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Sepulchral Art
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Dlugaiczyk, Martina [German version] A. Columbarium (CT) The columbarium, a wall with niches to receive cinerary urns that was erected
extra muros in accordance with ancient burial law, was the prevailing form of sepulture in the early Empire. The columbarium motif underwent a change in meaning in the modern era after Charlemagne prohibited cremation: the arched wall niche (
loculus) was used as a depository for small objects of art (
antiquarium). In 1678, Moritz von Nassau-Siegen combined the two concepts (form of burial and form of exhibition) in his grave monu…
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