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Historical Archive: Grave markers and Cenotaphs, about 1350 to present


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Hebrew grave stone from Cologne, 14th c., RLM
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Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page.
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Duke Christopher (d. 1363), alabaster with glass, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page
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Resurrection of a young girl, alabaster from shrine of St. Elzear de Sabran, Apt, c. 1370-73, Louvre R.F. 1676. For additional views see Louvre.
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right: memorial of Dominico Raynerius 1395, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex
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Kuster family grave stone: coat of arms with 3 swans emerging from a crown, c.1400, HNM 70.62.1-6
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Marie de Bourbon, pioress of St. Louis de Poissy (d.1402), black and white marble, early 15th c., Louvre R.F. 3050. This work has its own page.
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Queen Margrete I (d. 1412), alabaster effigy Johannes Junge 1423, side figures 1862-1962, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page
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monument of Bishop André of Gualdo, d.1437, Sion Cathedral. For details see Sion Cathedral.
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memorial to Guillaume III de Rarogne (Bishop Guillaume VI of Sion), d.1451: Chapel of Rarogne, Sion, Valère basilica, which has its own interior page with details
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mourners, relief from the tomb of Pierre de Bauffremont, carboniforous limestone, Dijon 1453-72, WAM 27.542. This object has its own page.
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left: memorial of Anthony Andrea Baldi 1458, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex
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canon Georges Molitor: Chapelle Molitor, c.1470, Sion, Valère basilica, which has its own interior page with additional views
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memorial brass of Jane Agmondeshan 1519, Ewell, Bourne Hall Museum
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tomb of Bede 1542, Galilee, Durham Cathedral, which has its own pages
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grave marker of Nicolas de Bonont and his wife and 15 children with Crucifixion, 1547, St. Séverin, Paris, which has its own page.
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Dorothea of Denmark (d.1547), duchess of Brandenburg-Ansbach, alabaster, Cornelis (II) Floris De Vriendt 1549, Pushkin CK550. For profile view see Pushkin.
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partial grave stone c.1550-1600, Kloster Wienhausen/parish church, which has its own page
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monument for heart of François II (right), Primaticcio 1560, Saint-Denis basilica
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memorial brass of Dorothy Taylare/Taylard, d.1577, and children, Ewell
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grave stone of Frau von Meltzing d. Sept. 14, 1599, Kloster Wienhausen/parish church, which has its own page with details
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memorial for Ernst von Langlingen and Ilse von Lathusen, 1617, Kloster Wienhausen/parish church, which has its own page
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main altar and Ceva memorials, F Borromini et al. 1673-99, Lateran Baptistery, Rome. This chapel has its own interior page.
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St Albans cathedral aisle, left: memorial to Margaret Thrale 1708 and John Thrale, right: to Willliam King 1766; St Albans has its own pages.
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19th-c. Kidde gravestone with runic inscription, at Jelling, which has its own page with Danish reverse
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floor grave marker 1823, Galilee, Durham Cathedral, which has its own pages
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Louis XVI (1754-93) and Marie Antoinette (1755-93), marble, Edme Gaulle and Pierre Petitot, 1830. Saint-Denis basilica. For detail see Saint-Denis Funerary Memorials.
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1810 inscription: sarcophagus of Beatrice of Lorraine moved to the Camposanto, ext. Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages
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Louis Comfort Tiffany and studio, Wade Chapel, dedicated 1901, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland. This work has its own page.
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1905 Boer War memorial cross, Durham Cathedral, which has its own pages
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related: miracle at St. Francis' grave, Bonaventura Berlinghieri 1235, which has its own page