THE FRIENDS OF MOUNT HOPE CEMETERYVol 21 No.4 FALL 2001

THE MAN WHOBROUGHT FRANKLLOYD WRIGHT TOROCHESTER

by Ric/wrd O. Reisem

Edward Everell Boynton was a

Rochester lantern salesman. whohired Frank Lloyd Wright from near­

ly it thousand miles away [0 design a house

for him. brought Wright [0 Rochester from

Chicago. and paid $50.000 in 1908 (a

princely sum at the lime) for a

substantial house set in elabo­

rate gardens on fOUT cily lots,

all for two people to live in.

himself and his young daughter.

Up 10 that time. Boynton

lived comfortably in a fine.

middle-class. traditional houseal 44 Vick Park B. It all seems

an unexpected and expensiveleap for a 51-year~old lantern

salesman.

Boynton was known

around town as a gregarious

salesman. He was married toHattie Edna Huntoon. who was

born in 1857. the s:une year asEdward Everctt Boynton was born. Their

first child was born on May 16, 1882 and

named Ethel Louise. She died a month-and­

a-half latcr on luly 26. Their second child.

another girl and named Bessie May. was

born on May 18. 1886. She also died in one­and-a-half months on luly 27. 1886. But

Bessie May had a twin sister. Beulah. who

lived to become part of this story. On lune

30.1891. the Boyntons had a son. PercyTrue. who Iivcd a year-and-a-half. dying on

December27. 1892. Then. Boynton's wifedied on April 13. 1900 at agc 43 years. elim­

inating all of Boynton's family except his

daughter. Beulah. After all of these deaths,

she reported years later that "my father had

no other hobbies but me:'

Boynton's business was lanterns. a

salesman of lanterns. He was. however, a

lantern salesman at a particularly interesting

lime. There were lanterns fueled by oil.

lamps operated by illuminating gas. and Ihe

beginnings of the dramatic switch to elec­

tricily. Lantern manufacturers made locomo­

tive and carriage headlights. railroad and

ship lanterns. signal and tail lamps. and gas­fueled street lamps. By the turn of lhe centu­

ry, elcctricily beg:m to replace them 311. A

lantern salesm3n with contracts to fill the

illumination needs of all1omobile. locomo-

The £dl\'unl £venm Boyntoll family mOllll­

men/ ill Range 3. Lot 210. MOllnl Hope

Cemelery. Photo by Frank A. Gillespie.

tive. and ship manufacturers provided an

ample incomc. BtU to win contracts to

rcplace the g3S street lamps of entire cities

3nd "illages with electric lighl was enor­

mously lucrative.

[t is reasonable to assume that Edward

Everell Boynton. with his chann and busi­

ness acumen. was 3 superior salesman and

his income superior as well. So in 1907.

Boynton decided to leave his Vick Park B

house and its sad memories and build a new

home for himself and his 21-year-old daugh-

tcr. Beulah. He first considered hiring loc31

architect Claude Bragdon. But he had a

hlntern company associate in Chicago.Warren McAnhur. who had engaged a

young architect. Frank Lloyd Wright. to

design his home in 1892. and Boymon. onseeing it. was also persuaded to hire Wright.

In 1907. Frank Lloyd Wright W3S 38

YC3rs old 3ml had designed dozens of housesmostly in the Chicago area. Hc had nevcr

acccpted a residential commission as far east

as Rochester. But he came and helpedEdward and Beulah Boynton selcct a site.

Wright's houses were 101'.'­

lying with l10ming horizontal

forms. shallow hip roofs, deeply

overhanging eaves. broad chim­

neys. 3IId long ribbons of lead­

ed casement windows th3t were

shielded from the sun's glare by

the deep eaves. To Wright. Ihese

houses suited the wide open.

br03d. sweeping, nat prairies of

the midwest. Rochester was not

exactly prairie country. But on

what is now East Boulevard.

there was only one house :l1the

time. and the view to the south

had Cobbs Hill in the back­

ground. The Erie Canal passed a

shan distance 3way where 1-490

travels tod3Y. Boynton bought four city lots

on the cast side of the street. The lots

extended to Park Avenue on the south ,lI1d a

full block cast to Hawthorne Street. This

provided space for an expansive garden with

a renecting pool and tennis couns. The

house was situated near the nonh end of this

substantial city estate th3t made do as a

prairie setting.

