nēo-bedd

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nēo-bedd, n.n: a bed for a corpse. (NAY-oh-BED / ˈneːɔ-ˌbɛd)

Medieval manuscript image of a well-dressed dead woman reclined on a sarcophagus; a grave is visible beneath the sarcophagus in which lies a grinning shrouded skeleton being consumed by insects and worms.
Carthusian Miscellany; N England, 15th century; British Library, Add MS 37049, f. 32v. [bl.uk]

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