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 618
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 497 son, John, Duke of Berri, detained as hostage in England, was unable to takepart in the ceremony. Henceforward, the kings of France gave up the customof being present at the obsequies of their predecessors and of members of theroyal family. The sons of Henry II., however,… … Fig. 405.—The Christian professor on his death-bed—the priest is exhorting him; his disciples arepraying for him ; his wife is holding a flaming torch over his head in token of the resurrec-tion. The dying man contemplates the image of Christ on the Cross, who died for the sinsof mankind; the Holy…
Middle Ages · Civilization, Medieval · Civilization, Renaissance · Costume · Military art and science · Christian life
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