#ledgerstone

Tombstone of Pieter Huygens (died 1599) and Cornelies Roelant (died 1604) in the floor of Nieuwe Kerk.

Delft, Netherlands

Ledgerstone from Pieterskerk. It was once in the floor of the church. The body would have been buried under the floor.

Leiden, the Netherlands

Tombstone of a knight? It's in a covered walkway in front of a church.

Stiftsbasilika St. Peter und Alexander

Aschaffenburg, Germany

Gravestone of a gravedigger. 15th century

The text: "Here lies Aerlewijn Willemz, old grave maker of the Oude Kerk - pray for his soul" At the bottom are two gravedigger symbols, a spade and a tiller fork.

Oude Kerk. Delft, Netherlands

Ornate tomb in the floor.

Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rome

Gravestone from Speyer or Heidelberg, after 1613

An relief of a swaddled child in a crib. The inscription reveals that Philipp Christof von Steinkallenteis died on October 22, 1613, at the age of 3 weeks. On November 8, his mother Katharina also died.

Badisches Landesmuseum

Karlsruhe, Germany

Gravestone (ledgerstone) in the floor of a church marked only with a shoe.

St. Bavo's Church, the largest church in Haarlem, the Netherlands.

Tombstones in a cathedral floor.

Cathedral of Plasencia, Spain