Just yesterday we were touring here in the Monferrato and I came a church which had its bible open to the story of Lazarus. The Bible was a decorative one, and the stories were depicted in picture form as well. The pictures were of skulls, much like the ones I have seen in Northern European churches, where the plague had taken the majority of the population, and I wondered what the connection could be between the plague and Lazarus.

Then, this morning, I come upon your post. I am going to post the picture I took of the bible on my blog as way of explanation of the skulls.