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Art > Funerary art > Maidens' garlands

Preferred term

Maidens' garlands  

Definition

  • Funeral mementos of young, unmarried women; carried in procession and/or placed on the coffin or, sometimes, on the grave; usually consisted of a wooden frame decorated with ribbons, flowers and rosettes; paper or parchment gauntlets were hung from the frame, with the deceased's name, age and year of death, and sometimes an epitaph inscribed on them

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Crants
  • Funeral garlands, maidens' garlands
  • Virgins' crants
  • Virgins' crowns

Notation

  • 120511

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-M75HDVN6-2

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