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The tomb of William I of Sicily ( the founder's father ), a magnificent porphyry sarcophagus contemporary with the church, under a marble pillared canopy, and the founder William II's tomb, erected in 1575, were both shattered by a fire, which in 1811 broke out in the choir, injuring some of the mosaics, and destroying all the fine walnut choir-fittings, the organs, and most of the choir roof.
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According to William Burt, in his notes to Dartmoor, a Descriptive Poem by N. T. Carrington ( 1826 ), the original tomb consisted of a pedestal of three steps, the lowest of which was built of four stones each six feet long and twelve inches square.
The same shield shown here is found on the tomb effigy of his grandson, William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury.
Arms of the great Bristol merchant and shipper William II Canynges ( d. 1474 ), as depicted on his canopied tomb in St Mary Redcliffe Church, showing the couped heads of three Moors wreathed at the temples
* William Schaw, Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland, was buried here in 1602: his tomb can still be seen.
File: ShieldOfWilliamDeValence. jpg | Diaper on the Heraldic shield of William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke ( d. 1296 ) from his tomb in Westminster Abbey.
She is buried in the Henry VII Lady Chapel of the Abbey, in a black marble tomb topped with a bronze gilded effigy and canopy, between the graves of William and Mary and the tomb of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Effigy above the tomb of William Marshal in Temple Church, London
Grave of William Makepeace Thackeray ( marble slab in front of brick tomb )
William and Jane Hogarth's tomb
In the parish church of St. Nicholas can be found the ornate tomb of Sir William Paston ; the remains of medieval painted screens ; a telescopic Gothic font canopy ; a unique Royal Arms Board ; an ancient iron bound chest ; and many other ancient artifacts.
tomb of William II Canynges ( d. 1474 ), south aisle
His tomb effigy in St Mary's later inspired the boy poet Thomas Chatterton ( d. 1770 ) to write the romantic poem " The Storie of William Canynge "
Arms of William Canynges, as depicted on his canopied tomb in St Mary Redcliffe: Argent, 3 Moors | Moor's heads couped in profile Tincture ( heraldry ) | proper wreathed around the temples of the first and azure ) The shape of the shield, being a late Tudor ( 16th. c or later ) escutcheon ( heraldry ) | escutcheon suggests this is a later addition or possibly repainting.
The monument and tomb of U. S. President William Henry Harrison is located just off U. S. Route 50 in the township, and his former residence is located in nearby North Bend.
Image: William Ellery tomb. jpg | Ellery's tomb at Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery in Newport
For example William Hazlitt wrote that Poussin " describes some shepherds wandering out in a morning of the spring, and coming to a tomb with this inscription, ' I also was an Arcadian '.
Capture of Bahadur Shah Zafar and his sons by William Stephen Raikes Hodson | William Hodson at Humayun's tomb on 20 September 1857
Company forces led by Major William Hodson surrounded the tomb and compelled his surrender on 20 September 1857.
tomb and I
At the beginning of the Hippodrome I saw the Kaiser's Fountain, an ugly octagonal building with a glass dome, built in 1895 by the German Emperor, and on my left, directly across from it, the tomb of Sultan Ahmet, who constructed the Blue Mosque, more properly known by his name.
The walls of the room list the names of Harvard students, faculty, and alumni that gave their lives in service of the United States during World War I along with an empty tomb depicting Alma Mater holding a slain Harvard student.
The nailed iron horseshoe first appeared in the archaeological record in Europe about 5th century A. D. when a horseshoe, complete with nails, was found in the tomb of the Frankish King Childeric I at Tournai, Belgium.
In 1836 – 1837 a cenotaph was built for Mieszko I and his successor Bolesław I the Brave in the Golden Chapel () at the Poznań Cathedral, where the damaged remains found in the 14th century tomb of Bolesław were placed.
Elizabeth and Mary mourning at the tomb of Louis I, by Sándor Liezen-Mayer, 1864.
The Latin inscription on their tomb, Regno consortes et urna, hic obdormimus Elizabetha et Maria sorores, in spe resurrectionis ( affixed there by James VI of Scotland when he succeeded Elizabeth as King James I of England ) translates to " Consorts in realm and tomb, here we sleep, Elizabeth and Mary, sisters, in hope of resurrection ".
* Harold I Harefoot, king of the Anglo-Saxons ( 1035 – 1040 ), illegitimate son of Cnut, died in 1040 and his half-brother, Harthacanute, on succeeding him, had his body taken from its tomb and cast in a pen with animals.
The following inscription honoring Sixtus was placed on his tomb in the catacomb of Callixtus by Pope Damasus I:
Pope Damasus I placed an epitaph of eight hexameters over his tomb ; the epithet " martyr " contained in them is not to be
The apostle Peter delivers a sermon fifty days after the resurrection in which he states: " Brothers, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day.
The daughter of Constantine I, Saint Constance, was also said to have been cured of leprosy after praying at Agnes ' tomb.
As he words it: " I had walled the monster up within the tomb!
The royal tomb of King Paolo I is in the graveyard on the island, surmounted by a crown.
The tomb of Prophet Muhammad later became part of the mosque when it was expanded by the Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I.
It was found in the 15th tomb of the Karyssa I area, Egypt.
He was buried in Nagyvárad ( now called Oradea, in Romania ) next to the tomb of the King Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary.
He died in 9 December 1437 at Znojmo (), Moravia ( now Czech Republic ), and as ordered in life, he was buried at Nagyvárad, Hungary ( today Oradea, Romania ), next to the tomb of the king Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary, who was the ideal of the perfect monarch, warrior and Christian for that time and was deeply venerated by Sigismund.
According to one source afterwards Bolesław I traveled with the Emperor to Aix-la-Chapelle where Otto III had the tomb of Charlemagne opened.
It is believed that recently discovered remains of a double tomb in Poznań cathedral may be the burial places of the first two Polish Rulers: Boleslaw I and his father Mieszko.
* Henry I of England orders the tomb of Edward the Confessor opened ; the body is found undecayed.
Detailed drawing of the golden bees / flies discovered in the tomb of Childeric I in Tournai on 27 May 1653.
* Schleswig Cathedral ( 1134 ), with the tomb of King Frederick I of Denmark
Tomb of Edward I, from an illustration made when the tomb was opened in 1774.
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