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| Keywords: Spiegel-der-vernunft-mirror-of-understanding-1488.jpg Christian pilgrim identified by his hat staff and knapsack is shown in the mirror He walks the road of life symbolized by a perilous roughly hewn bridge with branch stubs to trip him up The devil pulls him backward toward worldly pleasures while at the far end Death with a bow and a clock measures his allotted time Beyond Death there is resurrection and the Last Judgment Below the bridge is a grave and below that a Hellmouth while at the top of the image the Trinity are shown along with the Virgin and the Fountain of Life Behind the medallion with the Trinity are ten spheres the lowest showing the Moon Sun and stars while the other nine illustrate choirs of angels A crucifix links this heavenly scene with the tableaux of the mirror while four angels give advice The central image is related to Bosch's The Path of Life the exterior image on The Haywain Triptych and his Wayfarer tondo as well as Durer's Knight Death and the Devil Scanned from Bosch by Laurinda S Dixon 2003 The artist engraver and publisher are unknown 1488 PD-old-100 Allegories of death Christian allegories Pilgrim's hat Pilgrims in art 15th-century woodcuts | ||||
