This dance, better known in Catalonia as the "dance of death" (in English and German, the same: dance of death, Totentanz; in French, danse macabreThe 14th-century dance, or "Dance of the Dead," is a dance that originated in the 14th century, most likely due to the enormous mortality caused by the Black Death and the devastating Hundred Years' War. It was widespread throughout the continent and is rarely seen as a stage performance today; but historically it has been very present in the graphic and pictorial arts. The best examples are found, or were found—and drawings of which have been preserved—in Basel, Dresden, and the cloister of St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Holbein made a whole series of engravings of enormous quality, and they are still being published. Apart from this, Florence Whitney is the author of a frankly intractable work, from around 1910, called The Danse of Death in Spain and Cataloniaof particular interest to us.