Adorned with gems and a flash of various prints and textures, these men lie in a haunting paradise of sparkling fields, eyes closed as if lost in a dream, or drifted into the endless sleep of death. (pelicanbomb.com)
For it was from the side of Christ as He slept the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth «thewondrous sacrament of the whole Church».» (faith.org.uk)