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Danse Macabre, Book of Hours, 15th Century

Illuminated manuscript taken from The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, or Très Riches Heures, one of the best examples of French Gothic manuscript illumination surviving to the present day. It is a book of hours: a collection of prayers to be said at canonical hours. It was created between circa 1412 and 1416 for for the extravagant royal bibliophile and patron John, Duke of Berry, by the Limbourg brothers. Dance of Death, also called Danse Macabre (French), Danza Macabra (Italian), Dansul Mortii (Romanian), Danza de la Muerte (Spanish), Dansa de la Mort (Catalan), Danca Macabra (Portuguese language), Totentanz (German), Dodendans (Dutch), Surmatants (Estonian), is an artistic genre of late medieval allegory on the universality of death: no matter one's station in life, the Dance of Death unites all.
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Danse Macabre, Book of Hours, 15th Century
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Illuminated manuscript taken from The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, or Très Riches Heures, one of the best examples of French Gothic manuscript illumination surviving to the present day. It is a book of hours: a collection of prayers to be said at canonical hours. It was created between circa 1412 and 1416 for for the extravagant royal bibliophile and patron John, Duke of Berry, by the Limbourg brothers. Dance of Death, also called Danse Macabre (French), Danza Macabra (Italian), Dansul Mortii (Romanian), Danza de la Muerte (Spanish), Dansa de la Mort (Catalan), Danca Macabra (Portuguese language), Totentanz (German), Dodendans (Dutch), Surmatants (Estonian), is an artistic genre of late medieval allegory on the universality of death: no matter one's station in life, the Dance of Death unites all.
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Album / Science Source / New York Public Library
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Taille de l'image:
3300 x 3838 px | 36.2 MB
Taille d'impression:
27.9 x 32.5 cm | 11.0 x 12.8 in (300 dpi)
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