A cadaver monument or transi is a type of funerary monument to a deceased person, featuring a sculpted tomb effigy of a skeleton, or of an emaciated or decomposing dead body, with closed eyes.

The Cadaver Tomb of Guillaume de Harsigny is a 1394 cadaver monument (transi) now in the Musée d'art et d'archéologie de Laon (Musée de Laon). It is notable as one of the earliest known French transi, and the first to be sculpted in the round (ie fully three dimensional as opposed to carved on coffin lid or stone slab). [ 1 ]

The Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon (French: Transi de René de Chalon, also known as the Memorial to the Heart of René de Chalon or The Skeleton) is a late Gothic period cadaver monument (transi) in the church of Saint-Étienne at Bar-le-Duc, in northeastern France.

Nov 28, 2011 · Across France, Italy and England the long standing practice of carving recumbant effigies in poses of gentle rest was replaced by depictions of rotting corpses. At first, many transi, or “cadaver...

Jan 3, 2015 · This is the cadaver tomb of Bishop Richard Fleming at Lincoln Cathedral, and it is the oldest one still surviving in England. Cadaver tombs, or transi tombs as they are also known, began to be used in the 14th Century, after the Black Death had swept through Europe, killing at least one third and perhaps as much as one half of the population.

Jan 26, 2025 · Possibly the most famous cadaver tomb in England belongs to Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury between 1414–1443, and is a fine example of the double-decker transi tomb. Another fine example is that of Thomas Bekynton (1390-1465) at Wells Cathedral in …

Jan 9, 2020 · René of Chalon, was quite the dude. Prince of Orange and son-in-law of Duke Antoine of Lorraine, he had a lot to live for. Unfortunately, this was curtailed as he met his end during the Siege of St. Dizier at the age of 25. His deathbed wish was that his tomb be depicted as he would look after 3 years of decomposition. Like I say, quite the dude.

A cadaver tomb or transi (or "memento mori tomb", Latin for "reminder of death") is a type of gisant (recumbent effigy tomb) featuring an effigy in the macabre form of a decomposing corpse. The topos was particularly characteristic of the later Middle Ages.

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A cadaver tomb is a type of recumbent tomb featuing an effigy of the dead in the fom of a decomposing corpse, not quite a skeleton. They're known as 'transi', emphasising the transition they show between life and death.