Chronicles of the Tombs: A Select Collection of Epitaphs, Preceded by an Essay on Epitaphs and Other Monumental Inscriptions, with Incidental Observations on Sepulchral AntiquitiesG. Bell & sons, 1902 - 529 pages |
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... Conghail , being King of Teffia , and deceased in 821 ; the latter , Dubcen mac Thadggan , a prince , died about the middle of the tenth century . D Cuo Omaelfin ከ No. 12 . No. 15 : BLAIMAC. ANCIENT IRISH EPITAPHS . 333.
... Conghail , being King of Teffia , and deceased in 821 ; the latter , Dubcen mac Thadggan , a prince , died about the middle of the tenth century . D Cuo Omaelfin ከ No. 12 . No. 15 : BLAIMAC. ANCIENT IRISH EPITAPHS . 333.
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... Prince , who died in 1376 , affords an excellent ex- ample . Tu qi passez oue bouche close : Par la ou ce corps repose : could be no question as to who were the occupants , for their names were inscribed . The portions distinguished in ...
... Prince , who died in 1376 , affords an excellent ex- ample . Tu qi passez oue bouche close : Par la ou ce corps repose : could be no question as to who were the occupants , for their names were inscribed . The portions distinguished in ...
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... I had gold , silver , wardrobe , and Greate treasures , horses , houses , lan le , But now a caitiffe , poore am I , Deepe in the ground , lo here I lie ! My beautye greate is all quite gone , My fleshe EPITAPH ON THE BLACK PRINCE . 41.
... I had gold , silver , wardrobe , and Greate treasures , horses , houses , lan le , But now a caitiffe , poore am I , Deepe in the ground , lo here I lie ! My beautye greate is all quite gone , My fleshe EPITAPH ON THE BLACK PRINCE . 41.
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... prince John duc de Lancaster ; fils a tres noble roy Edward le tierce . La quelle Katherine moreult le x jour de May l'an de grace mil . cccc . tierz . De quelle almes Dieu eyt mercy et pitee , Amen . An early epitaph in the vulgar ...
... prince John duc de Lancaster ; fils a tres noble roy Edward le tierce . La quelle Katherine moreult le x jour de May l'an de grace mil . cccc . tierz . De quelle almes Dieu eyt mercy et pitee , Amen . An early epitaph in the vulgar ...
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... prince ; and he caused this tomb to be erected for himself , having brought hither the remains of his first wife , that it might admonish him daily of his approaching death . Good reader , I beseech thee that thy pious prayers may ...
... prince ; and he caused this tomb to be erected for himself , having brought hither the remains of his first wife , that it might admonish him daily of his approaching death . Good reader , I beseech thee that thy pious prayers may ...
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Page 403 - Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee, Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb ; The Saviour has passed through its portals before thee, And the lamp of his love is thy guide through the gloom.