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Background imageMonastery Collection: Stavropol Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown

Stavropol Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Stavropol Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Background imageMonastery Collection: Iconostasis in the summer cathedral [Leushinskii Monastery, Leushino, Russian Empire], 1909

Iconostasis in the summer cathedral [Leushinskii Monastery, Leushino, Russian Empire], 1909. In Eastern Christianity, an iconostasis is a wall of icons and religious paintings

Background imageMonastery Collection: General Map of Saint Petersburg Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the... 1820

General Map of Saint Petersburg Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the... 1820
General Map of Saint Petersburg Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1820

Background imageMonastery Collection: Residence for the sisters of the Leushinskii Monastery [Leushina, Russian Empire], 1909

Residence for the sisters of the Leushinskii Monastery [Leushina, Russian Empire], 1909. Nuns accommodation, possibly part of the Convent of the Nativity of John the Baptist complex at Leushino

Background imageMonastery Collection: General Map of Kherson Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and... 1821

General Map of Kherson Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and... 1821
General Map of Kherson Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1821. This 1821 map of Kherson Provinceis from a larger work

Background imageMonastery Collection: General Map of Kiev Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and.. 1821

General Map of Kiev Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and.. 1821
General Map of Kiev Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1821. This 1821 map of Kiev Province is from a larger work

Background imageMonastery Collection: View from the south, Novyi Afon [monastery], between 1905 and 1915

View from the south, Novyi Afon [monastery], between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
View from the south, Novyi Afon [monastery], between 1905 and 1915. The New Athos Monastery with cypress trees in foreground, Abkhazia

Background imageMonastery Collection: Assumption Hermitage [Russian Empire], 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky

Assumption Hermitage [Russian Empire], 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Assumption Hermitage [Russian Empire], 1909. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944) was a pioneer in colour photography which he used to document early 20th-century

Background imageMonastery Collection: General Map of Yaroslavl Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the... 1822

General Map of Yaroslavl Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the... 1822
General Map of Yaroslavl Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1822

Background imageMonastery Collection: General Map of Mogilev Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and... 1821

General Map of Mogilev Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and... 1821
General Map of Mogilev Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1821. This 1821 map of Mogilev Provinceis from a larger work

Background imageMonastery Collection: General Map of Voronezh Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the... 1822

General Map of Voronezh Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the... 1822
General Map of Voronezh Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1822. This 1822 map of Voronezh Provinceis from a larger work

Background imageMonastery Collection: General Map of Tambov Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the... 1822

General Map of Tambov Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the... 1822
General Map of Tambov Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1822. This 1822 map of Tambov Provinceis from a larger work

Background imageMonastery Collection: General Map of Kostroma Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and... 1822

General Map of Kostroma Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and... 1822
General Map of Kostroma Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1822. This 1822 map of Kostroma Provinceis from a larger work

Background imageMonastery Collection: General Map of Orel Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and... 1822

General Map of Orel Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and... 1822
General Map of Orel Province: Showing Postal and Major Roads, Stations and the Distance in Versts between Them, 1822. This 1822 map of Orel Province is from a larger work

In the monastery's garden, Novyi Afon, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
In the monastery's garden, Novyi Afon, between 1905 and 1915. Fruit trees in the New Athos Monastery garden, Abkhazia

Cemetery at Assumption Hermitage [Russian Empire], 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Cemetery at Assumption Hermitage [Russian Empire], 1909. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Background imageMonastery Collection: Entrance into the Timotis-Ubanskii Monastery... between 1905-1915

Entrance into the Timotis-Ubanskii Monastery... between 1905-1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Entrance into the Timotis-Ubanskii Monastery, porch of the Church of the Assumption, 12th-13th centuries, between 1905 and 1915

Background imageMonastery Collection: View of a country road near the Budunda Monastery, 1909. Creator: Vladimir Ivanovich Fedorov

View of a country road near the Budunda Monastery, 1909. Creator: Vladimir Ivanovich Fedorov
View of a country road near the Budunda Monastery, 1909. Amur Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife

Background imageMonastery Collection: Kirensk Holy-Trinity Monastery, 1856. Creator: Ivan Dem'ianovich Bulychev

Kirensk Holy-Trinity Monastery, 1856. Creator: Ivan Dem'ianovich Bulychev
Kirensk Holy-Trinity Monastery, 1856. From Puteshestviye po Vostochnoy Sibiri I. Bulychova. Chast 1-ya. Poyezdka v Kamchatku (A journey across eastern Siberia: Part 1, Trip to Kamchatka)

