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Description: | A Pontifical is a liturgical book containing texts specifically to be used by a pope, archbishop, or bishop, such as for the consecration of bishops and of churches, the coronation of a king; various blessings, for a bell and a new well, for example; and many others. A flyleaf note records that the manuscript had belonged in the Middle Ages to Evesham Abbey, in Worcestershire.
The upper initial shows the heads of Sts. Peter & Paul. The lower, larger one shows a bishop covering the heads of three men with a white surplice, while two clerics to either side of him hold out his green-lined cope. This is part of the liturgical ceremony of giving a novice a tonsure. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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