Pleurants or weepers (the English meaning of pleurants) are anonymous, sculpted figures representing mourners, used to decorate elaborate tomb monuments, mostly in Western Europe during the late Middle Ages. Typically they are relatively small, and a group were placed around the sides of a raised tomb monument, perhaps interspersed with armorial decoration, or carrying shields with this.
Pleurants or weepers (the English meaning of pleurants) are anonymous, sculpted figures representing mourners, used to decorate elaborate tomb monuments, mostly in Western Europe during the late Middle Ages. Typically they are relatively small, and a group were placed around the sides of a raised tomb monument, perhaps interspersed with armorial decoration, or carrying shields with this.
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