Blessing and Coronation of a Queen: Speaking the Litany
A woodcut depicting the blessing and coronation of a queen. The queen kneels before a bishop who is reciting a litany from a book of the Gospels held by an attendant. The scene is flanked by a pair of cherubs holding rings and kneeling on helmets. The woodcut is reused throughout the work.
Giunta, Filippo, 1533-1600
Venice (Italy)
Patrizi Piccolomini, Agostino, approximately 1435-1496
Queens
Bishops
Coronations
Blessing and cursing
Litanies
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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