The famous woodcut incunabulum of the Dance of Death

The famous scene of skeletons dancing on a grave, a medieval allegory reminding people that death comes to everyone, no matter what status they attain in life. The Latin verse underneath is an adaptation of Petrarch's homage to death , ending ''Without you the life of the suffering is a perennial prison''. The 'Liber Chronicarum' was first published in Latin on 12 July 1493, then a vernacular edition on the 23 December the same year. An estimated 1400-1500 Latin and 700-1000 German copies were printed.