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    Tomb effigy (redirect from Gisant)
    A tomb effigy (French: gisant ("lying")) is a sculpted effigy of a deceased person usually shown lying recumbent on a rectangular slab, presented in full...
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    needed a rival attraction for admirers of Nelson. A tomb effigy, in French gisant ("recumbent") is the usually life-size sculpted figure depicting the deceased...
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    (Collegiate Church of Our Lady & St. Lorcán of Eu) where the recumbent figure (gisant) of Lorcán is the oldest preserved in the crypt. He is represented there...
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    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...
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    his head on a lintel. Carloman II, the successor of Louis III. statue (gisant) : Louis III, roi de France, POP (Base Mérimée), French Ministry of Culture...
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    Gisant of Philip the Fair in the Basilica of Saint-Denis...
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    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...
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    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...
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    1558 and many other changes were made in the succeeding years. There is a gisant In the chapel dedicated to Saint Herbot. The chapel was built in around...
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    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...
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  • either granite or kersanton stone, calvaries, flagstones/effigies for tombs (gisant), statues and some miscellaneous items. The second atelier section deals...
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    of later Hasidic saints, such as Rebbe Elimelech of Lizhensk and others. Gisant Bog body Buddhist mummies Paramahansa Yogananda Sokushinbutsu Sufism Shahid...
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    Bertrand du Guesclin Head detail of Bertrand du Guesclin's gisant in the Basilica of Saint-Denis, sculpted during the last quarter of the 14th century...
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    The figure of Therese in the glass coffin is not her actual body but a gisant statue based on drawings and photos by Céline after Therese's death. It...
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    famous Gisants (painted tomb effigies) of Eleanor of Aquitaine, King Henry II and King Richard I Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud, lot picture about gisants, in...
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    desirability of the Christian after-life. The format is in stark contrast to gisants, which are always recumbent, in full dress, with open eyes and hands clasped...
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    the north. These tombs, featuring lifelike carved recumbent effigies or gisants lying on raised bases, were badly damaged during the French revolution...
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    Charles IV Gisant of Charles IV, c. 1372 King of France (more...) Reign 3 January 1322 – 1 February 1328 Coronation 21 February 1322 Predecessor Philip...
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    Gisant of Louis XII...
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    who died in 1416, has a gisant carved from white stone. This is also in the apse chapel. The tomb has lobed arches. The gisant and tomb of Bishop Geffroy...
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    Gisants of Charles II Francis of Austria and his wife, Maria Anna of Bavaria, on the cenotaph of "Habsburg mausoleum", Seckau Abbey...
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    The sarcopagus with the antipope gisant...
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    church houses the tombstone of Saint Euchaire— a 16th-century Renaissance gisant in a funeral niche. The interior is also decorated with 18th-century paintings...
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    Bernard 2004, p. 91. Lewis 2008. Les gisants de la basilique de Saint-Denis 2014. Villon c. 1460. Les gisants de la basilique de Saint-Denis [The Recumbent...
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    Charles V Contemporary gisant of Charles aged 27 King of France (more...) Reign 8 April 1364 – 16 September 1380 Coronation 19 May 1364 Predecessor John...
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    Célestins (which was destroyed in 1849), two pieces have survived: the gisant (recumbent statue), which is at the Louvre museum, and the pleurants (mourning...
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    Tours. Colombe's surviving works all date from his old age. He created the gisant figures of the two deceased children of Charles VIII of France on their...
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    Gisant of Montmorency, now stored at the Louvre...
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    the lateral wall of the choir is the gisant of Monseigneur Guillaume de Kersauzon. This stucco 19th-century gisant marks the tomb of Guillaume de Kersauzon...
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    2018, p. 199 François-Olivier Rousseau, Patricia Canino: Corps de pierre: gisants de la Basilique de Saint-Denis, Regard, 1999, p. 21. Pierre Cabanne: Guide...
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