Background imageMonastery Collection: Garden (forest slope near Maria Taferl in the Wachau), around 1914/1915. Creator: Julian Falat

Garden (forest slope near Maria Taferl in the Wachau), around 1914/1915. Creator: Julian Falat
Garden (forest slope near Maria Taferl in the Wachau), around 1914/1915

Background imageMonastery Collection: The Great Schools of England - Charterhouse from the Green, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The Great Schools of England - Charterhouse from the Green, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Great Schools of England - Charterhouse from the Green, 1862. Charterhouse, a public school, was founded by Thomas Sutton in London in 1611 on the site of a Carthusian monastery

Background imageMonastery Collection: Onanski Datzan or a Buddhist monastery, Trans Baikal [ie, Transbaikalia], between 1885 and 1886

Onanski Datzan or a Buddhist monastery, Trans Baikal [ie, Transbaikalia], between 1885 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Onanski Datzan or a Buddhist monastery, Trans Baikal [ie, Transbaikalia], between 1885 and 1886

Background imageMonastery Collection: Archpriest's House and the Alekseevskii Monastery, 1871. Creators: M Kolosov, J Rogulin

Archpriest's House and the Alekseevskii Monastery, 1871. Creators: M Kolosov, J Rogulin
Archpriest's House and the Alekseevskii Monastery, 1871. This lithographic album represents the Siberian city of Tomsk as it appeared at the beginning of the 1870s

Background imageMonastery Collection: Full-length portrait of the grand lama of the Selenginsk lamasery, seated... between 1870 and 86

Full-length portrait of the grand lama of the Selenginsk lamasery, seated... between 1870 and 86. Creator: Unknown
Full-length portrait of the grand lama of the Selenginsk lamasery, seated, facing front, between 1870 and 1886

Background imageMonastery Collection: Iakutsk: Monastery, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown

Iakutsk: Monastery, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Iakutsk: Monastery, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Background imageMonastery Collection: Map of Chertsey Abbey, 1432, (1944). Creator: Unknown

Map of Chertsey Abbey, 1432, (1944). Creator: Unknown
Map of Chertsey Abbey, 1432, (1944). Plan of Chertsey Abbey and estate in Surrey, showing the Benedictine monastery, Oxlake Mill, bridge over the river Thames, the village of Laleham

Background imageMonastery Collection: St. Francis of Assisi and the Young Monk Returning from a Preaching Tour, 1936

St. Francis of Assisi and the Young Monk Returning from a Preaching Tour, 1936. Francis of Assisi (c1181-1226) returns to the monastery after walking the city in discussion with a young monk

Background imageMonastery Collection: Whitby, c. 1855. Creator: Benjamin Brecknell Turner

Whitby, c. 1855. Creator: Benjamin Brecknell Turner
Whitby, c. 1855. [Ruined abbey at Whitby in north Yorkshire. The atmospheric ruins were part of the inspiration behind Bram Stokers novel Dracula, published in 1897]. Albumen print

Background imageMonastery Collection: Ettal Abbey from the north slope, Bavaria, Germany, c1922. Creator: Unknown

Ettal Abbey from the north slope, Bavaria, Germany, c1922. Creator: Unknown
Ettal Abbey from the north slope, Bavaria, Germany, c1922. Kloster Ettal is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1330, in the village of Ettal, 877 metres above sea level. Postcard

Background imageMonastery Collection: Apse of the church of the Monastery of Sant Pere de Burgal, Pallars Jussa, 12th century mural

Apse of the church of the Monastery of Sant Pere de Burgal, Pallars Jussa, 12th century mural

Background imageMonastery Collection: Libro de los juegos, ajedrez, dados y tablas (Book of games, chess, dice and tables

Libro de los juegos, ajedrez, dados y tablas (Book of games, chess, dice and tables by Alphonse X the Wise, page with a chess illustration

Background imageMonastery Collection: Peter I in the Rebellion of the Old Believers in the Palace of Facets

Peter I in the Rebellion of the Old Believers in the Palace of Facets, Late 18th cent Artist: Anonymous
Peter I in the Rebellion of the Old Believers in the Palace of Facets, Late 18th cent.. Found in the collection of the State History Museum, Moscow

Background imageMonastery Collection: Priests and monks in a Korean monastery, or lamasery, 1902. Artist: Walter Hillier

