A famous scene is the royal procession that passes three coffins with bodies in different states of decomposition. A young knight points them out to the king, who holds his nose against the stench, while his horse seems to lean in for a sniff. The queen looks away distraught.
Death comes to everyone, but earthly peace may be found by living the life of the monks. They seem serenely unaware of the souls of the wicked being fed into the fires of hell on the adjacent mountain.
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