Within the five-year period from 1905

to 1910. in which the Boynton House was

designed and built. Frank Lloyd Wright also

designed 40 other Prairie style houses. most­ly in the midwest and none fanher east than

Rochester. Boynton's house remains the

easternmost Pmirie style house that Wright

EPITAPH

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Pounded in 1850, the University ofRochester has always maintainedclose ties with MI. Hope Cemetery.

Many UR faculty and alumni rest through­out Mt. Hope, undisturbed within its deeprepose, and the university's move 10 theRiver Campus in the 1930s strengthenedboth the physical and spiritual bonds with its

peaceful neighbor. Such a relationshipbetween a cemetery and a university datesback at lcast to 1796 and the founding of theNew Haven (Connecticut) Burial Groundwith its Yale University section. This markedan importantlfallSilion in burial practice,which moved from the churchyards to inde­pendent private and, later. public cemeteries.

Sections were still allotted to religious con­gregations. but other important forms ofidentity were also recognized in sectionsdedicated to families, occupations, and insti­tutions of higher education. In keeping withthis practice. the University of Rochestersoon purchased a section of Ml. HopeCemetery dedicated to its students. alumni,

and faculty.

In 1939, Edward Everett Boynton diedat age 82 years in New York City and wasburied in his family lot in Mount HopeCemetery, Range 3. Lot 2 IO. ncar the cornerof Forest and Evergreen avenues. His daugh­

ter, Beulah Boynton. died in New York Cit)'on March 29. 1974, and is buried inlhesame lot. Miss Boynton was 87 years old.

dens, reflecting pool. fountains, and tenniscoum were gone, and Wright's jewel wasnow flanked by houses of uninspired design.He expressed incredulity at the bad taste ofthese changes. But what truly horrified himwas that the clean lines and plain surfaceshad been unforgivably dcfaccd with exteriorgullers and downspouts that had replaced hisoriginal interior roof drainage system. [n hisrage. he rose from his seat and banged hishead against the roof of the taxi andshrieked. "They've wrapped conductor pipes

around my plane surfaces! They havedestroycd my house!"

On November 14, 1932, Frank LloydWright. then 63 years old, came toRochester to deliver a lecture at theMemorial Art Ga11ery. The director of thegallery. Gertrude Moore. picked him up in ataxi at the train station. Their first visit was

to the house on East Boulevard that he haddesigned 25 years earlier. The formal gar-

n,e Edward Everell BOYlltoll HOl/se at /6 East BOlllcwu'd was dt'!iigl1ed

by America s foremost (lrr:;hileC/. Frank Uoyd Wright.

Photo by Frank A. Gillespie.

designed. By 1910. he had designed 120Prairie style houses, about 90 of which sur­vive.

Edward and Beulah Boynton lived lux­uriouslyat 16 East Boulevard for a decade.until 1918. when Edward was 61 years oldand retired from his sales poSition. Theymoved to New York City and bought atownhouse at 15 East 63rd Street.Meanwhile, their house in Rochester stoodvacant for three years before it was pur­chased. After several owners, the house wasacquired by the Landmark Society ofWestern New York, which sold it with

covenants to protect both its exterior andinterior, including the original Wright­designed furniture now owned by theLandmark Society. The house became a citylandmark in 1969 and is still a private resi­

dence today.

Wright was 38 years old when he

designed the Boynton House. In 1906. hehad just completed the Darwin D. MartinHouse in Buffalo, which has an open planallowing a free flowof space betweenrooms and from theinterior to the exterior.He continued thisapproach. perhaps abit more conservative­ly, in the BoyntonHouse, but still with

rooms that were partof a continuous spa­tial flow. often elimi­nating doors between

them and wideningthe openings. Thehouse has 220 leaded­glass windows withmore than 4.0<X.lpieces of glass in the

dining room alone.

Beulah Boymon and Wright got alongfamously - not always the case for Wrightwith his cliems. At her request. Wrightdesigned six-foot-wide drawers. so thiltBeulah could store her long gowns withoutfolding them. When the whole project wascompleted in 1908, the price tag wasbetween $45.000 and $50,000.

