Author: Faye, Aase
Title: Danske Stobejernkors
Description: Kobenhavn, Arnold Busck, 1988. orig. boards. 30x21cm, 247 pp, "Danish Cast-Iron Crosses".. Textual photos & tables. Minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Text entirely in Danish. A scholarly study of Danish cast-iron grave- marker crosses ca. 1820 - 1920 focussing on technique of manufacture & variety of symbolic motifs. Contains introduction concerning the history of cast-iron & cast-iron technique, history & census of (Danish) iron grave crosses + 348 photo & diagram illustrations of various types of Danish cast-iron crosses with extensive notes on each + bibliography. Includes textual maps, graphs, tables, diagrams, color and black & white photo illustrations.

Keywords: Cast-Iron Crosses, Funerary Art, Metal work, Antiquities, Denmark, Scandinavia, Grave Markers, Gravestones, Graveyards