Two sarcophaguses unearthed in reconstruction work after 2019 fire identified as elite canon of cathedral and young cavalier
Two lead sarcophaguses discovered buried under the nave at Notre Dame Cathedral in what was described as anfind have begun giving up their secrets, French scientists announced on Friday.
While most of the treasures were discovered barely 20cm under the cathedral floor, a body-shaped lead sarcophagus was buried one metre deep. Scientists are continuing to examine fragments of cloth and plant material found inside the coffin and say he was embalmed – a rare practice in the middle ages – and appears to have been buried with a crown of flowers.
The young man had suffered a “chronic disease” that had destroyed most of his teeth by the time he died, Crubézy told journalists. “He would have had a difficult end of life.” The dead aristocrat also had a deformation of the skull caused by wearing a headdress or headband as a baby.Photograph: Julien de Rosa/AFP/Getty Images
De la Porte was rich, influential and not only commissioned several works of art that are now in the Louvre, including, but paid 10,000 livres – a small fortune at the time – for the renovation of the choir of Notre Dame Cathedral. Part of the destroyed rood screen was used in constructing his tomb.
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