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Bouchot, Henri,1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C.(Edward Clements),1838?-1899, Grevel, H, Einsle, Anton,1848-1897 · London, H. Grevel & Co. · leaf 30
angel and the devilat the bedside of a dying person, which, inspired no doubt byolder manuscripts, retained for a long time in successive editionsthe first tradition of its design. On labels displayed among thefigures are found inscribed the dialogue of the demons andangels seeking to attach to… … Fig. 6.—Fac-simile of page 5 of the first edition of the Ars Moriendi. the mysticism of the fifteenth century. Composed of eleven 12 The Book. designs, the Ars Moriendi ran up to eight different editions.From the middle to the end of the fifteenth century the textwas in Latin, then in French, under…
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