... Alphabet The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? ---Edgar Allan Poe Bones of All Men What better way to start an alphabetical challenge than to actually introduce an alphabet.... specifically, Hans Holbein's Dance of Death Alphabet. Created in 1524 by German artist, Hans Holbein, this 24-letter alphabet (as letter i = j & letter v = u), was originally published on sheets with corresponding Bible verses to accompany each scene. The text accompanying the above scene was: Wie sy all sterben in Adam also ouch inn Christo werden sy all lebendig gemacht / We / we / we / denen die do wonen vff der erden. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive/ Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth. The Dance is introduced with drums and trumpets, where one Death is seen playing a drum and fife, while another Death is seen blowing a hor...