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A coffin is a funerary box used for viewing or keeping a corpse, ... "The Figurative Palanquins of the Ga. History and Significance", in: African Arts, Vol. 46, Nr. 4
The coffin is covered with an elaborate red and gold pall. From the Hours of Étienne Chevalier by Jean Fouquet. (Musée Condé, Chantilly) A pall (also called mortcloth or casket saddle) is a cloth that covers a casket or coffin at funerals. [1] The word comes from the Latin pallium (cloak), through Old English. [2]
A hearse (/ h ɜːr s /) is a large vehicle, originally a horse carriage but later with the introduction of motor vehicles, a car, used to carry the body of a deceased person in a coffin to a funeral, wake, or graveside service. They range from deliberately anonymous vehicles to heavily decorated vehicles.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s coffin will descend into the Royal Vault during his funeral service, lowered by an electric motor. Joe Little, managing editor of Majesty magazine, described the moment ...
Bodies are often buried wrapped in a shroud or placed in a coffin (or in some cases, a casket). A larger container may be used, such as a ship. In the U.S., coffins are usually covered by a grave liner or a burial vault, which prevents the coffin from collapsing under the weight of the earth or floating away during a flood.
Cromwell with the Coffin of Charles I (Delacroix, 1831): a troubled Cromwell, who accidentally stumbled upon the coffin, uncovers his head, keeps his distance, and is unsure whether to approach or leave. The painting depicts how Oliver Cromwell, during the English Civil War, opens the coffin of Charles I in Whitehall to
The crown jewels laid on the queen's coffin have an ancient history—and a powerful meaning for ... Along with lying in state at Westminster Hall and the ceremonial procession of her coffin ...
Viewing (museum display) Museum of Funeral Customs. In death customs, a viewing (sometimes referred to as reviewal, calling hours, funeral visitation in the United States and Canada) is the time that family and friends come to see the deceased before the funeral, once the body has been prepared by a funeral home. [1]