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The Camposanto Monumentale cemetary in Pisa (page 7/32)

[picture: saScophagus 2: relief]

saScophagus 2: relief

To give some idea of the depth of the carving.

[picture: Sarcophagus 3: inscription]

Sarcophagus 3: inscription

Just a few words, a name that I cannot read. The abbreviation near the start makes me assume the inscription to be medieval, while the sarcophagus itself is probably Roman. [more...]

[picture: Sarcophagus 4: the other end]

Sarcophagus 4: the other end

With a coulld in discourse. And a drain-hole.

[picture: Sarcophagus 5: overview]

Sarcophagus 5: overview

From the other side. I mist have liked this one, even without a caption.

[picture: Another one, mid 3rd century stone sarcophagus]
[picture: And another sarcophagus]

And another sarcophagus

With festoons. And cherubs (or more accurately putti). [more...]

[picture: caption]

caption

Rectangular sarcophagus with festoons held by winged putti and marine scenes (half of 2nd century a.d.). Reused in the 14th century for the assopardi family. Medieval top [...] [more...]

[picture: Lions]

Lions

Oval sarcophagus (mid 3rd century a.d.). Undulating fluting with bust of the deceased – A woman – in clipeus; on the curves lions grasping one an antelope and the other a wild boar. [more...]

[picture: Festoons]

Festoons

Rectangular sarcophagus with festoons held by winged putti and marine scenes (half of 2nd century a.d.). Reused in the 14th century for the assopardi family. Medieval top [...] [more...]

[picture: Rectangular fluted sarcophagus]

Rectangular fluted sarcophagus

With I think a carving of the deceased in the middle, and a gryphon on the end.

[picture: flagstone tomb]

flagstone tomb

With heraldic shield and inscription.

[picture: Bear]

Bear

A carved animal in the quadrangle at the Camposanto.


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