#otd 1495 died Rudolf II of Scherenberg, bishop of Würzburg. His successor Lorenz von Bibra commissioned Tilman Riemenschneider to design the monument, which stands in St. Kilians Cathedral in Würzburg. #medieval@medievodons#medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
#otd in 1404 Philip the Bold died. His tomb in the Palais des Ducs de Bourgogne was built between 1384 and 1410, damaged in the 18th century and restored in the 19th century. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
#otd 1393 Dietrich von der Schulenburg, Bishop of Brandenburg, died. He was buried in Brandenburg Cathedral, where this tomb slab has survived. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic..: Wikipedia Common
Apparently in pre-modern Arabic writing, the macron also encodes an n abbreviation (in combination with a vowel). Does anyone know if this is in any way related to #medieval Latin abbreviation with the macron? #palaeography@medievodons
#otd 1421 died Weiprecht II of Helmstatt. He was buried in the parish church of St. Johann in Neckarbischofsheim. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
#otd 1483 Marguerite de Bourbon died. Together with her son Philibert and his wife Margaret of Austria, she is buried in a magnificent tomb in the former Brou monastery in Bourg-en-Bresse. #medievaldeath#Medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
#otd 1407 Olivier V de Clisson died. He was buried with his wife Marguerite de Rohan, who had died a year earlier, in this impressive tomb in the Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Roncier de Josselin. #medievaldeath#Medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
#otd 1355 died Eleanor of Woodstock, Duchess consort of Guelders by marriage, later regent. She was buried in Deventer Abbey, where this plain tombstone commemorates her (photo perhaps taken during construction works?) #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
#otd 866 the Byzantine nobleman Bardas was killed before the eyes of Emperor Michael III. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Madrid, BNE, Codex Vitr. 26-2, f. 80r.
#otd 1314 Pope Clement V died. He rests in the collegiate church of Notre Dame de`Uzeste, his second burial place, in his fourth tomb altogether. #medievaldeath#Medieval@medievodons