The Pontifical of Renaud de Bar
Office for the Dedication of a Church
Texts and Images
This long text has nineteen large miniatures, several of which are displayed on the right. The cycle opens with an illustration of a group of people praying in front of a reliquary (a shrine containing saintly relics) on the eve of the dedication of a church (fol. 1r). It ends with a miniature showing a bishop and clergy processing towards the altar before celebrating the Mass of dedication (fol. 50r).
Bishop sprinkling holy water on the external walls of a church (Office for the Dedication of a Church)
The partial bar border is decorated with foliate motifs. A standing bishop is depicted in the historiated initial I. A man training an ape is shown in the bas-de-page.