The Dance of Death

XXIV. - The Nun

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THE NUN.
THE NUN.

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Est via quĉ videtur homini iusta: nouissima autem eius deducunt hominem ad mortem.

Prover. iiii.

Telle uoye aux humains est bonne,

Et a l'homme tresiuste semble.

Mais la fin d'elle a l'homme donne,

La Mort, qui tous pecheurs assemble.

The young Nun kneels at the altar, but turns to her lover who plays upon a lute. Death meantime, as a hideous old hag, extinguishes the altar candles.

Death. An instantaneous state, without past or future. Indispensable for entering eternity. -- Simone Well

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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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