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The Noblewoman
Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543
A woodcut depicting a skeleton (= Death) beating a drum in front of a noble lady and her admirer. An hourglass, the reminder of human mortality, is in the bottom right corner. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Ruth 1 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).
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1547
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Title
The Noblewoman
Date Issued or Published
1547
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A woodcut depicting a skeleton (= Death) beating a drum in front of a noble lady and her admirer. An hourglass, the reminder of human mortality, is in the bottom right corner. The woodcut is accompanied by a verse from Ruth 1 translated into French (top) and then reformatted into verse (bottom).
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Lyon (France)
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Ruth 1
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15 cm (approx)
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This work is a part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
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The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e. not protected by copyright, has been produced by Pitts Theology Library.
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Emory University
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