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The Camposanto Monumentale cemetary in Pisa (page 26/32)

[picture: Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa, Mathematician]

Statue of Leonardo Fibonacci 3

A closer view of his head and face.

[picture: Statue of Leonardo Fibonacci 4: inscription]

Statue of Leonardo Fibonacci 4: inscription

LEONARDO FIBONACCI

insigne matematico
pisano
del
secolo xii

[picture: Statue of Leonardo Fibonacci 5: pedimental inscription]
[picture: Statue of Leonardo Fibonacci 6]

Statue of Leonardo Fibonacci 6

You can’t have too many mathematicians. First you have one, then another one, then two, then three, then five, then eight...

[picture: Sarcophagus]

Sarcophagus

With busts of the deceased couple.

[picture: Skull and Crossbones 1]

Skull and Crossbones 1

A much sharper picture.

[picture: Skull and Crossbones 2]

Skull and Crossbones 2

An ornate tombstone with an equally ornate skull and crossbones motif. And my bare right foot.

[picture: Federico de Alcaraz]

Federico de Alcaraz

He was 78 year old when he died, and they gave him the skull and crossbones on his grave.

[picture: Statue of Leonardo Fibonacci 7]

Statue of Leonardo Fibonacci 7

A wide-angle shot, 17mm at f/4.

[picture: Sarcophagus Inscription]

Sarcophagus Inscription

A sarcophagus with a cross on the lid and an inscription.

[picture: caption]

caption

rectangular sarcophagus with fluting. at the center inscribed board (mid 3rd century a.d.). on the right flank two oval shields with spear. reused in the 14th century for the heirs of bandino dal ponte. gable top with acrotera and pisan cross in a circle. [more...]

[picture: Rectangular sarcophagus with fluting.]

Rectangular sarcophagus with fluting.

rectangular sarcophagus with fluting. at the center inscribed board (mid 3rd century a.d.). on the right flank two oval shields with spear. reused in the 14th century for the heirs of bandino dal ponte. gable top with acrotera and pisan cross in a circle. [more...]


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