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Skulls and bones of friars, looking towards the altar of a chapel. Photograph.

Santa Maria della Concezione, Rome: skulls and skeletons of the friars arranged in arches and columns around the walls of the Convento dei Cappuccini. Photograph.

Skulls and skeletons of friars arranged columns around the walls of a chapel. Photograph.

Gentlemen visiting the vaults in the Capuchin tombs of Palermo. Coloured aquatint by J.C. Stadler after Cooper Willyams.

Skeletons of priests (?), preserved and standing in rows wearing robes and berettas, depicted in a painting. Photograph.

Gentlemen visiting and drawing the vaults in the Capuchin tombs of Palermo. Wood engraving.

The skeleton of a friar in the role of Death as the reaper, surrounded by skulls, ribs and vertebrae, in a chapel. Photograph.

The vaults of the Capuchin tombs in Palermo. Wood engraving by E. de S.

A sepulchral chest with cover, a Greek metal cup, and a vase supported by goats' and rams' heads. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.

Palermo, Convento dei Cappuccini: skeletons of the friars, preserved and standing in rows wearing robes and berettas. Photograph by G. Incorpora.

The empire of death : a cultural history of ossuaries and charnel houses / Paul Koudounaris.

Les ossuaires bretons : deomp d'ar garnel / Roger Le Deunff.

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Santa Maria della Concezione, Rome: skulls and skeletons of the friars arranged in arches and columns around the walls of the Convento dei Cappuccini. Photograph.

The empire of death : a cultural history of ossuaries and charnel houses / Paul Koudounaris.

The skeleton of a friar in the role of Death as the reaper, surrounded by skulls, ribs and vertebrae, in a chapel. Photograph.

The vaults of the Capuchin tombs in Palermo. Wood engraving by E. de S.

Les ossuaires bretons : deomp d'ar garnel / Roger Le Deunff.