altar-tomb

Last August I shewed this place to two guests, & we all sat down on an altar-tomb & wrote rhymed acrostics on the name of Edgar Allen Poe …

In the footsteps of Mythos… (updated) « Skulls in the Stars 2007

Seven agile figures in a clump were observable beyond, which proved to be the choristers waiting; sitting on an altar-tomb to pass the time, and letting their heels dangle against it.

Under the Greenwood Tree 2006

On examining the drawing, Barnet found that, instead of the vast altar-tomb and canopy Downe had determined on at their last meeting, it was to be a more modest memorial even than had been suggested by the architect; a coped tomb of good solid construction, with no useless elaboration at all.

Wessex Tales 2006

Monuments to the memory of the Greeks who fell were erected on the battle-ground, and many were the epitaphs written to commemorate the heroism of the famous three hundred; but the oldest, best, and most celebrated of these is the inscription that was placed on their altar-tomb, written by the poet

Mosaics of Grecian History Marcius Willson

"Ut in loco quietis ultimo usque ad magni diei judicium," are the words of the epitaph on the altar-tomb in St. James's Church, New

Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. Diocese Of Connecticut

Against the blocked doorway which gave access to the church of S. Cross is placed an altar-tomb to the late Bishop Woodford (see below, p. 129).

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See W. D. Sweeting

Near the entrance to the north choir aisle stands the altar-tomb of Prior Senhouse.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See C. King Eley

On a richly ornamented altar-tomb of gray marble lies the bronze figure of a knight in gilded armor, most admirably executed: for the sculptors of those days had wonderful skill in their own style, and could make so life-like an image of a warrior, in brass or marble, that, if a trumpet were sounded over his tomb, you would expect him to start up and handle his sword.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Various

It is an elaborately sculptured altar-tomb, and bears the incised effigy of a priest; on the sides are figures of St Catherine and

Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote

On either side of the chancel stands an altar-tomb -- that on the north side being in memory of John Waldron, on the south of George

Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote