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 564
t. Denis Cathedral, in order that his sins might be washed out.This was termed adens burial (upon the teeth, ad denies). In the sixth and seventh centuries we have many instances of personsbeing placed in a sitting position in their tombs, with the legs and body FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 45 > upright.… … Fig. 346.—Celtic Burial.—The body, bent double, with the head between th3 kneee, and with twovases at the feet, is placed in a grotto or natural cave. laid out, as we read in Legrand dAussys Sepultures Nationales,arrayed in his imperial robes, at his side a sword with a goldenpummel, on his head a…
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