning . The priest ... wore vestments of white , which is the sum of all colours ,
to signify the themes of joy , purity of soul and hope , in his homilies at funerals .
Thus the use of black vestments for funeral services is indicative of sadness and
mourning . The priest ... wore vestments of white , which is the sum of all colours ,
to signify the themes of joy , purity of soul and hope , in his homilies at funerals .
Page 141
AFTER THE FUNERAL Ritual actions to commemorate the dead in the period
after the funeral varied considerably , both in intensity and duration . Mourning ,
in the more prolonged sense , serves to stress the relationship between the living
...
AFTER THE FUNERAL Ritual actions to commemorate the dead in the period
after the funeral varied considerably , both in intensity and duration . Mourning ,
in the more prolonged sense , serves to stress the relationship between the living
...
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abbreviations Annals Antenna apical authors Barnard basal process Basilewsky bears no collection Branchipodopsis Cape Town close collection collection details dactyl death described designated distal distinct Distribution dorsal Durban examined fauna female figures flagellum followed funeral genus given headings Hesse HOLOTYPE illustrations included indicated inner internal joint Labelled type lateral LECTOTYPE length lines lobe locality male margin Marshall material median moderately Mountains Natal Note original outer Paramelita paratype peduncle Pella Pereopod Péringuey type placed positions present projection proximal Quarry ramus recorded references region relatives Reserve River rounded Salisbury sample Scale segment separates setae setose short similar Society South African Museum southern species Specimen bears spines suggests surface SYNTYPES Table type by Péringuey type label Uropod valve ventral