His tomb and his recumbent effigy are one of the chief works of Burgundian sculpture.

A cadaver tomb or transi ( or " memento mori tomb ", Latin for " reminder of death ") is a type of gisant ( recumbent effigy tomb ) featuring an effigy in the macabre form of a decomposing corpse.

In the " double-decker " tombs, in Erwin Panofsky's phrase, a carved stone bier displays on the top level the recumbent effigy or gisant of a person as they were before death or soon after their death, where they may be life-sized and sometimes represented kneeling in prayer, and as a rotting cadaver on the bottom level, often shrouded and sometimes complete with worms and other flesh-eating wildlife.

Her recumbent effigy, made of alabaster, wears a French cap and ruff with a red fur-lined cloak, over a dress of blue and gold.

There has also survived a recumbent knight effigy in timber ( rather than brass or stone ) and it is suggested by the church that this dates from the 13th century.

For the memorial to General Charles George Gordon at St Paul's Cathedral he carved a effigy of Gordon recumbent on a sarcophagus.

The village pub, named The New Inn ( now called " The Gate House "), dates from the village ’ s foundation as does the Gothic Catholic Church which contains the tomb of Aline, the Lady Portarlington, with its recumbent effigy by Joseph Boehm.

There is a memorial to Buller, in the form of his recumbent effigy, in the north transept of Winchester Cathedral, England.

In the south chapel is a much weathered recumbent effigy, long, of a cross-legged knight in chain armour, of c. 1260 ; he bears his heater-shaped shield on his left arm and his right hand grasps the hilt of his sword.

The oldest is a stone recumbent effigy in the south aisle, apparently of a 14th century woman.

A number of large monuments include John Rede, d. 1604 in the south chapel is of alabaster stone with a recumbent effigy in marble on a partially rolled mat.

The recumbent effigy is supposed to be of Sir John de Clevedon ( d. 1372 ), whose grand-daughter and heiress of his manor of Aller was Margaret Clevedon ( d. 1412 ), the maternal grandmother of William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux, father of Reginald

In the north chancel is the recumbent effigy of Sir Alexander Aunsell ( d. 1360 ), the founder of the church.

The manor then passed into the hands of the Gorges family, one of whose members, with his wife, has a recumbent stone effigy in St Mary's Church.

The proposal met with generous support, and a beautiful altar tomb with recumbent effigy in alabaster from the designs of F. A. Walters, F. S. A., has now been erected on the Gospel side of the sanctuary.

The monument consists of a sarcophagus supporting a recumbent bronze effigy of the duke, over which is an arched marble canopy of late Renaissance style on delicately enriched shafts.

In Wells Cathedral a large canopied tomb with a recumbent effigy of the bishop is situated against the east wall of the chapel which leads from the north aisle to the Chapter House.

A very elaborate tomb was commissioned for Gaston in Milan from the workshop of Agostino Busti, which despite never being completed and assembled remains a key work in art history, and especially French Renaissance art, with ( as planned ) classicising relief panels of his campaigns around the base of the sarcophagus, surmounted by a more traditional recumbent effigy.

From the design of the armour of the recumbent figure of the effigy, it has been dated to around 1365, which was some long time after Sir William died but fits most closely with the dates of Sir Walter and his Royal bride.

It features recumbent marble effigies of the Queen and Prince Albert.

He also created the marble recumbent effigies for the tomb of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in the Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore in Windsor Great Park and the statue on the Duke of Wellington Commemorative Column outside Stratfield Saye House.

Boardman's Monocoque bike was designed by Mike Burrows, whose Windcheetah recumbent trike ( see above ) also holds the record from Land's End to John o ' Groats, in 41 h 4 min 22 s with Andy Wilkinson riding.

All that remains of the original Chapel is the recumbent statue of Christ which lies at the entrance to the Mercer's Chapel.

The recumbent stone lies between the SSE and SW points of the circle.

A ( now recumbent ) standing stone called Hautville's Quoit lies across the river to the north on an alignment with the centres of the Great Circle and the southern circle.

The Incorruptibility | incorrupt body of Venerable María de Jesús de Ágreda lies below the recumbent statue ( above ), in the Church of the Conceptionists Convent ( in Ágreda, Spain ).

Although recumbent bicycles are generally considered safer than upright bicycles ( as noted above ), they do have some specific safety issues.

The monument shows recumbent effigies of himself and his first wife with two tablets above inscribed as follows:

It houses various works of art, notably a large Saint Michael painting above the marble main altar, a recumbent sculpture Christ ( 18th century ) known as the ”’’’ Christ of the Galleys ’’’” and a polychrome wooden statue of San Rocco.

There is a recumbent statue of Henry III over the tomb, made in polychrome alabaster.

There is a recumbent statue of Henry II on top of the tomb.

The recumbent statue ( 1847 ) of Godefroi Cavaignac on his tomb at Montmartre, Paris, is one of the masterpieces of the sculptor François Rude and Rude's pupil Ernest Christophe.

The first governor of Ceuta Pedro de Meneses ( died 1437 ) and his wife are buried here in a magnificent Gothic tomb with their recumbent figures holding each other's hands.

Architectural sculptor Lee Lawrie created a Gothic styled tomb for him there, featuring Goodhue recumbent, crowned by a carved halo of some of his buildings.

Only a fragment of her recumbent tomb still remains.

This tomb, in Carrara marble, made by Girolamo da Fiesole, in the Italian style, and whose recumbent statues are reminiscent of 15th-century French medieval tradition ( school of Michel Colombe ), was kept since 1506 in Saint-Martin de Tours before being moved in 1834 to Saint-Gatien.

The monuments include a recumbent figure of a knight dating from 1200 and an alabaster altar tomb with effigies to John Knottesford, 1589, his wife Jane and their daughter, Anne.

* Resurrection of Christ and recumbent figures of the guardians of the tomb, reunited in 1933 at the Musée du Louvre.

Altar tomb with recumbent figure surmounted by a lofty canopy.

Altar tomb with recumbent figures.

Altar tomb under a canopy with recumbent figures, and a third kneeling figure.