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Engravings from the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
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Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: At the time of vespers on the Saturday before the Sunday on which a priest will be consecrated a bishop, he is questioned by at least three bishops in the presence of other priests -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the second of three illustrating various rites for those under holy orders. The bishop lays his hand on the head of a priest as he prays for him -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This is the last of three engravings illustrating the blessing of a new bell for a church. The bishop places a thurible filled with incense under the bell and allows the smoke of the incense to rise and envelope the bell -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This is the second of three engravings illustrating the blessing of a new bell for a church. The bishop makes seven crosses with his right hand on the outside of the bell using holy oil -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This is the first of three engravings illustrating the blessing of a new bell for a church. The bell is set up inside the church for the blessing. The bishop is seated while several Psalms are chanted. The implements needed for the ceremony are set out on a table -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The bishop blesses a suit of armor that is laid out on a table -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This is the first of two engravings illustrating the blessing of a new cross for a church. The bishop blesses the cross with incense and holy water -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The priestly vestments for use in a new church are laid out on a table. The bishop blesses all of them at once -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Pope Alexander III receives the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the last in a series of twelve illustrating the consecration of a bishop. The ceremony of bestowal of the pallium must take place in the new bishop’s own diocese. The pallium is a long woolen cloth embroidered with six small black crosses sent to the bishop by the pope. Here t...