In the series’ frontispiece, black-winged Death like an emcee presents the seven sins to the viewer. The sins are personified by various stock characters: on the very left, Pride appears as a soldier; next to him, Avarice grips his money bag; Anger is a woman staring intently and with bared teeth at the man representing Lust, who in turn is closely looking at her; next is a round-faced Glutton, with a sausage or cigar in his mouth; Envy holds a threatening knife; and finally, Sloth snores open-mouthed while a snail crawls up his night shirt.