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Details: Large ceremonial silver cups with covers were a status symbol in the late 16th century, particularly when gilded like this superb example from Nuremberg. Stylish and grand, these cups provided the ultimate vessel from which a royal guest or aristocratic visitor could drink at a formal banquet. They came...
0:00/1:151×Details: A pax is a small flat tablet decorated with Christian images and meant to be kissed by the priest before Communion. This plaquette likely had a tabernacle-shaped frame which has been cut away. Here the Madonna sits before a stable with a nude Christ Child...
0:00/0:431×Details: The style and quality of this manuscript's decoration is typical of deluxe Parisian books made for aristocratic or royal patrons. Most of the book's decoration appears to be the work of the Master of the Boqueteaux, an artist active at the...
0:00/0:551×Details: Anthony Fenoughty and his wife, Catherine McAndrews, emigrated from County Mayo, Ireland, in 1817 They came to Kansas in 1868 and to Paola in 1870. There were four children in this family, all having lived to be over eighty years of age in Kansas. One...
0:00/0:481×Details: Giovanni Battista Gaulli owes a great deal of his success on the ceiling fresco to Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Several other artists were considered for the job of painting the ceiling. Gian Paolo Oliva relied on Bernini's opinion when selecting the artist for the...
0:00/0:161×Details: Built between 1869 and 1873 to replace a previous church that was damaged during the Civil War, Stella Maris Catholic Church was altered in the 1880s with the addition of stucco and a bell tower to the exterior. It is a contributing structure in the...
0:00/0:191×Details: Once used as decorations for a reliquary shrine, each enamel plaque represents a biblical prophet: Isaiah, Zacharias, Elisha, and Hosea. Fine gold dots punctuate dark blue backgrounds. Typical of Hildesheim enamels, this detailing creates the illusion that the prophets sit against star-studded twilight skies. 🙏🏽This...
0:00/1:021×Details: These two pages come from a prayer book which belonged to Claude of France (1499-1524), queen consort of France. Claude was the daughter of the French king Louis XII and Anne of Brittany and the first wife of king Francis I of France. She received...
Description0:00/1:001×Details: Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels. Palm Sunday marks the first day of Holy Week. For adherents...
Statue of Virgin Mary with Flowers Catholic Stock Photo SD Cason Catholic Gallery0:00/0:461×Details: Mary has been venerated since early Christianity, and is considered by millions to be the holiest and greatest saint because of her extraordinary virtues as seen at the Annunciation by the archangel Gabriel....
Holy Week procession Wikipedia0:00/0:301×Details: A Holy Week procession is a public ritual march of clergy and penitents which takes place during Holy Week in Christian countries, especially those with a Catholic culture. Various images of the saints, especially the Virgin Mary, and most importantly the image...
Palm Sunday Audio0:00/0:381×Details: Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels. In Matthew 21:1–11, Mark 11:1–11, Luke...
Cardinal robert dunne Brave Search0:00/0:171×Details: Robert Dunne (5 September 1830 – 13 January 1917) was the second Roman Catholic bishop of Brisbane and later he became its first archbishop. Dunne was born in Ardfinnan, County Tipperary, Ireland and was educated at Lismore Grammar School and the Irish...
Alb Stole and Biretta Latin Rite Catholic Stock Photo SD Cason Catholic Gallery 10:00/0:521×Details: The Stole, which is a long, narrow strip of cloth draped around the neck, is a vestment of distinction, and a symbol of ordination. Deacons wear it draped across the left shoulder...
Edit St Stephens Cathedral Vienna Catholic Stock Photo Raindropio0:00/0:181× Details: St. Stephen's Cathedral, Stephansdom, is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienna and the seat of the Archbishop of Vienna. The current Romanesque and Gothic cathedral was initiated by Duke Rudolf IV...
Pax with the Madonna and Child Cleveland Museum of Art0:00/1:121×Details: A pax is a small flat tablet decorated with Christian images and meant to be kissed by the priest before Communion. The Madonna, crowned with a halo, sits with the Christ Child on her right knee,...
Edit Plate Depicting Christs Passion 1510 Italian Catholic Stock Photo Raindropio0:00/0:361×Details: The painted scenes on this plate depicting the Passion of Christ include the betrayal of Jesus by his disciple Judas (right); the arrest and condemnation by the Jews (left); the bearing of the cross (top)...
0:00/0:221×Details: Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, also called Benediction with the Blessed Sacrament or the Rite of Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction, is a devotional ceremony, celebrated especially in the Roman Catholic Church, but also in some other Christian traditions, whereby a bishop, priest, or a deacon...
Details: A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent. The term is often used interchangeably with religious sisters who do take simple vows but live an active...
Details: The present St Marys, designed by Thomas Turnbull of Wellington and built by Walter Good, was opened and blessed on 31 December 1882 by the Right Reverend Dr. Francis Redwood. 🙏🏽This image is in the public domain. Free Download 15709316224_d67dcc771c_o.jpeg 3 MB download-circle [https://sdcason.com/...
Description The Diocese of Đà Lat (Latin: Dioecesis Dalatensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese of Roman Catholic church in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral...
Details: The Bible is the most important source of inspiration for all Christians. How it was interpreted by the different religious denominations can be deduced from the book’s ornamentation and execution. The scenes on the cover of this missal, for example, are clearly Roman Catholic. Represented in the corners...
Details: The city of Limoges, France, was renowned for the quality of its metalwork and enamels throughout the Middle Ages. The artist formed this relief by hammering the rough design into the copper from the reverse, a technique known as repoussé, then finishing the scene by chasing details into the...
Details: Saint Joseph's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Joseph or the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, is in Western Christianity the principal feast day of Saint Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary and legal father of Jesus Christ celebrated on 19 March. It has the rank of...
