sentences:  In Christianity, it was unusual for the deceased to be interred with the accoutrements of life, the only exceptions were the vestments with which some great men such as bishops were buried.According to Lanfranc's "Constitutions" a written absolution of sins would be placed on the chest of a dead monk in their tomb, while an inscribed lead cross served a similar purpose for prelates.In 1830, some workmen, digging a drain in the medieval burial ground, known as "Paradise", a part of the cathedral cloisters, discovered a lead cross.