PLATE V.—THE POPE CROWNING AN EMPEROR.
A cardinal and three bishops are assisting at the ceremony; Death is there also under the figure of two skeletons, one of which is dressed in cardinal’s robes, the other embraces the holy Father, with the right hand, and is leaning on a crutch with the left.
Moriatur sacerdos magnus. Josh. xx. 6.
Et episcopatum ejus accipiat alter. Psal. cviii. 8.