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A chandelier of bones, which contains at least one of every bone in the human body, hangs from the center of the nave with garlands of skulls draping the vault. Other works include piers and monstrances flanking the altar , a coat of arms of the House of Schwarzenberg , and the signature of František Rint , also executed in bone, on the wall ...
A chandelier made of bones in Sedlec Ossuary, Czech Republic Ossuary at the Gallipoli battlefield; contains the remains of French soldiers An ossuary is a chest, box, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains.
Crypt of the Leg Bones and Thigh Bones Crypt of the Three Skeletons : The center skeleton is enclosed in an oval, the symbol of life coming to birth. In its right hand it holds a scythe, symbol of death which cuts down everyone, like grass in a field, while its left hand holds the scales, symbolizing the good and evil deeds weighed by God when ...
In 1870, a local woodcarver was tasked with artistically arranging the bones. He created the famous chandelier, bells in the chapel and a coat of arms of the Schwarzenberg noble family.
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It is estimated that the ossuary is decorated with bones of more than 40,000 skeletons that belonged to those who died from plague epidemics and the Hussite Wars. The unique decoration, the main element of which is a chandelier composed of all the large bones of the human body, was created by the carver František Rint. The cemetery around the ...
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