Lettering examples

[Gargoyle]

Another thread led me to look at some of my photos of lettering in stone, and I came across a few interesting ones.

 

[Gargoyle]

 

[Gargoyle]

Note these next two are from the same grave, the book sits on the tomb with the new deco carving.

 

[Roger Bleile]

I was curious enough to translate the words chiseled into the monument with the star of David. For those who may be interested it reads:
The holy memory of Maurizio Wax, Victim of Nazi hatred. His wife and children were denied the only comfort of crying on his grave. This is a memorial of an immense asset lost. Hope for a better life as a prize for so much martyrdom.
January 1874 - January 1944

I'm sure there is a very sad story connected to that monument.

 

[Gargoyle]

These two are on the Cathedral (Duomo) in Pisa. Recycling materials from older buildings, and sometimes if you defeat and sack another city you knock down a few of their monuments or buildings and cart the material home for reuse. I suspect putting in the inscriptions upside down or sideways may have been a deliberate thumbing of the nose at the vanquished.

 

[Gargoyle]

Interesting lettering layout, note the second "t" in the family name.



The "s" and "n" create quite a dramatic effect. Imaging the difference if those two letters were more normal.



this one can be hard to read. I made a reverse/negative image (posted below the first image) since that might help you read it.