The Pope Lying in State and the Novemdiales
A pair of woodcuts with captions depicting the body of the Pope lying in state (top) and a depiction of the delivery of a eulogy during the nine official days of mourning following interment, called the Novemdiales (bottom).
Monath, Georg Peter, 1715-1788
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Leipzig (Germany)
German
Popes
Death
Processions
Rites and ceremonies
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Eighteenth century
18 cm (approx.)
Still image
woodcuts (prints)
Octavo
Gründliche Nachricht von denen Ceremonien, welche jederzeit nach dem Absterben eines Pabstes ausser und in dem Conclave bis zur Wahl und Crönung eines neues Pabstes vorgehen : Ingleichen von dem Ursprung, Hoheit und Würde der Cardinäle : Mit vielen Kupfern erläutert.
1769 GRUN
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