Photograph·pht_TEB_0145·1950–70
Sarcophagi at Bellapais
Description
A pointed arch with carved stone tracery frames a dark recess. Inside, a single stone sarcophagus sits on the ground, its front decorated with relief garlands. Dressed stone blocks surround the arch, and a dense low shrub fills the foreground.
English
A carved stone sarcophagus stands in the shadowed recess beneath a pointed arch with stone tracery at Bellapais. Its front is decorated with a row of relief garlands, and low shrubs grow in the foreground.
Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR
Inscribed: Bellapais abbey