Kissing the Altar/Peter and Paul

Book Title: Le Tableau de la Croix : representé dans les ceremonies de la Ste. Messe / ensemble la tresor de la devotion aux soufrances de Nre. S.I.C., le tout enrichi de belles figures

Author: Mazot, François

Image Title: Kissing the Altar/Peter and Paul

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Description: To the left is an image of a priest kissing an altar, while at the top Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss in the Garden of Gethsemane. To the left Peter is shown drawing his sword. To the right is a text flanked by an image of the Apostle Peter to the left, with his attribute a key, and the Apostle Paul to the right, with his attribute a sword. At the top an angel is shown lowering a sheet with animals in it, representative of Peter’s vision, while to the right Jesus is shown appearing to Paul on the road to Damascus.

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