“The Dance of Death,” was a common painting motif in the late medieval period. (Illustrations from the Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514). (University of Virginia Library)
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“The Dance of Death,” was a common painting motif in the late medieval period. (Illustrations from the Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514). (University of Virginia Library)