Death Heads (2)
The skull with crossbones (the two femurs) became popular in Europe as the symbol of mortality and the transitoriness of life (or, as a memento mori) between the 16th and 18th centuries. Here, a gravestone from around 1700 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire (churchyard of St Leonard's).
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Death Heads (2)
The skull with crossbones (the two femurs) became popular in Europe as the symbol of mortality and the transitoriness of life (or, as a memento mori) between the 16th and 18th centuries. Here, a gravestone from around 1700 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire (churchyard of St Leonard's).
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Uploaded on January 18, 2021
Taken on January 17, 2021