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- A tomb effigy (French: gisant ("lying")) is a sculpted effigy of a deceased person usually shown lying re****bent on a rectangular slab, presented in full...
- land were inherited by his cousin, the emperor Charles the Fat. statue (gisant) : Louis III, roi de France, POP (Base Mérimée), French Ministry of Culture...
- needed a rival attraction for admirers of Nelson. A tomb effigy, in French gisant ("re****bent") is the usually life-size sculpted figure depicting the deceased...
- Emperor Pedro II of Brazil and his wife Teresa Cristina, by Jean Magrou (gisant) and Hildegardo Leão Veloso (reliefs) in the Cathedral of São Pedro de Alcântara...
- church, or in above-ground sarcophagi, some with tomb effigies (French: gisant). High-ranking clergy and some royals were buried in the choir and apse...
- (Collegiate Church of Our Lady & St. Lorcán of Eu) where the re****bent figure (gisant) of Lorcán is the oldest preserved in the crypt. He is represented there...
- Hoyarsabal, habitant du çubiburu: Giſant le cap de Breton & le pertuis de Miqueton est oest, y a 42 l." ... "Gisant la Colombe de S. Pierre le pertuis...
- Gisant of Philip the Fair in the Basilica of Saint-Denis...
- desirability of the Christian after-life. The format is in stark contrast to gisants, which are always re****bent, in full dress, with open eyes and hands clasped...
- of later Hasidic saints, such as Rebbe Elimelech of Lizhensk and others. Gisant Bog body Buddhist mummies Paramahansa Yogananda Sokushinbutsu Sufism Shahid...