BENHUS in English translation

• ossuary
• charnel house

Examples of using Benhus in Danish and their translations into English

Mærker for dette billede: Benhus, Kieser.
Tags for this image: Gambler, Holbein, Kieser.

blev knoglerne gravet op og lagt i et benhus, så der var plads i jorden til nye kunder.
the bones were dug up and put into a charnel house, leaving room in the ground for new customers.

Benhuset fra Basel's dødedans af Beck.
The ossuary from Basel's dance of death by Beck.

Bemærk, hvordan benhuset i baggrunden har to etager med kranier.
Notice how the ossuary in the background has two floors with skulls.

I Basel var benhuset dekoreret med en fremstilling af Dommedag.
In Basel the ossuary was adorned with a depiction of Judgment day.

I virkeligheden så benhuset i Murten dog ikke sådan ud.
However, the Morat ossuary didn't really look like this.

Benhuset fra Basel's dødedans af Samuel Girardet.
The ossuary from Basel's dance of death by Samuel Girardet.

Bemærk, hvordan kranierne i benhuset ser til at at betragte processen.
Notice how the skulls in the ossuary seem to be watching the process.

Billedet af benhuset illustrerer nærværende tekst.
The picture of the ossuary illustrates the present text.

Benhuset fra Basel's dødedans af Matthæus Merian.
The ossuary from Basel's dance of death by Matthew Merian.

Benhuset fra Basel's dødedans af Jacques-Antony Chovin.
The ossuary from Basel's dance of death by Jacques-Antony Chovin.

Benhuset fra Basel's dødedans af Hieronymus Hess.
The ossuary from Basel's dance of death by Hieronymus Hess.

Dommedags-scenen over døren til benhuset er erstattet af ordene"Memento Mori.
The judgment-scene above the entrance to the ossuary has been replaced by the words"Memento Mori.

Benhuset fra Basel's dødedans af Beck.
The young woman from Basel's dance of death by Beck.

Benhusene var typisk lange huse, der omkransede kirkegården.
The ossuaries would typically be long houses enclosing the cemeteries.

For at få tømt kirkegårdene og benhusene brugte man de ældgamle katakomber.
In order to empty the cemeteries and ossuaries, the ancient catacombs were used.

Dansen starter med benhuset(til højre) men teksten er helt anderledes
The dance starts with the ossuary(to the right) but the text is totally different

Prædikanten og benhuset fra starten af Basel's dødedans malet af Emanuel Büchel.
The preacher and the ossuary from the beginning of Basel's dance of death painted by Emanuel Büchel.

Eks. har han tegnet efeu til højre for porten til benhuset og kopieret de byer i baggrunden, som Chovin har tilføjet.
For instance he has drawn ivy to the right of the doorway to the ossuary, and copied those villages in the background that Chovin had added.

Den sidste scene ved benhuset fra Der doten dantz mit figuren kopieret af Wernher von Zimmern.
The final scene at the ossuary from Der doten dantz mit figuren copied by Wernher von Zimmern.