Ars moriendi
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There was originally a "long version" and then a later "short version" containing eleven [[woodcut]] pictures as instructive images which could be easily explained and memorized. | There was originally a "long version" and then a later "short version" containing eleven [[woodcut]] pictures as instructive images which could be easily explained and memorized. | ||
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- | *''[[Speculum Humanae Salvationis]]'' | ||
- | *''[[Bardo Thodol]]'', [[Tibet]]an book of the Dead | ||
- | *''[[Book of the Dead]]'', [[Egypt]]ian book of the Dead | ||
- | *''[[Danse Macabre]]'' | ||
- | * [[Memento mori]] | ||
- | * [[Vanitas]] | ||
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*''[[Bardo Thodol]]'', [[Tibet]]an book of the Dead | *''[[Bardo Thodol]]'', [[Tibet]]an book of the Dead | ||
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* [[Consolatio Literary Genre]] | * [[Consolatio Literary Genre]] | ||
+ | *[[To philosophize is to learn how to die]] | ||
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Ars moriendi ("The 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 and on 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.
There was originally a "long version" and then a later "short version" containing eleven woodcut pictures as instructive images which could be easily explained and memorized.
See also
- Bardo Thodol, Tibetan book of the Dead
- Book of the Dead, Egyptian book of the Dead
- Danse Macabre
- Memento mori
- Speculum Humanae Salvationis
- Vanitas
- Consolatio Literary Genre
- To philosophize is to learn how to die