Ars moriendi (English spelling) [Latin]

Japanese: アルス・モリエンディ(英語表記)Ars moriendi[ラテン]
Ars moriendi (English spelling) [Latin]
A pamphlet popular in 15th-century Western society, meaning "the art of dying" or "the art of going to the grave." The Black Death, a plague epidemic in the 14th century, caused people facing death to think only of how to die, and they sought guidance on how to die, leading to the popularity of pamphlets like this. The pamphlet described a drama of angels and demons battling around a person's deathbed for the soul that was trying to leave the body, and explained how to die as a Christian and how to behave at the moment of death.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
15世紀の西欧社会に普及した小冊子で,〈死亡術〉あるいは〈往生術〉の意。黒死病(ブラック・デス)と呼ばれる14世紀のペスト大流行の惨禍により,死と直面した人々は,ただいかに死ぬかということを考え,死に方の手引きが求められ,こうした小冊子が流行した。臨終の床を囲んで,天使と悪魔が肉体を離れようとする霊魂をめぐって争うドラマを描写し,キリスト教徒としていかに死ぬか,臨終にどうふるまえばよいか,を説いたものである。

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