Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 563
t to the reignof the Antonines, who by edict authorised the burial of the dead, there are 3 M 45° FUNERAL CEREMONIES. numerous instances of pagan burials being conducted in conformity witb thisedict, especially in Gaul. At a much later period the principle relating to the direction inwhich bodies… … Fig. 345.—The Harvest of Souls : God the Father receiving the souls iu his lap.—Miniature inthe Dialogues of St. Gregory, a Manuscript of the Twelfth Century, in the BurgundianLibrary, Brussels. tion : the body was not always laid upon its back, but in certain cases itwas placed upon, its side, or…
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