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important
curiosities
The first thing
that stands out, is the tomb of Anselm Adorno and his wife Margareta
Van der Banck. She died around 1472 and was buried here. Anselm, murdered
in Scotland in 1483, was buried in Linlithgow, but his heart was taken
to Bruges in a leaden box and buried next to his wife.
The shields on the tomb are of the Adornes and families related by
marriage (Van de Walle, Braederyckx, Hoste, Van der Banck, Broux and
Hanin).
Above the altar a white-stone sculpture hangs high in the air (used
to be polychromed) in commemoration of Golgotha. It represents passion
and the instruments of torture of Christ.
The leaded windows date from the 16th century. They represent the
Adornes Family members. Every person is accompanied by his patron
saint; the shields are their quarters.
In the crypt, beneath the chapel, you can find the presentation of
the Sacred Tomb in which Christ's body was placed after the deposition
from the Cross.
Behind an art wrought-iron fence you can admire a gilded silver cross:
its style is late Gothic and would contain a small piece of the real
cross of Christ.
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