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The earliest UR intennent in Mt. Hopewas that of a student, George Ide Newell (b.

1830). who died of "monificalion:' known

today as gangrene. He was buried on July 6.

1852. twO weeks before the University offi­

cially completed the purchase of the section.

Early records indicate that the UR Board of

Trustees had begun considering the acquisi­

tion of a plot the year before, and perhaps as

a result of Newell's death. they made the

decision to purchase the section. which was

formally approved by the City of Rochesteron July 21,1852. The title deed reads:

"Know all men by these presents. that

the City of Rochester. in considerJtion of

ninety six dollars. to them in hand paid bythe University of Rochester the receipt

whereof is hereby acknowledged. do hereby

grallt ilnd cOllvey to the said The University

of Rochester. their successors and assigns.

all of that cenain lot of 13nd in the Mount

Hope Cemetery. numbered five hundred and

thiny six (536) in Section 0 containing six·teen hundred (1600) square feet. on the plan

of said cemelery made by the City Surveyor.

and deposited with the Clerk of said City, to

be used as a place for the burial of lhe dead.

and for no other purpose. except for thosepurposes properly connected with the buri31

of the dead. subject to such ordinances as

may from time to time be made by the said

Common Council. for the genernl regulation

of said cemetery. and improvement of the

same. and the restrictions they may impose

upon said lot. as to the mode or manner in

which the same may be improved. subject

only to the rules and regulations established

by the Board of Superintendents: but noth·

ing in :lI1Y such ordinances. rules or regula­

tions. Sh:lll defeat the fee hereby grnnted of

said 101. for lhe purpose aforesaid. or subject

to the owner of the same to any tax or

assessment for the improvement thereof. or

for any other purpose: to ha\'e and to hold

the said above granted premises to said

University. their successors and assigns for­ever, with the privileges and subject 10 the

conditions and restrictions above men·tioned:'

The University of Rochester section is

marked by eight granite posts. each bearingthe initials "UR:" originally. the section was

to have a low fence. as well. Curremly. there

are fifteen intennents. including one marked

by an unreadable weathered stone beside

George Ide Newell. Cemetery and universityrecords indicate that lhis is the grave of

Julius or Juslice Becker. a student at the

Rochester Theological Seminary. who died

of typhoid fever in 1865. the )eaT of his

gradual ion. Also dying from typhoid thatsame year .....as George A. NOit (Class of

1869) and. three years later. Wilgus H. Non

(d. 1868). While the l:mer was not a student

at UR. he was buried next to his older broth­

er. until both \\ ere removed by a third broth·

er. that they might all rest together in a fami­

ly plot established elsewhere in Mt. Hope. In

Marlin 8. Anderson was thefirtj/ pre.fidelll

of the Ultil'ersilY of Hoche.fler.

Phalo courtes), Rllsh Rhus Library.

UlIiI'ersilY oj Hodll!sler.

the same row of StudentS is the grnve of

Lewis Taylor Morgan. Class of 1872. who

died in 1869. and an unmarked grn\'e for the

cremains of\Villiam David Kim. buried

October 13. 1967. \Villiam died al 5 days of

age of "hypoxia during deli\ery:'

These individuals rest at the west end

of the UR seclion. while more illustrious

residents may be found at the section·s east

end fronting Fifth Avenue. Among them are

Marlin Brewer Anderson ([SI5-1890). the

first president of the university. serving from

1853 until I88S. A Baptist minister and clas­

sicist. Anderson was lhe first to declare theunivenily·s dedication to both leaching and

research: "No man can teach with vigor

unless he keeps his mind hot with aclion in

making original in\'cstigations:' Buried

immediately to the SOUID of him are his

wife. Eli7.abeth M. Anderson (d. 1890), and

his father. Martin Anderson (1789-1875). Allare commcmoraled with white marble

Slones.

Also in the same row is the grave of

Lucy Lee Call (IS82·1961). one of the origi·

nal members of Ihe voice faculty at the

Easllll:m School of Music. A member of theMetropolitnll Opera Company from 1905.

