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Francis Douce.

CONTENTS.

Chapter L

Personification of Death, and other modes of representing itamong the Ancients, and during the Middle Ages.—Erroneousnotions respecting Death.—Monumental absurdities.—Allegoricalpageant of the Dance of Death represented in early times inchurches and cemeteries.—Introduction of the infernal, orDance of Macaber.............• • I

Chapter IL

Places where the Dance of Death was sculptured or depicted—Usually accompanied by verses describing the several characters.—Other Metrical Compositions on the Dance...... • 15

Chapter IIL

Macaber not a German or any other poet, but a nonenity.—Corruption and confusion respecting this word.—Etymologicalerrors concerning it—How connected with the Dance.—Troismors et trois vifs.—Orgagna's painting in the Campo Santo atPisa.—Its connexion with the trois mors et trois vifs, as well aswith the Macaber Dance.—Saint Macarius the real Macaber.—Paintings of this dance in various places.—At Minden; Church-yard of the Innocents at Paris; Dijon; Basle; Klingenthal;Lubeck; Leipsic; Anneberg; Dresden; Erfurt; Nuremberg;Berne; Lucerne; Amiens; Rouen; Fescamp; Blois; Strasburg;Berlin; Vienna; in Holland; Italy; Spain....... 24

Chapter IV.

Macaber Dance in England.—St Paul's.— Salisbury.—WortleyHall.—Hexham.—Croydon.—Tower of London.—Lines in PiercePlowman's Vision supposed to refer to it ••••»••» 44