The Camposanto Monumentale cemetary in Pisa (page 2/32)

The only date I can make out is I think mccclxxxiii which would be 1383. A shield beneath the inscription shows a tree. This tombstone was part of the floor in the Cemetery building in the Field of Miracles in Pisa; [...] [more...]

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Rectangular sarcophagus (end of 2^nd century A.D.) with the myth of Selene and Endimyon among genii and winged gryphons. Gable top with elevation with winged victories holding inscribed board. Reused in 1467 for Gherardo del Canfora. [more...]

Second century A.D. Stone coffin 1

Rectangular sarcophagus with representation of the myth of Melagrus. On the top, shaped as a bed, a married couple partially lying down (end of 3rd century A.D.) [more...]

Second century A.D. Stone coffin 2

It has been damaged somewhat over the past 1800 or so years, but not as badly as you might expect. [more...]

Tombstone in the floor

An inscription that includes a shield with a heraldic device, possibly a deer’s antlered head.

Second century sarcohpagus 1

Rectangular sarcophagus (end of 2^nd century A.D.) with the myth of Selene and Endimyon among genii and winged gryphons. Gable top with elevation with winged victories holding inscribed board. Reused in 1467 for Gherardo del Canfora. [more...]

Second century sarcophagus 2

A close-up showing the inscription.

Pegasus stone coffin

An ancient Roman sarcophagus, or stone coffin if you will, from the third century, some 1800 years ago. [more...]

Pegasus stone coffin: front view

Showing the partly-open door to the underworld, and the groovy front.

Dead man’s tomb

Rectangular sarcophagus with in the center bust of the deceased in a clipeus (end of 2nd century a.d.) among nereids, marine centaurs and winged genii. [more...]

Dead man’s tomb – detail

Two people embrace on an ancient Roman stone coffin.