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| Holbein's dance of death, the old man. |
Death leads the hermit. With a big grin he has placed the stick behind the rock that will trip up the hermit. The hermit has a T-cross and a rosary in his hand. Behind him we see his simple cabin.
The hermit does not appear in Holbein's dance of death, but is similar to the old man - where the same Bible quote is used. Death leads the old man toward the open grave (picture to the right).
The accompanying text goes: »Myn geyst der wurt verzert myne tag werden gekurtzt / vnd alleyn das grab ist mir ubrig«.
This is from Job 17,1, which in Luther's version sounds: »Mein Geist ist zerbrochen, meine Tage sind ausgelöscht; das Grab ist da«. In English: »My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me«.
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