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[log in to unmask] wrote: >....there are some splendid stone sarcophagi in the crypt of the Church of St Paul at Jouarre, dating from the late 7th-early 8th century. ...It is difficult to say how typical these were, however, since survivals from this period are sparce... seems like i remember seeing quite a few of them in Edouard Salin's work on Merovingian archeology; and they are not all that uncommon in excavations of older churches/cathedrals, are they? >I would certainly think that a stone sarcophagus would have been possible for a woman of the early 9th century, providing, of course, she had the quite substantial means to have it made. rite. depends on what you mean by "common" --amongst the richest 2% of the population who owned and ran *every*thing, perhaps quite common. for the rest, let them eat dirt. during the heighth of the Raygun "defense" build up in the aidies a knowledgable historian mentioned to me at k'zoo that it is "common" to find the upper level of Merovingian "knights" burried with their really fantastic (and *expensive*) swords, while the peasantry apparently could rarely afford metal tips for their wooden shovels. best from here, christopher ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%