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December 24, 2011 01:07 pm PST

Rosary of skulls and faces

This early 16th century German rosary from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection is a fabulous bit of memento mori, with callow, living mortals on one side of each bead and grinning death's heads on the other: Each bead of the rosary represents the bust of a well-fed burgher or maiden on one side, and [...]


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