PAPERS RELATING TO AN UNPUBLISHED BOOK ON THE DANCE OF DEATH

This material is held atOxfordshire History Centre

  • Reference
    • GB 160 P223/1
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1885-1941

Scope and Content

The book discusses the depiction of the Dance of Death in art, especially wall paintings, and literature, in France, Germany, Switzerland and England from the fifteenth to the eighteenth

centuries. The related papers include pamphlets about the Dance of Death in French, Italian, German and English and a number of postcards and other illustrations