Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
late 16th century
Medium
boxwood
Credit Line
The Wernher Foundation, English Heritage, Ranger's House, London
Object Number
88259301
Location
Not currently on display
Institution/Owner
Dimensions
Overall Closed: 33.9mm × 24.4mm × 68.4mm (3.4 × 2.4 × 6.8 cm) [H x D x L]
Description
Sarcophagus in three parts: cadaver; Last Judgement; skeleton; Judgement Day; torture in Hell
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
Carved Latin inscriptions:
MEMORARE NOVISSIMA [exterior, along left side of coffin]
TVA [exterior, front of coffin]
ET IN ETERNV[m] NO[n] PECCAB[is] [exterior, along right side of coffin - source of this and previous 2: Ecclesiasticus 7:40]
MORS [interior, underside of lid]
IN PVNCTV AD [interior, underside of lid]
INFERNA [exterior of first inner lid]
D[esce]NDV[n]T JOB [interior of first inner lid - source of this and previous 3: Job 21:13]
FILI RECORDARE Q[uia] RECEP[ist]I ERIS BONA IN VITA TVA [interior of second inner lid - source: Luke 16:24]
PATER ABRAHAM MISERE[re] MEI [around cadaver on bottom of lid]
RENASCOR [interior of coffin]
MORS [interior of coffin on sliding lock]
GLORIA PATRI ET FILIO SPIRITUI [interior of coffin, first inner lid]
STATVTVM EST HOMINIB[us] SEMEL MORI P[ost] IVDICIVM heb. 9 [interior of coffin, second inner lid - source: Hebrews 9:27]
[source: Rijksmuseum catalogue]
MEMORARE NOVISSIMA [exterior, along left side of coffin]
TVA [exterior, front of coffin]
ET IN ETERNV[m] NO[n] PECCAB[is] [exterior, along right side of coffin - source of this and previous 2: Ecclesiasticus 7:40]
MORS [interior, underside of lid]
IN PVNCTV AD [interior, underside of lid]
INFERNA [exterior of first inner lid]
D[esce]NDV[n]T JOB [interior of first inner lid - source of this and previous 3: Job 21:13]
FILI RECORDARE Q[uia] RECEP[ist]I ERIS BONA IN VITA TVA [interior of second inner lid - source: Luke 16:24]
PATER ABRAHAM MISERE[re] MEI [around cadaver on bottom of lid]
RENASCOR [interior of coffin]
MORS [interior of coffin on sliding lock]
GLORIA PATRI ET FILIO SPIRITUI [interior of coffin, first inner lid]
STATVTVM EST HOMINIB[us] SEMEL MORI P[ost] IVDICIVM heb. 9 [interior of coffin, second inner lid - source: Hebrews 9:27]
[source: Rijksmuseum catalogue]
Provenance
Previous Owner(s)
Unsorted