The Camposanto Monumentale cemetary in Pisa (page 8/32)

Bear

Bear

A carved animal in the quadrangle at the Camposanto.

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Sheep

Sheep

A carved animal in the quadrangle at the Camposanto. There are probably four of them, one for each evangelist.

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Pillar and dome

Pillar and dome

The pillar I think marks where Holy Soil (from the Holy Land) was buried by crusaders.

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Camposanto Cloister 1

Camposanto Cloister 1

Cloister Windows

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Camposanto Cloister 2

Camposanto Cloister 2

Cloister Windows

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Camposanto Cloister 3

Camposanto Cloister 3

A single arched and glassless window

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Alexandra Bartholina VX

Alexandra Bartholina VX

A marble tombstone and bust dated mdlxxiii, which is, 1573. [more...]

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Fresco

Fresco

Medieval fresco on the wall at the Camposanto Monumentale in Pisa.

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Camposanto Cloisters 4

Camposanto Cloisters 4

The line of archd windows makes a pattern.

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Camposanto Cloisters 5

Camposanto Cloisters 5

The courtyard, or quadrangle.

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Camposanto Cloisters 6

Camposanto Cloisters 6

An entrance into the quadrangle. Inside are stone sarcophagi against a wall that once had a beautiful fresco on it.

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Stele 1

Stele 1

A carved mural for a tomb. We have an old bearded man leaning on a stick, with an old woman and a dog behind him; a younger (barefoot and bare-legged) man annoints his eyes from a bowl, and an angel with wings, a hockey stick and bare feet beckons him on. There are [...]luctus publicus obiisti di te nulia unquam sifebit posteritas [more...]

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