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from St.Mary's Church of Lübeck in Germany.
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A glorious mural from 1463,
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one of the glories of the renaissance in Germany.
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But unfortunately it was destroyed
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by Allied bombing in the war,
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and so there's only a black and white reproduction
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that I can show you.
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But the theme comes across quite clearly,
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and is a good example of the danse macabre.
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What it is, is a portrayal,
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in separate paintings,
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of a whole society suddenly summoned by Angel of Death,