Woodcut illustration of the Danse Macabre, showing skeletal figures dancing.  

💀Happy Halloween!💀 This Danse Macabre woodcut by Michael Wolgemut reflects 15th-century Europe's obsession with death and the afterlife. Found in the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle. 📖 Ref: SA 0166 #DanseMacabre #NurembergChronicle #RareBooks #MedievalArt

Wolf Boy, The Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493.

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📖 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 12 July 1493 – #HartmannSchedel's #NurembergChronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, an encyclopedia containing historical accounts and biblical paraphrase, was published in Latin in Nuremberg. It is a masterpiece of a tome.

Illustrations from the Nuremberg Chronicle - this version the printed edition by Anton Koberger in 1493.

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