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Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the third in a series of twelve illustrating the consecration of a new bishop: the prostration before the altar. The bishop-elect lies fully prostrate on the floor before the altar, while the chief consecrating bishop and his assistant bishops kneel and recite a litany. -
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 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 third of four illustrating the consecration of a portable altar (or possibly a side altar). Using the blessed water, the bishop makes the sign of the cross in the four corners of the new altar -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: The bishop holds the chalice in his hand and blesses it, as an attendant priest stands nearby holding a small tray with two cruets -
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 eleventh in a series of twelve illustrating the consecration of a bishop. The new bishop, wearing a mitre and carrying a crozier, kneels before the three bishops who have consecrated him. He is blessed again by the presiding bishop -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the ninth in a series of twelve illustrating the consecration of a new bishop. With a lit candle in his hand, the bishop-elect kneels before the presiding bishop. Assistant priests stand in the background, carrying the loaves of bread and kegs of wine that will be consecrated d...
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