The Dance of Death

VII. - The Emperor

THE EMPEROR.

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Dispone domui tuć, morieris enim tu, & non viues.

Isaić xxxviii.

Ibi morieris, & ibi erit currus glorić tuć.

Isaić xxii.

De ta maison disposeras

Comme de ton bien transitoire,

Car lŕ ou mort reposeras,

Seront les chariotz de ta gloire.

The Emperor (Maximilian I.) rates his minister for injustice to a suitor. But even in the act Death discrowns him.

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter. - Winston Churchill, on his 75th birthday.

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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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