Ars moriendi

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English: Ars moriendi ("The Art of Dying") is the name of two related Latin texts dating from 1415 and 1450 which offers advice on the protocols and procedures of a good death and on how to "die well", according to Christian precepts of the late Middle Ages.
Deutsch: Die ars moriendi bilden eine Klasse von Büchern, die um 1400 entstand. Sie lehren die Kunst zu sterben, um das Himmelreich zu erlangen.

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[edit] Johann Bämler

printed by Johann Bämler, Woodcut, 1476

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[edit] Meister E. S.

Engravings by Meister E. S., ca 1450

[edit] Weigel

blockbook with latin banderoles, ca 1450

[edit] Schneider Ausgabe XII

blockbook, ca 1460 (students create a facsimile [1])

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