Dilexi / Bellringer

Deathbed Burial

Detail of the previous image. The funeral mass begins: »Dilexi, quoniam exaudiet Dominus«, which is the beginning of Psalm 116 (114 in the Greek/Latin tradition).

Inside the large D of Dilexi, a man walks around with a handbell — presumably to announce the death to the whole city. There's a larger version here: Bellringer.

Bellringer

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