Pleurants

Pleurants walla weepers (maanaa pleurants e ɗemngal Engele) ko nate cemmbinɗe ɗe nganndaaka, ina lomtoo sunaare, kuutorteeɗe ngam faarnoraade monumndaaji yanaande laaɓtuɗi, ko ɓuri heewde e mum en ko e yontaaji cakkitiiɗi e nder Orop hirnaange. Ko ɓuri heewde ko ɗe tokoose, fedde ina waɗee saraaji monumndaaji yanaande toownde, ma a taw ina waɗi fawaade e paabi armorial, walla ina njogii kaɓirɗe e ɗuum. Ina waawi tawa ko e relief walla e darnde ndimaagu. E nder kuutoragol Engele, helmere "weepers" ndee ina yaaji sahaa e sahaa fof ngam suɗaade limlebbi tokoosi sukaaɓe maayɓe heewɓe yiyeede ina cujjana les effigy yanaande e nder monumndaaji yanaande Tudor.r weepers (the English meaning of pleurants) are anonymous sculpted figures representing mourners, used to decorate elaborate tomb monuments, mostly in the late Middle Ages in Western Europe. Typically they are relatively small, and a group were placed around the sides of a raised tomb monument, perhaps interspersed with armorial decoration, or carrying shields with this. They may be in relief or free-standing. In English usage the term "weepers" is sometimes extended to cover the small figures of the deceased's children often seen kneeling underneath the tomb effigy in Tudor tomb monuments.

These figures represent the mourners, who pray for the deceased standing during the funeral procession. Because many of the original tombs have been vandalised or destroyed, relatively few examples remain to be studied. Many figures have been detached from their original context, which is not always known.