Hydriotaphia

Hydriotaphia is a book written by Thomas Browne, a 17th century English physician and writer. The book is a meditation on death and burial practices, specifically focusing on the ancient Greek and Roman practice of burying the dead in urns or hydriai. Browne explores the cultural and philosophical significance of this practice, as well as its practical aspects. He also discusses various other burial practices, including embalming, cremation, and burial at sea. Throughout the book, Browne reflects on the transience of life and the inevitability of death, and offers philosophical and religious insights into the meaning of mortality. The book is written in a highly poetic and ornate style, and has been praised for its profound insights into the human condition.1658. Urn burial, or a discourse of the Sepulchral urns lately found in Norfolk. Together with The Garden of Cyrus, or the Quincuncial, Lozenge, or Network Plantations of the ancients, artificially, naturally, mystically considered. These works are written in Old English text, and due to the age of the originals we reproduced, some pages may be found to be spotty or faded.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.