> Jeanne de Toulouse, virgin (fourteenth century)
>- when her body was translated in 1805, a manuscript prayer book
>was found beside her -- does anyone know anything about the practice
>of burying books with their owners?
The tomb effigy of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II at Fontevrault represents
Eleanor holding open a book - might this be an indication that she had one
buried with her?
Andrew Jotischky
Dept of History
Lancaster University
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