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old-fashioned flower design element

ID
8656
Title
Dance of Death Window, Detail
credit
Holly Hayes
Copyright
All Rights Reserved
Location
Bern Münster, Bern, Switzerland
Resolution
4864 x 2880 px (14 MP)
Camera
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
focal length
70mm
Date Taken
October 28, 2010
Date Added
July 15, 2011
Last Updated
February 17, 2026

Image: Dance of Death Window, Detail

Detail of the Dance of Death Window, dating from c. 1450, in Bern Munster. The Dance of Death (Totentanz in German) is an allegory of the universality and inevitablity of death and was especially popular after the Black Plague swept Europe in the 14th century.

by Holly Hayes
on October 28, 2010

location:

Bern Münster, Bern, Switzerland

subjects: — Blog Post: Rösti in Bern and Ankle Injury in Geneva — Dance of Death Window — Bern Münster, Bern, Switzerland