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stone effigies in england?

Who were the sculptors who carved them? Were they carved from life or by viewing the deceased? How accurate a depiction are they? Bearing in mind the limited number of sculptors and the lack of fast communications, how did the families contact the sculptors in time before the body deteriorated?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    they have quite a number of them. this is common in those days as they have little else / leisure. rather unique. carved from life.

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