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Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the second of five illustrating the reconcilation of pentitents to the Church on Holy Thursday. The penitents appear at the door of the church, barefoot and with unlit candles in their hands, and they prostrate themselves on the ground. The bishop sends two deacons to them wit... -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This is the last of four engravings illustrating the blessing of several holy oils on Holy Thursday. With two vessels of blessed oil resting on the altar, the bishop begins to sing the preface of the Mass -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving illustrates a rite performed after the death of certain people in public positions of authority such as cardinals, bishops and rulers. Five bishops stand around the bier, one at each corner and one at the head. Acolytes stand at the feet of the dead bishop with the processional c... -
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: Followed by his disciples, Jesus is met and questioned by a Jewish lawyer, arrayed in elaborate clothing and impressive hat. In the background is visible a representation of the Parable of the Good Samaritan -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the last of five illustrating the blessing and laying the first stone of a new church building. Having placed the stone in the ground, the bishop sprinkles the area with the blessed water once again -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Taken from the title page of an early sixteenth-century Catholic work on the Mass, this woodcut depicts a congregant kneeling as the priest per-forms the eucharistic service. Note the four woodcut border panels that have been used rather crudely to frame the central engraving -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the second of five illustrating the blessing and laying the first stone of a new church building. Standing in the place where the church will be built, the bishop blesses salt and water -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This engraving is the seventh of ten illustrating the blessing and coronation of a king. The presiding bishop and several of the auxiliary bishops place the crown on the king’s head as he kneels before them -
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...