Ms. Call came to Rochester ill 1919. begin.

ning her teaching career that would span

thiny years. The small marble stone to the

south of Lucy Lee Call's granite marker is

that of Yolande Edith King. buried March

29.1918. This little girl died at the age of Iyear. 4 months from pneumonia. At that

lime. Yolande was the only daughter of

Edilh and James Percival King, who was a

professor of Gennan at the University. Her

epitaph from Isaiah 40: II reads: "He shall

gather the lambs in his arms. he will cany

them in his bosom:·1lJe lamb is the most

common symbol adorning the graves of chil­

dren in Mt. Hope Cemelery. suggesling their

innocence and. in this case. their protection

and salvation with God. the compassionate

shepherd.

The southeast ponion of the UR seclion

was transferred to anOlher university presi­

delll. Rush Rhees. for use as a family plot in

1934. Rush Rhees (1860-1939) was lhe uni­

vcrsity's third president. from 1900-1935.

Under his adminiSlrntion. the Eastman

School of Music and the School of Medicine

and Dentistry .....ere established. He was alsoa strong supporter of the university's college

for women founded in 1914. In 1931. the

Ri\'cr Campus was dedicated. and in recog­nilion of Rhees' achie\'ements. lhe main

library was named in honor of him. In front

of lhe Rhees rose granite family monument

are small nat stones marking the graves of

Rush Rhces. his wife. Harriet Seelye Rhl"CS(1866-1949), and their son. Morgan John

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Rhces (1900-1941; Class of 1921). a physi.

ciano who died prematurely of rheumaticfever.

A more recent stone in the UR sectionis that of F. Eugenia Smith (1912-1992). amember of the Class of 1933. After gradua­tion with BA and M.A. degrees in history,Smith went on to serve as a Naval lieutenantin WWll and later worked for the C.I.A. She

Rush Rhees lI'as lilt' t/rinl presidem of t/re

Uni\'ersity of ROc!le.fler.

Photo courtesy Rush Hhee.f Library.

Ulli\'er~'ity of Rochester.

was also a teacher and dean of women atMonticello College in Alton. Illinois.

Finally. a stone of gray granite marks theresting place of Dr. George L. Engel (1913­1999) and his wife E\'elyn L. En~e1 (1912­1998). George Engel was a prominent URpsychiatrist who pioneered the biopsychoso­cial model in medicine.

Tod:ly. space remains for twenty·fiveadditional graves in the UniverSity ofRochesler section. located in Section 0 onFifth Avenue. The site is a twenty-minutewalk from the River Campus on a fair day

and. over the years. lnembers of the uni\'er-

sity have gone there to pay their respects. asdid John N. Wilder in 1851. Wilder (1814­1858) .....as a generous benefactor of the uni­\·ersity. being one of the t.....eh·e foundingtrustees. and he fOfC\er linked theUniversity of Rochester to MI. HopeCemetery in his "Rochester: A Poem"(1857):

Immortal nowers. perennialand bright.Strew all your pathway tothe .....orld of light:And science. Art and pureReligion .....eepAbo\'e the gra\'es wheretheir true guardians sleep.From those Im'ed graves, by

faith and reason led.Tra\'erse \lo'e now the city of

the dead.Beneath thy sacred shades.on hill and slope.Nestle loved fomlS. onceOUTS. now thine. MountHope.And we have laid lhcm inthy sweet relreatWhere rugged glen and

pleasant valley meet:Where the four seasons all

their offerings bring.From t"arliesl summer torctuming spring.

(Note: Prof. Th. Emil Homerin is pro­

fessor of religion and chair of the Religionand Classics Depanmcnt of the Universityof Rochester. Michael Hell is head of infor­mation systems. Miner Library. Universityof Rochester. and a fonner student at theuni\'ersity in Prof. Homerin's course.··Speaking Stones." They wish to thankShirley Rickt"r. Reference. and Melissa

Mead and Nancy Martin. Rare Books. RushRhees Library, University of Rochester. and

Friends of Mount Hope CerTlelery trusteeFrank Gillespie for their assistance with thisarticle.)

SYMBOLS IN MOUNTHOPE CEMETERY

by Richard O. Reisem

pharos by Frail!: A. Gillespie

By the time Mount Hope Cemeteryopened in 1838, the skull and cross­bones and olher symbols depicting

death as the grim reaper had been aban­doned. Even the places of burials in the19th-century were no longer referred to asgraveyards or burial grounds as our Puritanforefmhers called them: now they werecemeteries. which is an ancient Greek wordfor donnitories. where loved ones resteduntil they were resurrected and called to!lea\'en.

