The Dance of Death

XXXVI. - The Duchess

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THE DUCHESS.
THE DUCHESS.

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De lectulo super quem ascendisti non descendes, sed morte morieris.

iiii. Reg. i.

Du lict sus lequel as monté

Ne descendras a ton plaisir.

Car Mort t'aura tantost dompté,

Et en brief te uiendra saisir.

Death seizes the Duchess in her bed, while his fellow plays the fiddle.

Pale death knocks with impartial foot at poor men's hovels and king's palaces. -- Horace.

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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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