Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture
sarcophagus
:a stone coffin, often bearing sculpture,
inscriptions, etc..
Compare with mausoleum,
memorial brass.
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Sarcophagus, probably of King Alphonzo the Wise
In the
Cloister of Santa Maria la Real de las Huelgas
Burgos,Spain
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