In the 19th-century Victorian age,Americans adopted the romanticism andsentimentalism that had been growing inEngland and on the European continent.Demh was equated with benign sleep under

the protectiOn of:'l. benevolent Providence.rather than as a possible route to hell.

Cemeteries were a different kind ofplace from graveyards and burial grounds.They were rural places of natural beautywith groves of trees. water features. greenlawns. and winding roads· places that wefCinviting for a walk and for meditation.Philosophers in England and France viewednature as a holy place capable of eliciting aspiritual response within the soul of a visi­tor. Cemeteries allempted to duplicate thecoulllry. and a walk in the country was oftenconsidered the equivalent of going to

church.

Tombstones also changed in thisromantic Victorian age. Epitaphs in earlyNew England burial grounds typically car­

ried messages of grim resignation and loss.like this one:

"Come near my friends and castan eye;

Then go your way. prepare to die.Learn here your doom. and knowyou mustOne day like me be tumed 10

dust."

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This is a leftover message from an ear­lier time on the tombstone of WilliamNoms. who died April 7. 1859, aged 30years. It is located in Range l. Lot 125.Mount Hope Cemetery.

Now consider the epitaph on the tomb­stone of Henry Lee Selden. who died in1858 and is buried in Section G of MountHope Cemetery. The verse here is typical ofVictorian sentimentality:

"He is nOl dead. this child of ouraffection.But gone unto that school.Where he no longer needs ourpoor protection.And Christ himself doth rule."

NO! only epitaphs changed in the 19thcentury. but the carved symbols on graniteand marble tombstones changed as well tomore romantic motifs. The willow-tree-and­urn design (both Greek symbols of mourn·ing). which was introduced in the late

17005. led the change. The skull became acherub. Angels (messengers between Godand man) and anchors (representing hope)

decorated family monuments. The stemnOlion that all sin would be punished wasreplaced by a belief that sin could be forgiv­en and good deeds and righteousness wouldbe rewarded.

In order for a gravestone symbol toreceive widespread understanding. the sym­bolic fonllS hud 10 have a cert3in degree ofunivers31ity with the values. beliefs. andlastes of the society at that time. In manycases. the carved representations were bor­rowed from antiquity. particularly theEgypti3n. Greek. and Rom3n civilizations.American Victori3ns studied and admiredthese ancient cultures and held 3 deep fond­

ness for them. Witness the names bestowedon just a few upstate New York cities.towns. villages. and hamlets: Troy. Ithaca.Palmym. Ionia. Spana. Attica. Macedon.Aristotle. and IlOIlO forget Rochester's con­

tiguous suburb. Greece.

One monument in Mount HopeCemetery that stands out with its interestingcan'ed symbols is the George HumphreyMumford family monument in Section V.

just north of the Ellwanger mOl1ument. It is

the first large memorial encountered insidethe iron fencing. George HuntingtonMumford (1805-1871) attended HamiltonCollege and then Union College. where hereceived an A.B. degree in 1824. He came toRochester in 1825 to prJctice law with hisbrother William Woolsey Mumford. marriedAnne Elizabeth Hart in 1836. and was aprominent local anomey. who was alsoacth'e in community affairs. an officer ofse\'eral banks. and helped to finance the st.anof Western Union Telegmph Company.

His oldest son was George HartMumford (1840-1875). who received hislaw degree from Harvard Unh'ersily in 1861and from 1862 served in the Ci\'il War as a1st lieutenanl in the 18th New York LightArtillery. After lhe WUf. his f.ather sent himto California to work in the Western Union

office there. He married Sarah Dana in SanFrancisco in 1867. At the age of 26. he

became president of the California StateTelegraph Company and superintendent oflheir telegraph Jines. At the time of his deathat .age 35 years. he was vice-president andsuperintendent of the eastern division ofWestern Union. He died while on a business

trip in Paris.

The Mumford memorial also commem­orates five additional children of George andAnne Mumford: Helen Elizabeth. CharlesElihu. Mary Louise, Fmnces Isabel. andHenrietta SaltonstaJl Mumford.

