Vita post vitam

Tacke, Johann, 1617-1675, Schweizer, Johann, 1625-1670, Haelwegh, Adriaen, b. ca. 1637, Duarte, Salomon, 17th cent, Witte, Henning, 1634-1696, Mentzer, Balthasar, 1679-1741, Haberkorn, Peter, 1604-1676 · 1662 · Darmstadii : Typis Christophori Abelii · 98 pictures

Vita post vitam is a 1662 funeral book printed at Darmstadt by Christoph Abel for the Hesse-Darmstadt court, commemorating Landgrave Georg II and recording the rites that followed his death. The pictures show mourners in long cloaks and tall hats processing in pairs, alongside ornate capitals and decorative headpieces. A designer might take from them the layered rhythm of black-draped mourning figures in procession and the dense, looping flourish of early modern letter ornament.

Georg II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1605-1661 · Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1630-1678 · Maria Elisabeth, consort of Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, d. 1665 · Nobility · Processions · Triumphal arches · Crypts · Funeral rites and ceremonies

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