Monks Collection (page 14)

A group of monks at the monastery of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Mendicancy adopted in the name of Vishnu, India, 1922. A mendicant is a monk who is a member of an order that is not allowed to own property and is therefore entirely dependent on charity

Monks of the Greek church carrying volumes of the Liturgy, Greece, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

A Buddhist cemetery near Kurodani Monastery, Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A Buddhist cemetery near Kurodani Monastery, Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Notes of Travel

Masked dancers, Tibet, 1936. Artist: Ewing Galloway
Masked dancers, Tibet, 1936. Traditional Buddhist dance performed by monks. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Tibetan priests, 1936. Artist: Ewing Galloway
Tibetan priests, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Monk sounding the call to prayer on a gong, Greece, 1936. Artist: Nomias
Monk sounding the call to prayer on a gong, Greece, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Rector of the university and a procession of monks of Saint-Victors Abbey, 15th century (1849). Artist: A Bisson
Rector of the university and a procession of monks of the Abbey of Saint-Victor, France, 15th century (1849). A 19th century version of an original 15th century manuscript illustration found in

Papesse Jeanne, 15th century (1849). After a 15th century miniature. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Sere and A Rivaud, Volume I (Paris, 1849)

St Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1937. Artist: Nicolo Boldrini
St Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1937. A print from Titian Paintings and Drawings, introduction by Hans Tietze, Phaidon Press, Vienna, 1937

Study for the St Bernardino in the Votive picture of Doge Gritti, c1535, (1937). Artist: Titian
Study for the St Bernardino in the Votive picture of Doge Gritti, c1535, (1937). A print from Titian Paintings and Drawings, introduction by Hans Tietze, Phaidon Press, Vienna, 1937

Hours of the Dead, 1414-1423. Artist: Workshop of the Master of the Duke of Bedford
Hours of the Dead, 1414-1423. Vignettes representing deathbed scenes: doctors visit; confession; communion; extreme unction and burial

Mercy during the Massacre of St Bartholomews Day, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 3: The Rise of the Modern Church, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Mons. Hugon De Sennecterre, 1923. Artist: Gustave Dore
Mons. Hugon De Sennecterre, 1923. Published in The Outline of Literature, by John Drinkwater, London, 1923

The plunder of Lindisfarne, Northumberland, 793 AD, (c1920). Artist: Margaret Dovaston
The plunder of Lindisfarne, Northumberland, 793 AD, (c1920). A Viking raid on the monastery. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume I, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

A lama, Tibet, 19th century

The White Monk II, c1775, (1938). Artist: Richard Wilson
The White Monk II, c1775, (1938). Original painting held at the Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, USA. From A Catalogue of the Pictures

The White Monk, c1765, (1938). Artist: Richard Wilson
The White Monk, c1765, (1938). From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume IV, by C. Reginald Grundy and F. Gordon Roe. [Emrose and Sons Ltd

St Dominic, 1886. Born in Spain, St Dominic (1170-1221) founded the Dominican order of friars. Published in Butlers Lives of the Saints, DIV 5, by the Rev Alban Butler, London & Dublin, 1886

The parliament of King Henry V (1387-1422). Henry V reigned as King of England from 1413 to 1422. He was son of Henry of Bolingbroke, later Henry IV, and Mary de Bohun

King Henry III (1207-1272) in the Chapter House at Winchester preaching to the monks, 19th century. Artist: Saunders
King Henry III (1207-1272) in the Chapter House at Winchester preaching to the monks, 19th century. Henry is seen here trying to enforce the election of his brother to the bishopric

The Madonna with the Carthusian Friars, St John the Baptist and St Bruno, 1515 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Madonna with the Carthusian Friars, St John the Baptist and St Bruno, 1515 (1906). From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig

St Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1504 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
St Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1504 (1906). From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig, Deutsch Verlags-Ansalt, 1906]

Henry VIII Monk Hunting, 1850. Artist: John Leech
Henry VIII Monk Hunting, 1850. A satirical illustration on the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The Dissolution of the Monasteries was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536

Study of a Monk, 1913. Artist: Raphael
Study of a Monk, 1913. A print from The Art of the Great Masters, by Frederic Lees, Sampson Low, Marston and Co, London, 1913

The Fair Maid of Perth and Carthusian Monk, 1845. Artist: Peter Lightfoot
The Fair Maid of Perth and Carthusian Monk, 1845

St Giles, St Gregory, and St Jerome, c1380 (1955). Artist: Master of the Trebon Altarpiece
St Giles, St Gregory, and St Jerome, c1380 (1955). Found in the collection of The National Gallery in Prague. A print from Gothic Painting in Bohemia 1350-1450

Matthew Paris at the feet of the Virgin and Child, 13th century, (1892). From Paris own drawing. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

Rabelais, 1882. Francois Rabelais (c1495-1553) was a French writer, satirist, humanist, doctor and monk. Born at Chinon in Touraine

King James II at the Abbey of La Trappe, France. After he was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688, James II went into exile in France, where he was welcomed by Louis XIV

Lamist priests of Sikkim wearing robes, Talung monastery, India, 1922. Artist: John Claude White
Lamist priests of Sikkim wearing robes, Talung monastery, India, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Crusaders sighting Jerusalem, 1909. Artist: Stephen Reid
Crusaders sighting Jerusalem, 1909. The Crusades were a series of military campaigns conducted in the name of Christendom

Interior of the Chapel of the Nativity, Bethlehem, c1888. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, Vol II, by Robert Wilson, (c1888)

Coronation of Charles V, King of France, 14th century, (1870). Artist: Franz Kellerhoven
Coronation of Charles V, King of France, 14th century, (1870). A 19th century illustration after a miniature in Froissarts Chronicles in the collection of the Bibliotheque Imperiale, Paris

Lama dance at Jummoo, performed before the Prince of Wales, 1876. Masked Buddhist monks perform a ritual dance for the future King Edward VII in Jammu, India

Facsimile of Martin Luthers handwriting, 1903. A page from the treatise, That these words of Christ, This is my body, &c. are still true, contrary to the Fanatics, published in 1527

Church interior. Artist: C Wild
Church interior. View of the interior of a church or cathedral

Fra Bartolomeo della Porta, Florentine Renaissance artist. A Dominican friar, Fra Bartolomeo (1472-1517) was a painter of religious subjects

Martin Luther, 16th century German Protestant reformer, (19th century). Luther (1483-1546) was a major inspiration behind the Reformation

Grigori Rasputin and a group of women, 1917. Rasputin was a monk and close confidant of the Russian Csarina

Domesday Book, (c1850).The Domesday Book was the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086. Colour plate from Pictures of English History, George Routledge & Sons, (London, New York)

Fra Angelico, early Italian Renaissance painter, (1870). An engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul LaCroix, (London, 1870)

Scribe or copyist, 15th century, (1870). An engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)

Initial letter L, (1870). An engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)

Friday, 1883, (1912). Artist: Walter Dendy Sadler
Friday, 1883, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an Introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

A Good Story, 1881, (1912). Artist: Walter Dendy Sadler
A Good Story, 1881, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, (Cassell and Company, London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

Lydgate presenting his book to the Earl of Salisbury, 1426, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Lydgate presenting his book to the Earl of Salisbury, 1426, (1843). John Lydgate, poet of Bury St Edmunds, presents his book to Thomas de Montacute, Earl of Salisbury

Initial letter U, early 14th century, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Initial letter U, early 14th century, (1843). Illustration from Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries, by Henry Shaw, (London, 1843)

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