Cadaver tombs

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A cadaver tomb or transi (or "memento mori tomb", Latin for "reminder of death") is a type of gisant (recumbent effigy tomb) featuring an effigy in the macabre form of a decomposing corpse. The topos was particularly characteristic of the later Middle Ages. (wiki)

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Canterbury
Canterbury
United Kingdom
Inscribed: 1988
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427
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Canterbury Cathedral Houses The Well-Known Cadaver Monument To Henry Chichele, Archbishop Of Canterbury (1414-1443) (Wiki)
Vatican City
Vatican City
Holy See
Inscribed: 1984
4.29
828
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Saint Peter's Basilica Contains Yet Another [..], The Tomb Of Pope Innocent Iii. (Wiki)
Avignon
Avignon
France
Inscribed: 1995
3.62
471
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At The Petit Palais - Cardinal Jean De La Grange "This Transi Is One Of The Earliest Examples Of The Macabre Genre Current In Northern Europee At The End Of The Middle Age"
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Rome
Rome
Holy See, Italy
Inscribed: 1980
4.57
928
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The Tomb Of Bishop Gonsalvi (1298) And That Of Cardinal Gonsalvo (1299) (Both Located At The Basilica Of Santa Maria Maggiore) (Wiki)
Amiens Cathedral
Amiens Cathedral
France
Inscribed: 1981
3.42
280
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Below The Funerary Monument Of Jean De Sachy, Death Is Represented In The Form Of A Decomposing Corpse Lying In A Shroud Suspended In The Shape Of A Hammock.
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