On the four sides of the Mumfordmemorial. at about eye level. are four inter­esting symbols:

Bellnowers tied in a ribbon symbolizeconstancy. steadfastness in loyalty. and faith­fulness.

BUllerfly represents the resurrection ofChrisl and. by extension. the regenemtion ofhuman life and a new life that is more com­

plete and beautiful in heaven. This carvingis not a particularly realistic representationof a butterfly, but despite the carver's styl.

ization. it is still thought to be of the orderLepitoptem. which includes bUllerflies andmoths.

Winged Hourglass has for many agesbeen used as a message of man's fleetingtime on earth and the uncert.ainty of ourmortal future. As we say in Latin. "tempusfugit.'· time nies.

Snake with its tail in its mouth. 11lesnake is often associated with death. but asnake with its tail in its mouth is the symbolof eternity. Here. the serpent. representingdeath. is combined with the circle. whichme.ans no beginning and no end. eternity.resurrection.

Enn D. Vaughan died on August 17.1875 at the age of 43 years. 9 months. and12 days. His tombstone is a simple marblecolonial tablet in Range 2 along OakAvenue. Can'ed into an ov.al recess is apointing finger:

Index finger pointing upward trans·lales 10 "gone home:' that is. to heaven. 1be

person memorialized here has depaned. Heis no longer on eanh but in hea\'en with

Jesus.

A number of monuments in MoontHope Cemetery carry the interesting winged

orb symbol. One appears on Geneml JacobGould's Egyptian style mausoleum just tothe right of the old chapel at the northentrance. Each of the four faces of the tallFiremen's monument in Section BB alsohave an elegantly carved winged orb. some­times called winged sun disk. The symbol isrooted in Egyptian mythology. It was theirsymbol of divine protection and blessing:

Winged orb represelllS divine protec­tion and lhe power to recreate life afterdeath. It was a popular symbol in the ancient

Egyptian civilization. The orb. or sphere.with the auached wings. therefore. stands

for resurrection.

A bronze plaque on the Odd Fellowsmonument along Grove Avenue in SectionBB depicts a banner with a bas relief do\'e

emerging from its face:

[)o\'c represents peace. forgiveness. and

purity. When il is a descending dove. it

becomes the trnditional symbol of the HolySpirit.

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Not all symbols in Mount Hope

Ccmelery ha\'c religious meanings. Onefamily plO! that is rich in S&ular symbols is

that of Noah Coming, a prominentRochester physician. Dr. Noah Coming's

headstone con13ins the physician's marl:

flanked by a laurel branch (achie\'ement)

and an ook branch (strength). Daughter Lucy

Augusta's stone incorporates an artisl's

palenc: daughter Clarissa Helen's, a lyre:

and son Edward's headstone is a little stonehouse with a hip roof. The daughters' prima­

ry interests. :lM and music. are obvious. Son

Edward. however. was a banker. so a solid

stone building. howe\'er miniature. with

classical details may appropriately representa bank. Son William Coming shares a monu­

ment with his wife Lucy Rich. It is sur­

mounted by a scroll-like open book design,

"hich symbolizes wisdom. William. a suc­

cessful b:lnkcr. was interested in education

and founded the Webstcr Academy.

1.A1Urel branch symbolizes special

llchievcmcnt. distinction, success, and tri­

umph.

Oak branch represents strength, stead­

fastness. and honor.

Open book symboli7.es wisdom.

Bellflowers symbolize {;OIlS/(I/ICY.

HII/terj/y repreJell/s reSllrrrctiOIl.

\Vil/ged !umrg/(lss stands for m(llr:f fleetillg lillie on e(ml,.

SII(lke with /(Ii! i/1 its m01l/1r is (/ symbol for eternity.

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P(liming index finger means"golle 10 heaven.'

Winged ofb SI{/IJds for re.fllrfectiOIl.

The dove represellts peace.

The {(/Iud branch Oil Ihe lefr fepresenrs (lchievemelll (lml theoak branch. Slrtmglh.

An artis/'s pa/elle oftell (lppe(/fS on gravestones of(lrtis/s.

A lyre is (I /l"{lditiOlwl symbol for (I IIIlIsici(m.

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A solid stolle edifice was cllOsell for a Mllker:S headstone.

All elaborate scroll·like optn book symboli:es wisdom.

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