Following directly behind the bier were the servants who would, in earlier times, have been slaughtered at the graveside, along with a warrior's horse. Musicians and torchbearers came next, with the rear taken up by the mimes- sinister, silent figures in wax masks modelled on dead members of the family.


Necropolis: London and Its Dead (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2008) - ISBN: 9781847394934

Catharine Arnold Quotes

Following directly behind the bier were the servants who would, in earlier times, have been slaughtered at the graveside, along with a warrior's...

Following directly behind the bier were the servants who would, in earlier times, have been slaughtered at the graveside, along with a warrior's...

Following directly behind the bier were the servants who would, in earlier times, have been slaughtered at the graveside, along with a warrior's...

Following directly behind the bier were the servants who would, in earlier times, have been slaughtered at the graveside, along with a warrior's...