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at least, all classes met on termsof equality, for Death was norespecter of persons. The Danse Macabre of GuyotMarchant, published at Lyonsin 1485, with its curious wood-cuts and Gothic characters, wasone of the earliest, if not thefirst, of these series of wood-cuts which afterwards becameso… … DANCE OF DEATH AND BIBLE CUTS 83 guished torch, a faded rose upon a sarcophagus, the butterflyescaping in glory from the chrysaHs, or Atropos cutting thethread of life. Like the ancient sculptures, they recalled thelife and deeds of the departed, carefully veiling the revoltingcontents of the…
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