BRA0001

Title

Subject

Description

The anonymous Lyon edition of the "Dance of Death," the first to be illustrated with woodcuts designed by Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1498–1543), was banned by the Faculty of Theology in 1551 because it parodied the morals of the clergy and all secular walks of life. Accompanying each woodcut is a related passage of Scripture in Latin, with its equivalent in French verse.

Creator

Holbein, Hans, 1497–1543, woodcut designs, Lützelburger, Hans, 1495?–1526, woodcuts and Corrozet, Gilles, 1510–1568

Source

BRA0001. [Dance of Death]. Les simulachres & historiees faces de la Mort, autant elegamment pourtraictes, que artificiellement imaginées. Lyon: [Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel], 1538.

Relation

UnivParis

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

French; Latin

Type

Dance of Death with woodcut illustrations

Collection

"Heresy and Error": The Ecclesiastical Censorship of Books, 1400–1800

Citation

Holbein, Hans, 1497–1543, woodcut designs, Lützelburger, Hans, 1495?–1526, woodcuts and Corrozet, Gilles, 1510–1568, “BRA0001,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed July 14, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1934.