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machabaeorum

MACHABAEORUM
, vulgo Dance Macabre, Ludicra quædam ceremonia ab ecclesiasticis pie instituta, qua omnium dignitatum, tam ecclesiæ quam imperii personæ choream simul ducendo, alternis vicibus a chorea evanescebant, ut mortem ab omnibus suo ordine oppetendam esse significarent. Hujusce ritus mentio fit in veteri Codice MS. eccl. Vesont. laudato in Mercur. Franc. mens. Sept. ann. 1742. pag. 1955 : Sexcallus solvat D. Johanni Caleti matriculario S. Joannis quatuor simasias vini per dictum matricularium exhibitas illis, qui choræam Machabæorum fecerunt 10. Julii (1453) nuper lapsa hora missæ in Ecclesia S. Joannis Evangelistæ propter capitulum provinciale Fratrum Minorum. Diar. regni Caroli VII. ad ann. 1424. fol. 509 : Cette année fut faite la dance Macabre aux Innocens. Vide Grimm. Mythol. German. pag. 495.

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