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.
PLANCHE V.—LE PAPE COURONNANT UN EMPEREUR.
Un cardinal & trois evêques assistent à cette cérémonie; la Mort s’y trouve aussi sous la figure de deux squelettes, dont l’un est revêtu des habits de cardinal; l’autre embrasse le St. Père de la main droite, et s’appuie de la gauche sur une béquille.
PLATE VI.—THE CARDINAL.
A messenger has just presented to him, on his knees, the bull that constitutes him a cardinal. Death seizes this moment to make his appearance, and seems to want to turn his hat upon his head. The messenger is holding in his right hand a tin box, hung by a strap, in which he had, no doubt, carried the bull, which the new made cardinal holds in his right hand with the seals appended to it.