The Deposition, Entombment and Resurrection

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about 1880 Three alabaster scenes under foiled marble arcades. medium: alabaster technique: carved size: 63 x 46 cm Church of St Maelog, Llandefaelog Fach, Powys east wall of sanctuary  (ObjectID=1923 ImageID=4370) Original File Name=_MG_6185.jpg

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• Christ, usually holding a banner, arises from the grave; often combined with sleeping and/or frightened soldiers 
• Christ's entombment  [Matthew 27:59-61; Mark 15:46-47; Luke 23:53-56; John 19:39-42]
• descent from the cross: Christ is taken down from the cross  [Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53; John 19:38]

Robert Scourfield and Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2013), p. 503.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales