#stecak

Medieval Stećak (tombstone)

Sarajevo, Bosnia

"Epitaphs of Bosnian souls" book.

Written in Bosančica and carved into stone. These old epitaphs paint a very lively,sarcastic,agnostic even, notion of psyche and mentality that is a Bosnian both in body and soul. I ll probably post more,millenia of sarcasm cannot just go away.

Epitaph no. 21: ..." Summer of 1222.

This stone,to their Mother made,

Five of her daughters,

Not her Husbands who loved her and She loved them too,

Not her Sons of whom was She proud,

First of all, thank you for being patient! I started classes at Georgetown on Wednesday and arrived back in the US on Tuesday night, so it’s been a very quick adjustment with only a little time to edit photos and write these posts (I LOVE my classes, though!)

Today, I’m going to take you on a walk through two national museums. The first is Sarajevo itself, which is a preserved testament to its…