Author: L`ABBÉ CHARLES-LOUIS CARTON
Title: Album Déscriptif des Fêtes et Cérémonies religieuses a l`occasion du jubilé de 700 Ans du Saint-Sang, a Bruges
Description: Daveluy, [1850]. Ed./Druk: 1e druk. Linnen band. Oblong 4to. Illustrated with 28 tinted lithographed plates and a monochrome frontispiece, showing the Chasse du St. Sang (Shrine of the Holy Blood). The Procession of the Holy Blood is a large religious procession, dating back to the Middle Ages, which takes place each Ascension Day in Bruges, Belgium. The centerpiece is the Blood of Christ, a coagulated relic said to become fluid again each year on this day. Sixty to one hundred thousand spectators watch the procession, a parade of historical scenes and biblical stories. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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