Speculum Mortis

This book examines the visualization of personified death. It analyzes all preserved examples of macabre iconography in late medieval Bohemian paintings in the context of period culture and devotion.

By Daniela Rywiková

Introduction: Four Last Things: Dying and Death in the Middle Ages
Chapter 1: Imago mortis: Image of Death in Early and High Medieval Art
Chapter 2: Death of the Apocalypse
Chapter 3: Mors triumfans: Triumph of Death in the Broumov Charnel House in the Context of Period Funeral Liturgy and Theology
Chapter 4: Memento mori: The Legend of the Three Living and the Three Dead as a Polysemantic Presentation of Death in Late Medieval Bohemian Mural Painting
Chapter 5: Ars moriendi and Symmetry of Sin: The Krumlov Miscellanea as a Vademecum of Virtuous Life, Perfect Penance, and the Good Death
Chapter 6: Danse macabre: Two Prague Dances of Death as a Critique of the Sinful World