A Priest Prays/Thaddaeus and Simon the Zealot

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: A Priest Prays/Thaddaeus and Simon the Zealot

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Description: To the left is an image of a priest praying at an altar after reading from an Epistle, while above Jesus is taken before Pontius Pilate, the procurator, or governor of Judaea (r. 26-36 CE). To the right is a text flanked by an image of the Apostle Thaddaeus, or Jude to the left, with his attribute a carpenter’s rule, and the Apostle Simon the Zealot to the right, with his attribute and instrument of martyrdom a saw. Above an angel is shown descending with a martyr’s palm and wreath.

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