Signposts of the Soul
Commemoration of the Dead
Textual support
The Display
Important
Inscriptions to support the visual
Cadaver - look same - so for effect not accuracy / naked
Christian Doctrine
The Effigy
Expensive
Wills - and contracts obsessing
picture book in stone
Immutable, permanent
Same as Church
Presentation curated
Surrounding symbols - crucifix / legs cross
Mutuality-living and dead
Seamless progressions / Temporal
Couples w 1 alive
Arch fish who prepared tomb in advance and viewed
Offspring
Transpor logistics
Highly emotive environemnt
Alive or Dead?
Rise in literacy
Prime Locations, in church near altar
Who speaks? the effigy, trans or 3rd party / image of corpse speaking
What changed, what stayed same - tomb chest
In advance of death
Soul has left already (windows open)
Destiny of Soul
Concept of Self - Body & Soul
Concept of Purgatory
Intercession
Dead inside the church / and visually in an object
vs tradition - dead are separate
Chantry - one good turn deserves another
Intro
English
Alabaster Tomb
By def. Elite
Thesis and sequence
Inability to illustrate a soul
Badges & heraldry - Status, links and parallels - semiology
On A chest
Not a likeness, more a signpost
Stylised, templates, standard configuration (on back, hands, feet)
Costume, earthy status, a last statement of indentity on earth, symbols rather than personal bio.
No realism/ feet fall, etc
weepers
Value in the remains / moving them / division
Horizontal v Vert - eyes, drapes, feet
Active - dying or dead?
Transi - momento mori
Gender - who should be remembered
Mix M&F
Hands
Naming
Mnemonics and symbol
Competition for prayers - many dead, need for stand out
Death is a common experience across generations
Conclusion
Cf modern lying in state / Arthetha shoes