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Rosary bead, 2 faces (chapelet) (Side 2)

Rosary bead, 2 faces (chapelet) (Side 2)
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Subject
Secular. Memento mori.

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Cologne, Museum Schnütgen

Inv. B 133

Ivory

Height: 38mm
Width: 34mm
Depth: 25mm

Side 1: head of a man or corpse.
Side 2: skull (Death); lizards; toads; snakes; vermin.
Scrolls with inscription: 'daz ist ein jung ûn arm mensch en e nd dich her [erbarm dich Herr?]'.

Cologne 2006: Germany (?), 16th century


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Provenance
Acquired from Elisabeth Osthoff, Bielefeld, 7 April 1962.

Bibliography
R. von Forrer, 'Memento Mori - Kleinkunstwerke', in Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Archaeologie und Kunstgeschichte 2 (1940), p. 132.
R. Dieckhoff, 'Klappernd Gebein und nagend Gewürm: Memento mori im Schnütgen-Museum', in Kleine Festschrift zum dreifachen Jubiläum, exhibition catalogue, Cologne, Schnütgen-Museum, 1981, pp. 39-46 (fig. on p. 42 and 44).
Zum Sterben schön! Alter, Totentanz und Sterbekunst von 1500 bis heute, ed. by A. von Hülsen-Esch and H. Westermann-Angerhausen, exhibition catalogue, Cologne, Schnütgen Museum, 2006, no. 42.


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