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Surely this monument was erected somewhat later, for the inscription is in German. Stiff, contracted, hard to read, but this is the rendering of it "Here lies Christina Sorel, wife of Eberhard, xxth Baron von Adlerstein, and mother of the Barons Eberhard and Friedmund. She fell asleep two days before her son, on the feast of St. John, mdxliii. "Her children shall rise up and call her blessed.
You spell out the upright Gothic letters around the cornice of the tomb, and you read, in mediaeval Latin, "Orate pro Anima Friedmundis Equitis Baronis Adlersteini. A. D. mccccxciii" Then turn to the other side and read "Hic jacet Eberardus Eques Baro Adlersteini. A.D. mdxliii. Demum" Yes, the guide is right. They are brothers, with well-nigh a lifetime between their deaths.
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