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Engravings from the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection
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Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the first of nine illustrating the consecration of an altar, when this is not part of the ceremony for the dedication of a church. The bishop stands at a table and blesses the water, salt, ashes and wine that will be used in the ritual of consecration -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the second of nine illustrating the consecration of an altar, when this is not part of the ceremony for the dedication of a church. The bishop stands before the altar and, with his right hand, takes some of the blessed water and makes a sign of the cross with it in the middle o... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving depicts the bishop as he blesses the accoutrements of the altar and church, such as various vessels, a censer and cloths for the altar -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The dragon/serpent/Satan/devil is chained by an angel and forced into a burning pit. The angel wears a cross on his head and carries a key. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Printer’s device of Vincenzo Vaugris (Venice) -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: In the clouds are four heads blowing the four winds away, as an angel flies overhead with a T square, and below are angels with swords. One angel with pen in hand draws a cross on the foreheads of humans, thus marking/sealing the 144,000. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Title page for 'Pontificale Romanum Clementis VIII. Pont. Max. iussu restitutum atque editum' (Rome, 1595), a book describing rites performed by Roman Catholic bishops. It was also called 'Liber Sacramentorum,' 'Liber Officialis,' 'Liber Pontificalis,' etc. The engravings of the work in the Digi... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the third of nine illustrating the consecration of an altar, when this is not part of the ceremony for the dedication of a church. The bishop circles the altar, sprinkling it with water, the ashes and the blessed wine. For this purpose, he uses sprigs of the herb hyssop that h... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the last of eighteen illustrating the dedication or consecration of a church. Once again, the bishop sanctifies the altar by making the sign of the cross on it with holy oil in several places, including the top and foundation of the altar -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the thirteenth of eighteen illustrating the dedication or consecration of a church. A hole has been cut in the new altar into which the altar stone, containing relics of several saints, will be placed. The bishop consecrates the angles of the depression with holy oil and then ...