Christian iconography; or, The history of Christian art in the middle ages (1851)
Didron, Adolphe Napoléon, 1806-1867, Millington, Ellen J, Stokes, Margaret, 1832-1900 · London : H. G. Bohn · leaf 182
aved stone from the collectionof M. Badeigts de Laborde, whichrepresents Death as a skeletondancing before a shepherd andlaying hold of him as he sitsplaying on a double flute. Theshepherds foot rests upon a ball,while two butterflies, emblems ofthe soul, flutter above his head.This intaglio is… … Didot. See Essai sur les Danses des Mirts, C. H. Langlois. tom. i. 139,140,253-261 ; Douces Dance of Death, tig. xliii. ; Woltmanns Holbein and hisTimes, vol. ii. p. 121. * As to the Dance of Death or Danse Macabie, it does not appearbefore the end of the fourteenth century. The oldest is believed…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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