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The celebrated Hans Holbein's Alphabet of death : illustrated with old borders engraved on wood with Latin sentences and English quatrains (1856)

Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543, Montaiglon, Anatole de, 1824-1895, Le Maire, Leon · Paris : E. Tross · leaf 37

An illustration from The celebrated Hans Holbein's Alphabet of death : illustrated with old borders engraved on wood with Latin sentences and English quatrains, 1856, leaf 37
lnera mea ecce non abscondo; medicus es; aeger sum. — Mors, si- cut nee sibi a quoquam sponte, nec cuiquam I … Thou that hast lyved longe inwyldernesse, Must nowe take leve ofthyne ermytage ; For tjche man knowethe welle this sentence, That in this lyfe is no sure heritage.

Dance of death

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