James Harlay Tombstone Hourglass - Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - Hourglass on Waymarking.com

The grave site is very elaborate. On the top section of the tombstone is an hourglass with an arm ringing a bell above it. To the right of the hourglass is a skull and crossbones with a shovel and an axe above it.

Just above the hourglass and skull and crossbones is an inscription. The inscription is in Latin:

Magistro Jacobo Harlaio, Signatori Regio a Codicillis forensibus, haeredes hoc monumentum posuerunt: vir fuit absq. fuco pius; & absq. fastu doctus. vivere desiit. 1617. Aug. 28. aetatis vero 44. Memento Mori.

The English translation of the inscription:

To Mr James Harlay, Keeper of His Majestie's Privy Seal, his heirs built this monument. He was a man godly without guile, and learned without pride. He died 1617, August 28, and of his age the 44 year. Remember to die.

--Find A Grave

What type of hourglass is it?: Tombstone Is this hourglass accessible 24/7?: no If the hourglass is not accessible 24/7, open hours for the location of the hourglass: The following website provides detailed information about public access times for the cemetery: http://www.greyfriarskirk.com/visiting-kirk

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