Roman funeral rites for the dead

Roman funeral rites for the dead. The parents and family of the deceased surround the bed, the father and mother seated and veiled in grief. Lutto domestico per una defunta. From an illustration in Pietro Santi Bartoli's Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum, 1660. Cerimonie Nuziali. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1843

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