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Photograph·pht_TEB_0446·1950–70

Bellapais Abbey

Carved stone sarcophagus in an arched passage of Bellapais Abbey, with grass and a cypress tree in front
Photograph: 1950–70. pht_TEB_0446. "Bellapais Abbey". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

Description

A stone sarcophagus with carved decoration stands in the shadowed opening of a pointed-arched passage. Thick masonry walls and a slender pillar frame the view on the left, and a patch of sky shows beyond the ruins. In the foreground a green lawn and a stone kerb run across the picture, with a dark cypress tree at the right edge.

English

A carved stone sarcophagus stands in a roofless arched passage of Bellapais Abbey, with a grassy courtyard and a tall cypress tree in the foreground. Sunlight falls across the lawn and a low stone kerb.

Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR

Inscribed: Bellapais abbey.