+lumbricus Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) Hi, I stumbled over a "Lantern of the Dead" Pictures here. These are no wayside shrines. Interest? Regards, lumbricus Edited June 13, 2018 by lumbricus typo Quote Link to comment
+PISA-caching Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 I've never heard about them, but yes, sounds very interesting. "Prevelance could be an issue", but hey, chronograms also made it through peer review. :-) Quote Link to comment
+Alfouine Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Intersesting idea, i saw few of them in France but i did not know it was Lanterne des morts Quote Link to comment
+pmaupin Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 A lantern of the dead is a masonry building, of variable shape, often slender, in the form of a tower, generally hollow and surmounted by a perforated pavilion (at least three openings), in which, at dusk, one hoisted, often with a system pulleys, a lit lamp, supposed to serve as a guide for the dead. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanterne_des_morts Quote Link to comment
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