The Dance of Death

II. - The Temptation

THE TEMPTATION.

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Quia audisti vocem vxoris tuć, & comedisti de ligno ex quo preceperam tibi ne comederes, &c.

Genesis iii.

ADAM fut par EVE deceu

Et contre DIEV mangea la pomme,

Dont tous deux ont la Mort receu,

Et depuis fut mortel tout homme.

Eve, having received an apple from the serpent, prompts Adam to gather more.

Death: a trick played by the inconceivable on the conceivable. -- Paul Valery

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This is a collection of images taken from Holbein's Dance of Death. This book is illustrated with 49 beautiful woodcut engravings, each a miniature masterpiece depicting various manifestations of death. View more: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [14] [16] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [47] [48] [49]

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