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Engraving from a book. <i>Part I: Carolo III. Lotharingiae et Barri Duci. . .Dix grande Tables, contenantes les pourtaictz des pompe funebres</i>. The image shows a musicians gallery in a cathedral for the funeral of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_III,_Duke_of_Lorraine" class="extiw" title="w:Charles III, Duke of Lorraine">Charles III. Duke of Lorraine and Barry</a>. The date for the event is labeled in the engraving as 19 July 1608. Caption on right in French is translated to: "Portrait of the burial of the body of the late His Highness of Lorraine Monseigneur the Duke Charles 3 of this name made on July 19, 1608 in the 1st Church of Saint François in Nancy." This appears to be a state funeral celebration at a cathedral, as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-des-Cordeliers" class="extiw" title="w:Church of Saint-François-des-Cordeliers">1st Church of Saint François in Nancy</a> is a much smaller building.</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Matth%C3%A4us_Merian_the_Elder" class="extiw" title="w:en:Matthäus Merian the Elder"><span title="Swiss-born engraver, publisher (1593 - 1650)">Matthäus Merian</span></a>
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1609?–?1610
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