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Know Your Moroni: A field Guide to Angel Moroni Statues
Chapter 1 | Moroni 101
Moroni 101
Chapter 2 | Weather Vanes: Before the Statue
Fashion and Function: Weather Vanes
The First (Not a Moroni) Angel
Chapter 3 | Statues
Sculpture or Statue?
Dallin’s Moroni
Malin’s Moroni
Fairbanks’s Moroni
Knaphus’s Moroni
Quilter’s First Statue
Quilter’s Second
Wallgren’s Commision
Quilter’s Last
Chapter 4 | Sculptors
Cyrus Dallin
Torlief Knaphus
Millard Malin
Avard Fairbanks
Karl Quilter
LaVar Wallgren
Chapter 5 | Statue Stories
The Rise and Fall of a Tradition: Every Temple gets a Moroni
The Rise and Fall of a Tradition: The End of ‘Every Temple Gets a Moroni’
Tri-Temple Setting
Lightning Rods
Gold Leaf and Angel Replacements
Angels and Earthquakes
Tragedy and Return
Might Have Been
Statues Turned After Placement
An Illuminated Placement
Rough Beginnings
Wooden Angel
Coincidental Placements
8 Year Replacement
Shoulder Angel
Denver Placed and Replace
Moroni Speaks
Moroni and Strobes
Spheres and Pedestals
Another Angel Flying
Unveiling Ceremony Foiled
Temple With the Live Moroni
Chapter 6 | Mythellaneous
Myth 1 | All Temples Must Have the Statue
Myth 2 | All Statues Must Face East
Myth 3 | All Statues Face the Same Direction as the Temple’s Front Doors
Myth 4 | All Statues Must Face Independence Missouri
Myth 5 | The White to Gold Angel
Myth 6 | Angels and Airplanes
Myth 7 | Moroni and Mexico City
Myth 8 | Moroni Once Had Wings
Myth 9 | Nauvoo Statue ended up on Assembly Hall
Myth 10 | World’s Fair Moroni used on [Seattle] Temple
Myth 11 | Angel Moroni violates the Commandment against Graven Images
Myth 12 | Angel Moroni Stolen from top of Temple by Helicopter
Myth 13 | Moroni always marks the completion of the Exterior/1 year out to dedication
Myth 14 | Angel Statues Are Very Expensive
Myth 15 | Nauvoo Temple Moroni is the only one to face west because…
Myth 16 | The Sign of the Fallen Trumpets
Myth 17 | Posthumous Addition
Myth? | Angels and Bullets
Chapter 7 | Charts and Graphs
Identification Guide
Statue Placement Timeline
Height Chart
Moroni Always Faces East
Statues by Model
Construction Timeline
Statues by Sculptor
Statues by Dedication
Statues by Placement
Statue Manufacturers
Chapter 8 | Temple Lookup
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y
Appendix 1 | Data Sources
Appendix 2 | Sculptural Assistants
Appendix 3 | Other Notable Moroni Statues
Appendix 4 | Moroni 201: Advanced Moroni
Appendix 5 | Angels
Appendix 3 | Other Notable Moroni Statues
Appendix 3
Other Notable Moroni Statues