Coffin
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https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/tag/3532
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- "A coffin is a funerary box used for viewing or keeping a corpse, either for burial or cremation.
The word took two different paths. Old French cofin, originally meaning basket, became coffin in English; its modern French form, couffin, means cradle.[note 1] A distinction is often made between coffin and casket: the latter is generally understood to denote a four-sided or eight-sided (almost always a rectangular or long octagonal) funerary box, while a coffin is usually six-sided or twelve-sided (almost always an elongated hexagonal or elongated dodecagonal) funerary box. However, coffins having a one-piece side with a curve at the shoulder instead of a join are more commonly used in the United Kingdom." - (en.wikipedia.org 05.09.2021)
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Sarkophag für Johanna Magdalena (1708-1760) Herzogin von Kurland
Der Sarg steht auf einem...
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Image: Museum Weißenfels - Schloss Neu-Augustusburg - CC BY-NC-SA -
Mumiensarkophag
Im Jahr 1887 erwarb der...
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Image: Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold - CC BY-NC-SA -
Sarg des Bischofs Paulinus, Rekonstruktion
Nach der Öffnung der...
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Image: Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier - CC BY-NC-SA -
Alraune mit Särglein
Im 17./18. Jahrhundert war...
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Image: Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte der Stadt Dortmund - CC BY-NC-SA -
Deckel des Wettinger Gemeindesargs
Dieser Deckel war Teil des...
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Image: Benjamin Widholm - CC BY
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