Priests and monks in a Korean monastery, or lamasery, 1902. Artist: Walter Hillier
Priests and monks in a Korean monastery, or lamasery, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Background imageMonastery Collection: The sacred spring in Sarov Monastery, Russia, 1903. Artist: K von Hahn

The sacred spring in Sarov Monastery, Russia, 1903. Artist: K von Hahn
The sacred spring in Sarov Monastery, Russia, 1903. In 1903 the monastery, which is associated with St Seraphim, was visited by Tsar Nicholas II and other members of the Russian royal family

Background imageMonastery Collection: Red Army men confiscating church treasures of the Simonov monastery, Moscow, USSR, 1925

Red Army men confiscating church treasures of the Simonov monastery, Moscow, USSR, 1925. The monastery was founded in 1370

Background imageMonastery Collection: Byzantine mosaic of the baptism of Christ, 11th century

Byzantine mosaic of the baptism of Christ, 11th century
Byzantine mosaic of the baptism of Christ from the monastery at Daphni near Athens, 11th century

Background imageMonastery Collection: Waverley Abbey, Surrey - from a photograph by Mr. Liddiard, of Farnham, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Waverley Abbey, Surrey - from a photograph by Mr. Liddiard, of Farnham, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Waverley Abbey, Surrey - from a photograph by Mr. Liddiard, of Farnham, 1858. ...the ruins of Waverley Abbey...stand on a broad green meadow, round which the River Wey

Background imageMonastery Collection: Carousing in the Cloister; A Ride Round the Valley of Mexico, 1875. Creator: Frederick A. Lyons

Carousing in the Cloister; A Ride Round the Valley of Mexico, 1875. Creator: Frederick A. Lyons
Carousing in the Cloister; A Ride Round the Valley of Mexico, 1875. [Monks eating and drinking]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Background imageMonastery Collection: Church at Bucharest; A Visit to the Danubian Principalities, 1875. Creator: Nelson Boyd

Church at Bucharest; A Visit to the Danubian Principalities, 1875. Creator: Nelson Boyd
Church at Bucharest; A Visit to the Danubian Principalities, 1875. [View of Stavropoleos Church, part of an Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bucharest, Romania]

Background imageMonastery Collection: Tintern Abbey, from 'Remarks on a Tour to North and South Wales, in the year 1797', January 1, 1800

Tintern Abbey, from "Remarks on a Tour to North and South Wales, in the year 1797", January 1, 1800
Tintern Abbey, from " Remarks on a Tour to North and South Wales, in the year 1797", January 1, 1800

Background imageMonastery Collection: Amerapoora: Corner of Mygabhoodee-tee Kyoung, September 1-October 21, 1855

Amerapoora: Corner of Mygabhoodee-tee Kyoung, September 1-October 21, 1855. Creator: Captain Linnaeus Tripe
Amerapoora: Corner of Mygabhoodee-tee Kyoung, September 1-October 21, 1855

Background imageMonastery Collection: View of a Monastery in the Himalayas, c1891. Creator: James Grant

View of a Monastery in the Himalayas, c1891. Creator: James Grant
View of a Monastery in the Himalayas, c1891. From " Cassells Illustrated History of India Vol. I.", by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York]

Background imageMonastery Collection: In the Monastery. Creator: Dorte Verner

In the Monastery. Creator: Dorte Verner
In the Monastery

Background imageMonastery Collection: Monks Getting Dressed. Creator: Dorte Verner

Monks Getting Dressed. Creator: Dorte Verner
Monks Getting Dressed

Background imageMonastery Collection: Palace of Escurial, 1824. Creator: James Duffield Harding

Palace of Escurial, 1824. Creator: James Duffield Harding
Palace of Escurial, 1824

Background imageMonastery Collection: The Certosa, Florence, 1904. Creator: Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

The Certosa, Florence, 1904. Creator: Donald Shaw MacLaughlan
The Certosa, Florence, 1904

Background imageMonastery Collection: The Certosa, Florence, 1905. Creator: Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

The Certosa, Florence, 1905. Creator: Donald Shaw MacLaughlan
The Certosa, Florence, 1905

Background imageMonastery Collection: L Abaye St. Amand, Rouen, 1839. Creator: Thomas Shotter Boys

L Abaye St. Amand, Rouen, 1839. Creator: Thomas Shotter Boys
L Abaye St. Amand, Rouen, 1839



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