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  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Moses stands before the Ark of the Covenant, and sees that the rod/staff of Aaron has blossomed/sprouted.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Moses commands that trumpets be made and played as signals to Israel. The tents are visible in the background.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: This engraving is the first of two illustrating the proceedings at a diocesan synod. The bishop sits among the priests of the diocese, as the archdeacon stands in a pulpit and reads the decrees of the Council of Trent and the profession of faith. All who are present also make the profession of ...
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: This engraving is the first of three illustrating various rites for those under holy orders. When a priest engages in serious wrong-doing, he may be suspended by the bishop. After doing the prescibed penance, the priest undergoes a rite of reconciliation. Here the bishop is laying his hand on t...
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The tents of the tribes of Israel, each with the name of its tribe, all arranged around the tabernacle, and the directions east and west are noted.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: This engraving is the second of two illustrating the proceedings at a diocesan synod. The bishop preaches to all those present at the synod, admonishing and exhorting them
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: This engraving illustrates one part of the rite of absolution for a priest who had been excommunicated. The one to be absolved kneels before the bishop who is seated outside of the church. The bishop holds a switch in his hand with which he beats the shoulders of the one to be absolved, while a...
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: This engraving illustrates the rite of solemn excommunication. The bishop sits surrounded by twelve priests in a public place, each with a lit candle in his hand. The bishop then pronounces the anathema against the one to be excommunicated, after which all strike out their candles against the g...
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: This engraving illustrates the visit of a bishop to a parish church. While visiting, he gives the local congregation a solemn blessing and, during the liturgy, tells them the reasons why he has come to see them (e.g., to ascertain whether or not the local church is being well governed, to perfor...
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: This engraving is the third of five illustrating the reconcilation of pentitents to the Church on Holy Thursday. The archdeacon approaches the penitents and bids them to remain silent and listen as he speaks to the bishop on their behalf