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082			_a942.1 _bHAR
100			_aMeserole, Mike
245		4	_aThe Funeral Effigies of Westminster Abbey
260			_bBoydell Press _c2003
300			_a244 pages
500			_aWestminster Abbey contains a unique and important group of effigies, some familiar, many little-known, including kings, queens, statesmen and national heroes, ranging in time from the middle ages to the early nineteenth century. They derive from a time when an effigy of the dead monarch, statesman or national hero played an important part in funeral ritual, offering a visible likeness as a focus to the ceremonial of the funeral. This richly illustrated book, which is the first substantial publication on the effigies since 1936, is both a history of the collection and of the origins and development of the funeral effigy, and a full descriptive catalogue of the twenty-one examples in the Abbey. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
650			_aArchitecture
942			_cENGLISH
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