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Ars Moriendi Book & Skull Sculpture
$20.95
This nostalgic cast stone sculpture measuring approximately 4.5 inches tall by 4 5/8 inches from front to back by 2.75 inches across is based from an antique Halloween piece. It's perfect as a bookend or paperweight! It is hand-painted and comes brand new in a beautifully designed package. Made in the USA. Please note: this item is hand-painted so it will vary slightly from the one featured in our photos here.
Ars Moriendi, Art of Dying, is the name of two related Latin texts dating from about 1415 and 1450 which offer advice on the protocols and procedures of a good death, explaining how to "die well" according to Christian precepts of the late Middle Ages. It was written within the historical context of the effects of the macabre horrors of the Black Death 60 years earlier and consequent social upheavals of the 15th century. It was very popular, translated into most West European languages, and was the first in a western literary tradition of guides to death and dying. Ars Moriendi was also among the first books printed with movable type and was widely circulated in nearly 100 editions before 1500, particularly in Germany.
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