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 604
placed upon a bed trimmed with black cloth hangings which reached tothe ground. An altar was erected in the middle of the chamber for cele-brating mass while the body remained there. When the effigy was completed it was placed in another chamber asrichly decorated as the first, and around it were… … Fig. 393.—The Torments of Hell.—The Latin inscriptions in this engraving may he translated asfollows : At the top, The worm which feeds on the ungodly man shall never die, and the firethat devours him shall never he quenched ; in the centre, Jews ; Men of war ; heneath,Monk; Lucifer, or…
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