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The dance of death : in a series of engravings on wood from designs attributed to Hans Holbein ; with a treatise on the subject
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VI.

THE POPE.

" Moriatur sacerdos magnus."Josue xx.

He is- crowning an Emperor, who kneels before him, twoCardinals attending, one of whom is ludicrously personatedby Death. In the background are bishops, &c. Deathembraces the Pope with one hand, and with the other leanson a crutch. Two grotesque Devils are introduced into thecut, one of whom hovers over the Pope ; the other, in the air,holds a diploma, to which several seals are appended.