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  1. Xylograph engraving based on the mural at the Cimetière des Innocents (1490) by Pierre Le Rouge, from La danse macabre nouvelle.

    Source: Library of Congress

    pdimagearchive.org/images/55a3

    #dance-of-death #string-instruments #mortality #percussion #drums #skeletons #bagpipes #wind-instruments #instruments #memento-mori #art #publicdomain

  2. More musical angels.
    These ones come from the roof of the Santuario della Beata Vergine dei Miracoli in Saronno, and were painted by Gaudenzio Ferrari who died in Milan on this day in 1546.
    Some lovely details of instruments and music books.

    #otd #OnThisDay #OnThisDayInHistory #OnThisDayInHistory #iconography #earlymusic #gaudenzioferrari #saronno #renaissance #earlymodern #musicaliconography #histodon #histodons #lute #violin #vielle #viol #violadabraccio #harp #psaltery #bagpipe #bagpipes #musicalangel #angelmusician #angelmusicians