Items matching death

A Blasphemer turned into a black dog

The caption in the woodcut mentions page 4, and there is indeed an account there of someone being turned into a black dog.

Keywords: religion, animals, dogs, death, spooky

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-04-27

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K. Poland his wife and children devoured by rats

This probably refers to King Popielius, or Popiel, of Poland, who was said to have been eaten by rats along with his wife and children, in A.D. 830.

Keywords: people, death, rats, towers, castles

Places shown: Poland

Added: 2006-10-29

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Queen Bohemia swallowed up alive

The chapter heading is Chap IV. The Wicked Lives, and Woful Deaths of several Popes, and likewise of Apostates, and Desperate Persecutors, but the running heads on each page say The woful Deaths of Wi [...]

Keywords: punishments, religion, people, royalty, death

Places shown: Prague

Added: 2006-03-17

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62c.—Initial capital letter “C” from Dance of Death Alphabet

This decorative initial letter “C”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. it features an emperor in the clutches of two skeletons, or Deaths, one of whom he r [...]

Keywords: letterc, initials, death, skeletons, spirit

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-03-12

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62f.—Initial capital letter “F” from Dance of Death Alphabet.

This decorative initial letter “F”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. Two grinning skeletons, representing Death, are attacking an empress sitting in her [...]

Keywords: letterf, initials, death, skeletons, royalty, spirit

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-03-28

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Plate 62, Dance of Death Alphabet (overview)

Plate 62 is Holbein’s Dance of Death alphabet. I am making the individual letters available at higher resolution; this image is just a place to put the notes and to let you get a feel for the whole a [...]

Keywords: initials, death, page images

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-03-10

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62g.—Initial capital letter “G” from Dance of Death Alphabet.

This decorative initial letter “G”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It shows two skeletons, or Death figures, siezing a queen; one skeleton plays the fl [...]

Keywords: letterg, initials, death, skeletons, royalty

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-03-28

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62k.—Initial capital letter “K” from Dance of Death Alphabet.

This decorative initial letter “K”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features a skeleton representing Death, wearing a fur cap and mantle, and with a [...]

Keywords: letterk, initials, death, skeletons

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-05-12

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62h.—Initial capital letter “H” from Dance of Death Alphabet.

This decorative initial letter “H”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It depicts a skeleton, representing Death, dragging off a bishop.

Keywords: letterh, initials, death, skeletons, religion

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-04-01

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62b.—Initial capital letter “B” from Dance of Death Alphabet

This decorative initial letter “B”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features two skeletons, or death-figures, a dog and a pope. Some commentators say [...]

Keywords: letterb, initials, death, skeletons, religion, spirit

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-03-07

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62d.—Initial capital letter “D” from Dance of Death Alphabet

This decorative initial letter “D”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. It features a king thrown to the ground and forcibly dragged away by two skeletons, [...]

Keywords: letterc, initials, death, skeletons

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-03-12

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62t.—Initial capital letter “T” from Dance of Death Alphabet.

This decorative initial letter “T”, or drop cap, is from an alphabet designed by Hans Holbein and dating from 1523. The skeleton figures in the alphabet represent death. The letter features a minstrel [...]

Keywords: lettert, initials, death, people, skeletons

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-06-12

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