Consecration of a Bishop: Offering of Candles
A woodcut depicting the consecration of a new bishop. The bishop elect kneels before a trio of consecrating bishops, holding out two tall candles as a pair of assistants carry in bread and wine for the Mass which concludes the consecration. The scene is flanked by decorative scroll work featuring cherubs. 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
Wine
Bread
Candles
Cherubs (Art)
Candles and lights
Sixteenth century
Still image
woodcuts (prints)
Sacrarvm caeremoniarvm sive Ritvvm ecclesiasticorvm S. Rom. ecclesiae. : libri tres
1582 PATR
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