Memento Mori

Ahhh it’s so easy to remember to live, but in times long ago, people were compelled to remember their impending doom. Charming. Let’s dig in to this grim fascination, to find out just why they wanted a constant reminder of their life’s termination! Join us as Ms. Merrick kindly dishes out the dirt on Memento Mori.

Ossi di Morti (Bones of the Dead Cookies) Recipe

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Author: Anne Papina

Recipe type: Dessert

Cuisine: Italian

Serves: 15

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
2 egg whites
Juice of 1 lemon
Pinch of Cloves
Pinch of Cinnamon
4 ounces hazelnuts, lightly crushed
4 ounces almonds, lightly crushed

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, egg whites, and lemon juice.
Stir in the nuts and knead dough until fairly firm and form into a ball. Cut into quarters.
Working with one quarter at a time, roll the dough out with your hands a floured surface into a snake shape.
Cut off 2 inch pieces and shape into bones with your hands.
Line your cookie sheet with parchment paper, and lay the bones on it.
Bake for about 20 minutes or until they just start to turn golden on the edges.
Cool completely before serving. Makes about 3 dozen.

Sourced from Webicurean please read more: http://blog.webicurean.com/2012/10/28/ossi-di-morti-bones-of-the-dead-cookies-sundaysupper/#ixzz6LzmLi6nG

Book of Hours

Memento mori painting by Carstian Luyckx

Memento Mori Ring_Norwich

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Memento_mori_ring_Norwich.JPG

A gold memento mori pendant, Wellcome

A symbolic stone in St Andrew's Old Kirkyard

Giovanni boldù, memento mori

Igreja de São Vincente

Mariotto Albertinelli - Triptych

Memento Mori, Wellcome

Memento Mori an einem Rosenkranz aus dem frühen 16. Jahrhundert, Elfenbein geschnitzt; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Momento mori in the form of a small coffin, probably Southern Germany, 1700s, wax figure on silk in a wooden coffin - Museum Schnütgen - Cologne, Germany

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