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Memento mori (en.wikipedia.org)
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Memento mori - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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Memento mori (Latin for 'remember that you [have to] die') is an artistic or symbolic trope acting as a reminder of the inevitability of death. The concept has its roots in the philosophers of classical antiquity and Christianity, and appeared in funerary art and architecture from the medieval period onwards.

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