Sporle, Norfolk, England. St. Mary's Church, South Aisle
Wall Painting, 1390-1400 Reconstructed copy, St. Mary's Church photo © Stanbury/MMK |
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Porphyry Buries the Body of the Empress by Moonlight. The 'prince of knights' stands in an open grave, wielding a shovel, above him the line of a hill and the sky over it, with the moon and some stars; in the foreground the headless corpse of the Empress; on either side, a conventionalized tree.
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