Hi,
I believe my grandmother took these pictures in the late 60's/70's and I'm trying to understand what it says besides the name and dates. If anyone can help translate I would really appreciate it.
Translating Help
Re: Translating Help
Hi,
I will try to help you, but it is not so easy to translate exactly these old solemn ways used on Italian gravestones, to say something like: sons, wife, husband, etc. they will always remember the dearly extinct with affection.
A kind of alternative phrases to: rest in peace.
In the 2nd picture: “madre esemplare di preclare virtù” means something like: exemplary mother of pre-virtue (clear, obvious virtues; ie: an exemplary mom);
“la moglie e i figli con affetto posero” means something like: his wife and his sons laid him down with affection (deposed him fondly) or that they put the tombstone to remember him with affection.
In the 3rd picture: “i figli a ricordo posero” means something like: the sons put the tombstone in memory of…
“Posero” (placed, put, lay down, deposed; “posero” is a type of past perfect of the Italian verb “porre”, ie: to place, to put) can mean either that they put the tombstone in memory of..., or that they buried with care, affection, respect, etc. the dear extinct.
The inscription under the name, "fu XXX" (ie: was XXX), means that the person was the son or the daughter of XXX.
Today the Italian language has changed a bit and so have the epitaphs on the graves, but the meaning is always a significant message in memory of loved ones.
Hope it can help you a bit.
I will try to help you, but it is not so easy to translate exactly these old solemn ways used on Italian gravestones, to say something like: sons, wife, husband, etc. they will always remember the dearly extinct with affection.
A kind of alternative phrases to: rest in peace.
In the 2nd picture: “madre esemplare di preclare virtù” means something like: exemplary mother of pre-virtue (clear, obvious virtues; ie: an exemplary mom);
“la moglie e i figli con affetto posero” means something like: his wife and his sons laid him down with affection (deposed him fondly) or that they put the tombstone to remember him with affection.
In the 3rd picture: “i figli a ricordo posero” means something like: the sons put the tombstone in memory of…
“Posero” (placed, put, lay down, deposed; “posero” is a type of past perfect of the Italian verb “porre”, ie: to place, to put) can mean either that they put the tombstone in memory of..., or that they buried with care, affection, respect, etc. the dear extinct.
The inscription under the name, "fu XXX" (ie: was XXX), means that the person was the son or the daughter of XXX.
Today the Italian language has changed a bit and so have the epitaphs on the graves, but the meaning is always a significant message in memory of loved ones.
Hope it can help you a bit.