Catharine Arnold Quotes

• Following directly behind the bier were the servants who would, in earlier times, have been slaughtered at the graveside, along with a warrior's horse. Musicians and torchbearers came next, with the rear taken up by the mimes- sinister, silent figures in wax masks modelled on dead members of the family.

  Catharine Arnold

  Horse, Taken, Warrior

  Catharine Arnold (2008). “Necropolis: London and Its Dead”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

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• Death and burial were a public spectacle. Shakespeare may have seen for himself the gravediggers at St Ann's, Soho, playing skittles with skulls and bones.

  Catharine Arnold

  Skulls, Skull And Bones, May

  Catharine Arnold (2008). “Necropolis: London and Its Dead”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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• More than a hygienic method of disposing of the dead, cremation enabled lovers and comrades to be mingled together for eternity.

  Catharine Arnold

  Together, Lovers, Eternity

  Catharine Arnold (2008). “Necropolis: London and Its Dead”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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