. The dance of death. that nothinjrthereof was left but the bare plot of ground,which was aftewrards converted into a gardenfor the petty Canons.* All the antient Dances of Death, thoughevidently to be deduced from one original,differed very materially in the number anddesign of the characters. They uniformlyappear to have been accompanied with Ma-cabers Verses, or more probably with imi-tations of them. * Stowes Survey. u ^v Deacidified using the Bookkeeper agent: Magnesium OxideTreatment Date: Nov. 2005 PreservationTechnologies A WORLD LEADER IN PAPER PRESERVATION 111 Th
. The dance of death. that nothinjrthereof was left but the bare plot of ground,which was aftewrards converted into a gardenfor the petty Canons.* All the antient Dances of Death, thoughevidently to be deduced from one original,differed very materially in the number anddesign of the characters. They uniformlyappear to have been accompanied with Ma-cabers Verses, or more probably with imi-tations of them. * Stowes Survey. u ^v Deacidified using the Bookkeeper agent: Magnesium OxideTreatment Date: Nov. 2005 PreservationTechnologies A WORLD LEADER IN PAPER PRESERVATION 111 Thomson Park DnveCranberry Township, PA 16066(724)779-2111. JVLORTAXrVW . ] D A N C E BEAT II; PAINTED II. li O L B E I N. E X G R A ^ E D E Y \r. II O L L A R. ON THE DANCE OF DEATH. < 1 H E celebrity of a subject which has been<-^ distinguished by the labours of such artists as 0 Holbein and Hollar, seems necessarily to de- mand some investigation of its origin.* { |\, * It would be a piece of injustice not to mention, that -^ this has already been done in a very able manner by a respected friend of the compiler of the present essay,^ in a little work, intitled * Emblems of Mortality, or- p^ namented with copies in wood of the Dance of Death, VT by J. Bewick, the brother of the admirable artist who to executed the cuts to a history of quadrupeds, lately J B I A 2 ON THE DANCE OF DEATH. In the dark ages of monkish bigotry andsuperstition, the deluded people, terrified into abelief that the fear of death was acceptable tothe great Author of their existence, had placedone of their principal gratifications in contem-plating itdanceofdeath00inholb
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