Some excellent books on the medieval images of death are:
Binski, Paul. Medieval Death.1996
Gardner, Julian. The Tomb and the Tiara (has a lot of very interesting
medieval death facts) 1992
Strocchia, Sharon T. Death and Ritual in Renaissance Florence1992 (has an
EXCELLENT detailed description of the funeral of anti-pope John XXIII)
Wendy Reardon
Pope Joan II
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From: james mills <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 1:40 PM
Subject: images of death
> I don't know if these images will be of value to the list member who asked
> about images of death.
> All of these are found in the churches of medieval Denmark. There are more
> in the churches of Southern Sweden.
>
> BREGNINGE, HOLBAEK. c.1400.5-8. Allegory, Memento mori. West
> sect, east arch. Richly clad young man, horsed, hunting, blows
> horn driving stag towards man with crossbow. Symbol of fleeting
> life.
>
> BREGNINGE, HOLBAEK. c.1400.5-9. Allegory, Memento mori. West
> sect, south arch, left side. three kings, crowned, richly clad,
> talk and ride.
>
> BREGNINGE, HOLBAEK. c.1400.5-10. Allegory, Memento mori. West
> sect, south arch, right side. three skeletons, crowned, two
> scrolls, text. <i>Det I er, det var I . Hvad vi er, skal I blive</i>.
>
> BREGNINGE, HOLBAEK. c.1400.5-12. Allegory, Memento mori. East
> sect, east arch. Death comes riding with a human head on staff,
> scroll from left hand, text. <i>Ich being der dot und walt ich</i>.
> Lower right, a pelican.
>
> ELMELUNDE. c.1480. Elmelunde. 7-55. Allegory, Memento mori. Sect
> 1, north arch, left pendentive. Man with crossbow on shoulder,
> blowing horn. Together with 7-62, a hunting scene, a reminder of
> mortality.
>
> ELMELUNDE. c.1480. Elmelunde. 7-62. Allegory, Memento mori. Sect
> 2, south arch, left pendentive. Together with 7-55, an allegory.
> Deer fleeing hound seen in 7-63. A hunting scene, a memento
> mori.
>
> GUDUM. c.1550. 10-66. Man hunting. Allegory, Memento mori. West
> arch, left pendentive. In midst of vine decoration, man with gun
> hunts bird. Scroll. <i>nils sfal</i>.
>
> HEDENSTED. c.1550.11-41. Allegory, Memento mori. Sect 1, north
> arch. Left, man with gun aims right toward deer. Reminder of the
> nearness of death.
>
> HEDENSTED. c.1550.11-42. Allegory, Memento mori. Sect 1, north
> arch, left. Close-up of man with gun.
>
> HOEJBY. c.1380.12-78. Allegory, Memento mori. Sect 3, west arch.
> Death, armed with bow and arrow, rides ox. Youth, richly clad,
> in plate, mounted, falcon on wrist, to be Death's victim.
> Morality on Life's brevity.
>
> HOEJBY. c.1380.12-79. Death. Sect 3, west arch, left. Close-up
> of Death.
>
> HOEJBY. c.1380.12-80. Allegory, Memento mori. Sect 3, west arch,
> right. Close-up of youth
>
> SKIBBY c.1350. 21-110. Allegory, Memento mori. Choir, west
> arch. Left, three living and three dead kings. Left, three kings
> in life, richly dressed, mounted, with dogs and hawks, hunt.
> Right, three kings dead, three skeletons, worms crawling around
> bones. Scroll left, text. <i>QUOD SUMUS</i>. Scroll right, text.
> <i>FUIMUS</i>.
>
> SKIBBY c.1350. 21-111. Allegory, Memento mori. Choir, west
> arch, left detail. Three living kings.
>
> TUSE c.1450. Isefjord Workshop. 25-100. Allegory, Memento mori.
> Sect 1, west arch. Allegory. Left, the three kings ride out
> hunting with hawk and hound. Right, the three dead kings, eaten
> by worms. Three scrolls, texts. <i>Heu quantas est noster dolor.
> Vos qui transitis nostri memores rogo sitis. Fuimus aliquando
> quod estis</i>.
>
> TUSE c.1450. Isefjord Workshop. 25-101. Allegory, memento mori.
> Sect 1, west arch, left detail. Allegory. Three living kings
> mounted, hunt with hawk and hound.
>
> TUSE c.1450. Isefjord Workshop. 25-102. Allegory, Memento mori.
> Sect 1, west arch, right detail. Allegory. Three dead kings,
> eaten by worms. Three scrolls, text. (See above).
>
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