Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture

sarcophagus :a stone coffin, often bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc..

Compare with mausoleum, memorial brass.

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Sarcophagus, probably of King Alphonzo the Wise
In the Cloister of Santa Maria la Real de las Huelgas
Burgos,Spain


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