Consecration of a Bishop: Gospels upon the Shoulders
A woodcut depicting the consecration of a bishop. The bishop elect kneels before a trio of consecrating bishops who lay their hands upon his head as an assistant places a book of the Gospels upon his shoulders. The scene is flanked by a pair of cherubs holding rings and kneeling atop helmets. The woodcut is reused throughout the work.
Giunta, Filippo, 1533-1600
Venice (Italy)
Patrizi Piccolomini, Agostino, approximately 1435-1496
Bishops
Clergy
Consecration
Consecration of bishops
Bible. Gospels
Bible
Blessing and cursing
Cherubs (Art)
Helmets
Sixteenth century
Still image
woodcuts (prints)
Sacrarvm caeremoniarvm sive Ritvvm ecclesiasticorvm S. Rom. ecclesiae. : libri tres
1582 PATR
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