Marble Knights Sarcophagus

Front panel of a garland sarcophagus roman empire about a d.
Marble knights sarcophagus. Although mythological scenes have been quite widely studied sarcophagus relief. On other roman sarcophagi this scene accompanies that of the hunt itself. No need to register buy now. Classic art reinvented with a modern twist.
Only a very wealthy and powerful person would have been able to commission and purchase such a sarcophagus and it was probably made for a member of one of the old aristocratic families in rome itself. This marble sarcophagus enclosed a bronze casket containing the mortal remains of. Mcgivney founder of the knights of columbus after mass in honor of the 125th anniversary of his death at st. The relief which originally formed the front panel of a large sarcophagus depicts the death of the greek hero meleager famous for killing the calydonian boar.
On march 29 1982 the 100 th anniversary of the order. Mcgivney founder of the knights of columbus entombed here. Marble sarcophagus fragment mid 2nd century a d. Pliny explains that the word denotes a coffin of limestone from the troad the region around troy which had the property of dissolving the body quickly greek sarx flesh and phagein to eat but this explanation is questionable.
Lori left archbishop of baltimore and supreme chaplain of the knights of columbus walks around and incenses the marble sarcophagus. Sarcophagus stone coffin the original term is of doubtful meaning. 5 of 8 the most rev. Arnold gold new haven register most reverend william e.
It is decorated in a very high relief with many elements of the composition cut completely free of the background. August 12 1852 august 14 1890. 140 170 light gray marble phrygian marble 91 5 226 18 5 cm 36 89 7 5 16 in reimagined by gibon design of warm cheerful glowing of brightness and light rays radiance. Reprint of the reading on the sarcophagus.
The sarcophagus measures 1 53m in height and is made from proconnesian marble a medium characterized by dark gray stripes and a medium to coarse grain. At least 10 000 roman sarcophagi have survived with fragments possibly representing as many as 20 000. Religious and folkloristic ideas may have been involved in calling a coffin a body. The marble comes from a quarry in the eastern mediterranean and was probably shipped to rome where it was worked.
In the burial practices of ancient rome and roman funerary art marble and limestone sarcophagi elaborately carved in relief were characteristic of elite inhumation burials from the 2nd to the 4th centuries ad. On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 171. Reverend michael j mcgivney. Huge collection amazing choice 100 million high quality affordable rf and rm images.