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The medieval ossuary A 14th-century donor portrait in fresco of Bulgarian tsar Ivan Alexander in the ossuary. The only part that has survived from the monastery's original structure is the ossuary, which has a specific architectural design and ancient frescoes, and is situated 300 m away from the contemporary monastery complex.
The Hereford mappa mundi, a map of the world with Jerusalem at its centre. The Hereford Mappa Mundi (Latin: mappa mundi) is the largest medieval map still known to exist, depicting the known world. It is a religious rather than literal depiction, featuring heaven, hell and the path to salvation.
Romanesque ossuary of Saint James; Gothic chapel of Saint James with an ossuary; Saint James's Chapel; The first sacral structure identified was a rotunda of stone approximately from the year 1100 found in the depth of 3,5 to 4 meters, which was the level of the terrain at that time. It had an apse added later on its eastern side.
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View of church and ossuary at Saint-Servais Map showing the location of Saint-Servais. The Saint Servais Parish close (Enclos paroissial) is located at Saint-Servais in the arrondissement of Morlaix in Brittany in north-western France. It comprises the parish church of Saint Servais, with galleried bell tower, an ossuary, and calvary.
An ossuary is a chest, box, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains. They are frequently used where burial space is scarce. A body is first buried in a temporary grave, then after some years the skeletal remains are removed and placed in an ossuary ("os" is "bone" in Latin [1]).
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The Fra Mauro map is a map of the world made around 1450 by the Italian cartographer Fra Mauro, which is “considered the greatest memorial of medieval cartography." [ 1 ] It is a circular planisphere drawn on parchment and set in a wooden frame that measures over two by two meters.