Two mourners praying over a dead body on a bier

Two mourners praying over a dead body on a bier with a priest, funeral scene, 9th century. From illuminated manuscript 510 by Gregory of Nazianzus. Scene funeraire MS 510. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir E l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel and Wurtz, Bossange, 1827

9th Century Ancient History Bier Bossange Collection Des Costumes Collection Of Costumes Dead Body Horace De Viel-castel Illuminated Manuscript Illumination Mourners Treuttel And Wurtz Weapons And Furniture

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