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 585
e ; which is, however, too detailed to permitof any doubt as to their having existed. Such are the covers (coopertoria,coopercula) under which were hidden the tombs, often plain and humble, ofmartyrs and saints in ancient churches. These covers were often lined withsheets of metal richly chased and… … Fig. 360.—Tomb of Louis, Duke of Orleans, and Valentine of Milan, his spouse; executed byorder of Louis XIL—Formerly in the Church of the Celestines, Paris ; new in the Church ofSt. Denis. (Sixteenth Century.) Coming down nearer to our own day, tombs were surmounted by a ciborium,or small cupola.…
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