𒆜 𝖎𝖘𝖓'𝖙 𝖎𝖙 NECROMANTIC? 𒆜

Vampire concept art for a Dracula film by Frank Frazetta, 1970s.

Commemorative stone slabs date from the time when those who could afford it were buried in individual or family graves under the church floor; a practice which started in the medieval period and which was finally abolished in the early nineteenth century. These slabs came in varying sizes, from small headstones on simple graves to huge slabs that covered family vaults. As Holland has no stone quarries that provided suitable material, slabs had to be imported from elsewhere, such as Őland limestone from Sweden, sandstone from Germany, and various types of blue hardstone from modern-day Belgium. As such each of the stones covering these graves under the church floor represented a sign of wealth and status.