Skull and Bone

Book Title: De doctrina moriendi opusculum, necessaria ad mortem foeliciter oppetendam pr[a]eparamenta declarans :

Author: Clichtove, Josse, d. 1543

Image Title: Skull and Bone

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Description: A skull with a bone in its mouth rests within an ornamental border of various other bones. The Latin inscription, "memor esto quoniam mors non tardat," means "remember that death does not tarry".

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