tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37270168.post2405233416998196503..comments2023-12-06T21:26:59.714+11:00Comments on Dianne's Medieval Writing: What's With Medieval Tombs? - Part 9 The Process of DeathDiannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132076792018066412noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37270168.post-22426942640304419962018-01-28T19:58:45.531+11:002018-01-28T19:58:45.531+11:00I've been trying to establish how holes down t...I've been trying to establish how holes down the sides of King John's effigy slab in Worcester Cathedral relate to a long-lost hearse. A CAD reconstruction by Matchstick Cathedral, on line, uses the Beauchamp example, but that's not right. We can't be sure, but it was probably more like the Gloucester one. John's and Robert's effigies are both of around the 1230s. As well as an apparent location for candles at West Tanfield and Warwick, hearses supported palls, possibly to protect effigies, though experts differ as to whether they were in place during commemorations, or at all other times. Marie de France's lai 'Yonec' refers to a silk pall over a tomb, not at a funeral (J. Martindale on the iconography of John's effigy's naked sword), with separate gold candlesticks around the tomb, their torches lit in commemoration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37270168.post-50212410868016727002016-09-28T06:25:23.775+10:002016-09-28T06:25:23.775+10:00Thank you. fun to see this browsing after having a...Thank you. fun to see this browsing after having a vision of a knight with folded hands on a tomb. <br />LIBbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10668455045779319134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37270168.post-29571766199723307012016-01-26T10:40:01.037+11:002016-01-26T10:40:01.037+11:00The third surviving medieval "hearse" or...The third surviving medieval "hearse" or metal framework over a tomb is the tomb of Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, in the Beauchamp Chapel of the Collegiate Church of St. Mary in Warwick. The earl died in 1439, and the foundation of the shapel was laid in 1443. The effigy and hears are made of gilded latten, an alloy similar to bronze. According to the guidebook to the chapel, this is one only three surviving hearses, along with the two you have already named.<br />Esley Hamilton, St. Louis, USAEsley Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08928750186942013178noreply@blogger.com