The Dance of Death in Tallinn, Part 1

Tallinn's dance of death, part 1
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The dance of death in Tallinn starts with a preacher admonishing the congregation. It might very well have been the same way in Lübeck. At least the printed books based on Lübeck's dance of death start this way.

In contrast to Lübeck, Death plays a bagpipe, either to make the scene more gruesome, or because bagpipes are known to be able to wake the dead (8=

The text from the painting has been written down and translated under the photos of the painting from Lübeck.

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Alternate spellings: tailinn tallin talinn reval revaler niguliste nikolaj nikolai st. nicholas