CHAPTER XVII.

Trots vifs ei trots morts. — Negro figure of Death. — Dameatix Aveugles.

| HE first of these subjects, as connectedwith the Macaber Dance, has been al-ready introduced at pp. 28, 29 ; what isnow added will not, it is presumed, bethought unworthy of notice.

It is needless to repeat the descrip-tions that have been given by M. Peig-not of the manuscripts in the Duke dela Valliere's catalogue. The following are some of theprinted volumes in which representations of the Trots vifset trots morts occur.

They are to be found in all the editions of the DanseMacabre that have already been described, and in thefollowing Horse and other service-books of the CatholicChurch.

"Horse ad usum Sarum," 1495, no place, no printer.4to. " Three Deaths, three horsemen with hawks andhounds,his cell.

" Heures a l'usage de Rome.'for Guil. Eustace, 1506, i2mo.

" Horse ad usum Traject." 1513. i8mo."Breviarium seu horarium domesticum ad usum Sarum."Paris, F. Byrckman, 1516. Large folio. Three Deaths andthree young men.

The hermit, to whom the vision appeared, inParis. Nicolas Higman,