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Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the fifth of ten illustrating the blessing and coronation of a king. The king kneels before the presiding bishop. One of the priest-assistants brings the king’s sword from the altar and gives it to the bishop, who then presents it to the king -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the fifth in a series of nine illustrating the blessing of a monk as an abbot. The abbot, wearing alb and chasuble, kneels before the presiding bishop who lays his hands on the abbot’s head to bless him -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the sixth of ten illustrating the blessing and coronation of a king. After offering the sword to the king, the presiding bishop places the sword in the scabbard worn by the king -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the last of ten illustrating the blessing and coronation of a king. The newly crowned king genuflects before the presiding bishop and offers him gold coins. This is witnessed by the surrounding auxiliary bishops, priests and noblemen -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the ninth of ten illustrating the blessing and coronation of a king. The presiding bishop rises from his throne and, with an auxiliary bishop, leads the king to a special throne set before the altar -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the eighth of ten illustrating the blessing and coronation of a king. The crowned king, kneeling before the presiding bishop, accepts his scepter from the bishop’s hands -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the first of five illustrating the blessing and laying the first stone of a new church building. The bishop, seated under a tent, is speaking to the architect of the building while priests stand nearby with a processional cross and lit candles -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving illustrates the blessing of a soldier/knight. The soldier kneels before the bishop who offers him a sword -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the fourth of five illustrating the blessing and laying the first stone of a new church building. While the builders look on, the bishop begins to lower the first stone of the new church building, marked with a cross, into a trough already dug in the ground -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the third of five illustrating the blessing and laying the first stone of a new church building. A large cross has been fixed in the ground where the new church will stand. Mixing the salt he has just blessed in the water, the bishop sprinkles the blessed water on the ground a...