A plate of yellow metal engraved with an effigy or more than one, and with names, dates, texts from scripture, prayers, or the like, set as the decorative and significant part of a tomb, sometimes vertically, as in a wall, sometimes as part of a pavement. The engraved characters are usually filled with black or red pigment… (Sturgis, 1900)
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