While Chapter 2 focused on the performance of the papacy, sometimes outside but still generally within the timeframe of the Schism, the present chapter aims at recovering papal performances’ reception from audiences, largely during the Schism. This chapter will focus specifically on three visual examples: the beautifully illustrated chronicles of Antonio Baldana and Ulrich Richenthal, and the magnificent Apocalypse Tapestry of Angers, all vibrant in design and color. These three sources link images with texts, the reception of which modern literary scholars define as “performative reading.” Bringing together some of the theories defined by various literary theorists, this chapter offers a “performative” reading of texts and objects created contemporaneously with the Schism. This methodology allows us an entry into the construction, audience, and reception of papal performances during the Schism.