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Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the seventh of nine illustrating the blessing and consecration of a virgin. As the nuns wearing their crowns of leaves kneel before him, the bishops declares anyone anathema who would try to lead them away from the banner of chastity -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the sixth of nine illustrating the blessing and consecration of a virgin. The bishop places a crown of leaves, symbolizing the excellence of virginity, on the head of each nun as she kneels before him -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the fourth of nine illustrating the blessing and consecration of a virgin. Seated on his throne before the altar, the bishop asks the women if they will persist in holy virginity. When they answer that they will, he places a second veil over the head of each nun as she kneels b... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the last of nine illustrating the blessing and consecration of a virgin. The Bishop, seated on his throne, offers the breviary to the nuns. Now that they are professed as nuns, it will be their obligation to recite the Divine Office every day. The nuns touch the book with th... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the eighth of nine illustrating the blessing and consecration of a virgin. At the conclusion of the Offertory, the virgins kneel before the bishop with lighted candles in their hands -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the fifth of nine illustrating the blessing and consecration of a virgin. The bishop places a ring on the right hand of each nun, telling her that she is now the spouse of Jesus Christ -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the second of nine illustrating the blessing and consecration of a virgin. In a series of prayers, the bishop blesses the various pieces of clothing that make up the habit of the nun. Here, the nuns kneel before the bishop, having taken off their secular clothing and donned pa... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the first of nine illustrating the blessing and consecration of a virgin. The women leave the cloister of their monastery dressed in secular clothing and enter the church for the ceremony, accompanied by older matrons. Here they are presented to the bishop by the archpriest at... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the third of nine illustrating the blessing and consecration of a virgin. Now fully vested in the habit, the nuns kneel in a circle before the bishop