Lübeck's Dance of Death, Part 3, The Bishop, the Duke, the Abbot and the Knight

Lübeck's Dance of Death

Bishop, abbot and knight.

Back to the Empress, the Cardinal, the King and the Bishop

Forward to the Carthusian, the Nobleman and the Canon

The red area shows the location in the chapel

The original Low German text is lost here.

The door to Alfstrasse.

The duke and Death. Click to see the entire picture.

Between the bishop and the abbot there used to be a duke, but he (and a Death) was cut out and disappeared when a door was expanded in the church wall in 1799.

The picture to the left shows the door as it looks today. Above the door one can see the new stained glass windows from 1952-56.

The picture to the right is Suhl's engraving from 1783. Notice that the duke and Death (to the extreme right of the picture) are not holding hands. The duke holds a flag and Death uses both hands to catch the abbot (not in the picture). This is because the duke and Death used to be on two separate canvasses with the old (small) door in between. When the door was enlarged, it was necessary to remove them both.