Le Pape faisant l'ouverture de la Porte Sainte et vue des Loges d'où la Noblesse regarde la Ceremonie de l'ouverture de la Porte Sainte
A pair of engravings depicting the Pope opening the Holy Door at one of the four basilicas which grant indulgences to pilgrims during the Holy Year (top) and a detailed view of the raised seating where members of the nobility can sit to watch the ceremony of opening the Holy Door (bottom).
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733
Rollin, fils
Paris (France)
Banier, M. l'abbé (Antoine), 1673-1741
French
Popes
Pilgrims and pilgrimages
Rites and ceremonies
Doors
Holy Year
Nobility
Architecture
Church buildings
Basilicas
Seating (Furniture)
Catholic Church
Eighteenth century
45 cm (approx.)
Still image
engravings (prints)
Histoire générale des cérémonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde: Volume 2
1741 BANI V.2
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