5906981 MS Lewis E 212 f.151r, The Legend of the Three Living and the Three Dead (pen & ink, tempera and gold on vellum) by French School, (16th century); 16x11 cm; Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info.: fol. 151r-204r: Office of the Dead. This miniature begins the Office of the Dead, which consisted of prayers to aid souls through Purgatory. The subject of the miniature, the Three Living and the Three Dead, is a reminder that death comes to all. Here, three young men defend themselves against three corpses that represent death. According to the popular legend, the corpses say to the men: "We were once as you are now, and what we are, you soon will be."); by Free Library of Philadelphia ; Rare Book Department, Free Library of Philadelphia.