Detail of the Sepulchral Monument of Ermengol X in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007

Sepulchral Monument of Ermengol X, Count of Urgell
Limestone and traces of polychromy
Spain, Catalunya (Cataluna), Lleida (Lerida), ca. 1300-1350
From the monastery chapel of Santa Maria de Bellpuig de les Avellanes, near Lleida

Accession # 48.140.2 a-d

In his will Ermengol X ordered a fine tomb to be installed in the chapel of the monstery church of Santa Maria de Bellpuig de les Avellanes. The earliest surviving descriptions correspond with this effigy in mail and plate armor. The sarcophagus is probably an 18th century replacement made during the restoration of the church.

Text from the Cloisters label.