TNTL 119/4

Werner Waterschoot

Jan van den Dale, 'eenen vermaerden Retoricien'

Abstract -- De Uure van der doot, a poem by Jan van den Dale (died 1522), reflects the anxiety of the author before the sudden apparition of Death. It belongs to the late medieval memento mori-tradition and has its roots in biblical and liturgical texts, whereas the supposed influence of French-Burgundian literature proves to be minimal. Van den Dale demonstrates his literary skill by using a variety of rime-patterns.

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