The Dance of Death

Title

The Dance of Death

Description

The Middle Ages genre, Dance of Death, incorporated a personification of Death leading a procession of people from all classes and statuses.

Creator

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Publisher

SMU Libraries

Date

Originally Exhibited December 16, 2016–May 20, 2017

Collection Items

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31666
Includes: The life of Holbein -- The dance of death [by F. Douce] -- Introduction to Lydgate's Daunce of Machabree.
Half-title to "The Dance of Macaber" (p. [65]-[66], F) incorrectly bound at beginning as half-title.

AFW8257
Book of hours with designs in the margins of individuals paired with Death with descriptive titles. Printed on vellum in red and black; Includes a Dance of death series of illustrations. Bound in green morocco.

31620
The engravings in this Dance of Death, or Todten-Tantz are said to be influenced by Holbein's Basel mural. Engraved title border.

BRA0001
First publication of Holbein's sequence of images of Death. The New Married Lady (The Noblewoman). The Duchess. The woodcuts are supposed to have been executed from Hans Holbein's designs by Hans Lützelburger. Accompanying each cut is a related…

AFD4856
This version's text above the images and epigrams are both in Latin. The previous version's epigrams were in French. Woodcuts after Holbein's designs. The Sailor (The Shipwreck). The Knight.

AFD4129
The Abbot. The Abbess. Woodcuts after Holbein's designs. Bound in limb vellum with ties.

AFD4633/B
The title and the epigrams are translated into Italian while the text above the images remains in Latin., The Old Woman, The Astrologer, Extra illustrated with three woodcuts from unidentified edition (ca. 16th century) of Imagines or Icones mortis…

Prothro B-30
Holbein introduced four initial plates that situated the human experience of death within a Biblical context., Woodcut designs attributed to Hans Holbein.

ADJ7045
Holbein's 1538 plates are reproduced here but are reversed and some have details adjusted.

31603
The images in this German publication reflect Holbein's figures and layouts but have other style characteristics unique to this artist. Prints are engraved plates.

AFG2323
The images in this English publication still show strong influences from Holbein in style and layout with some artistic differences.
Bound in 18th century sheepskin.

12117-12118
The English dance of death includes influences from Holbein while updating characters to contemporary societal figures such as the The Waltz, The Lottery Office, and The Honeymoon. Added title-page, engraved. Bound in at the beginning of volume 2 is…

31705
This German version of Dance of Death includes influences from Holbein while updating characters to contemporary societal figures such as Das Freundenmächen (The Lady of Easy Virtue).

31637
This Swedish version of Dance of Death includes influences from Holbein while updating characters to contemporary societal figures such as Soldaten (the soldier).

BRB0913
An English broadside that features Dance of Death procession and images of Death with individuals. The series shows influence from Holbein from the art style to the content of the series with updates to reflect dress and culture of the time period.
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