Priest Collection (page 26)

An Old Curate, late 1780s. Artist: Louis Leopold Boilly
An Old Curate, late 1780s. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Roman wall-painting of Priests of Isis worshipping, 1st century
Roman wall-painting of Priests of Isis worshipping, from Herculaneum. Now in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, 1st century

Gravestone to a priest of Saturn in Carthage, 2nd century

Etruscan bronze of an augur watching the flight of birds, 6th century BC
An Etruscan bronze of an augur watching the flight of birds for divination, 6th century BC

Hieratic Egyptian script from the Book of the Dead of Pinudjem II, high priest of Amun, from the British Museums collection

Sculpture of the Egyptian high priest Ankh Rekhu
Sandstone sculpture of the Egyptian high priest Ankh Rekhu

Zapotec pottery vessel of a priest, 4th century
Zapotec brown pottery vessel of a priest holding a sacrificial knife, 4th century

Assyrian relief of a winged figure, 9th century BC
Assyrian relief of a winged figure, either a priest of mythical being, holding a deer and sacred tree, from the Palace of King Ashurnasirom II at Nimrud, 9th century BC

Egyptian painted wooden mummy board, 11th century BC
Painted wooden mummy board of Ankhefment, 11th century BC

Papyrus of Anubis preparing a mummy: a detail from the papyrus of Ani, a Theban Book of the Dead from the British Museums collection

A commemorative stela from the Marduk Temple in Babylon. Although it looks like a Kudurra/boundary stone, it was in fact set up by a son in honour of his father. Both have the shaven heads of priests

Babylonian clay model of a sheeps lung
Clay model of a lung, containing omens, Late Babylonian, 7th Century BC, from Ninevah. Used by baru-priests to teach their students its anatomy and its significance in foretelling the future

Celtic chief helps Christian priest to set up a staff, Clonmacnoise, Ireland

Roman wallpainting showing priests of Isis performing their ceremony, Herculaneum, Italy

Detail from sculpture of Prince Rahotep High Priest of Heliopolis, Meidum, c26th century BC
Detail from a sculpture of Prince Rahotep High Priest of Heliopolis, Meidum, 4th Dynasty, c26th century BC

Detail of a sculpture of Nofret, wife of Prince Rahotep, Meidum, 4th Dynasty, c26th century BC
Detail of a sculpture of Nofret, wife of Prince Rahotep, High Priest of Heliopolis, Meidum, 4th Dynasty, c26th century BC

Scene from Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot, 1883. Artist: Robert Brown
Scene from Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot, 1883. This series of three tales included The Sad Fortunes of the Rev

St Vincent de Paul, French priest and philanthropist, 1663. A Franciscan monk, St Vincent de Paul (c1581-1660) is the patron saint of charitable societies

Pope Gregory I, the Great, 590-604 (c1900). Saint Gregory (c540-604), Pope from 590, seeing Anglo-Saxon children in a slave market in Rome and calling them Angels not Angles

St Thomas Aquinas, Italian theologian and philosopher. Also known as Doctor Angelicus, St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) was a member of the Dominican order who attempted to reconcile Aristotles science

Paris during the League (La Ligue), 1590 (19th century). Illustration based on pictures of the Procession of the League, 24 May 1590

Dr Syntax watching his wifes coffin being lowered into the grave, 1820. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Dr Syntax watching his wifes coffin being lowered into the grave, 1820. From William Combes Dr Syntax. (London, 1820)

Attempt to exorcise evil spirits possessing a patient in San Spirito Hospital, Rome, 1792. Artist: Henry Fuseli
Attempt to exorcise evil spirits possessing a patient in San Spirito Hospital, Rome, 1792. Illustration based on Johann Kaspar Lavaters description, from his Essays on Physiognomy. (London, 1792)

Martin Luther, German Protestant reformer, 1522. Luther (1483-1546) was a major inspiration behind the Reformation. He was excommunicated by Pope Leo IX in 1521

Pope Gregory I, the Great, 590-604 (c1860). Saint Gregory (c540-604), Pope from 590, seeing Anglo-Saxon children in a slave market in Rome and calling them Angels not Angles

Joan of Arc before King Charles VII at Chinon, February, 1429 (c1811-1858). St Joan (c1412-1431), Maid of Orleans, French patriot and martyr, replies to the prelates who are interrogating her

Joan of Arcs entry into Orleans, Evening of the Liberation of the Town, 8 May 1429 (c1818-1862). Artist: Henry Sheffer
Joan of Arcs entry into Orleans, Evening of the Liberation of the Town, 8 May 1429 (c1818-1862). St Joan (c1412-1431) Maid of Orleans, French patriot and martyr, mounted and in full armour

Ethopian prayer book showing an angel with a sword and two men, possibly priests, 19th century

Release of Father Ephraim de Nevers from the prisons of the Inquisition, Goa, c1650 (1759)
Ceremony for the release of Father Ephraim de Nevers from the prisons of the Inquisition, Goa, c1650 (1759). Ephraim de Nevers, a French Capuchin monk, went as a missionary to India in c1645

Ceremony of blessing the river Neva, St Petersburg, by Russian Orthodox priests, 1895. The blessing of the Neva was an annual event, which took place in the presence of the Tsar

Elevation of the Cross during a Russian Orthodox service, 19th century

Scenes from the life of Louis IX, King of France, 13th century (15th century). Top left: baptism of a Jew in the presence of Louis

St Crispin and St Crispinian, Christian martyrs, 19th century. St Crispin and St Crispinian (dc286), were Roman brothers who went to Soissons, France, to spread the gospel

St Vincent, Spanish Christian martyr, 19th century. A Christian deacon from Zaragoza (Saragossa), Spain, St Vincent was martyred in c304 during the persecutions of Christians under the Emperor

St Mary, Queen of Heaven and the Earth, 19th century. The Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven and holding the Christ Child (top)

St Louis of Gonzaga, 16th century Italian saint and protector of young students, 19th century. St Louis of Gonzaga (1568-1591), also known as St Aloysius

Martin Luther, German Protestant reformer, c1529. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Martin Luther, German Protestant reformer, c1529. Luther (1483-1546) was a major inspiration behind the Reformation. He was excommunicated by Pope Leo IX in 1521

St Ignatius of Loyola, 16th century Spanish soldier and founder of the Jesuits, 1617-1618. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
St Ignatius of Loyola, 16th century Spanish soldier and founder of the Jesuits, 1617-1618. Inigo Lopez de Loyola (1491-1556) founded the Society of Jesus together with 6 others at St Marys Church

Page from the Belleville Breviary 1323-1326. Artist: Jean Pucelle
Page from the Belleville Breviary 1323-1326. The upper miniature shows Saul (11th century BC), Old Testament ruler, in a fit of jealous madness

Joan of Arc (c1412-1431), Maid of Orleans, French patriot and martyr, (19th century)
Joan of Arc (c1412-1431) also known as St Jeanne d Arc, the Maid of Orleans, French patriot and martyr, (19th century). Tried for heresy and sorcery, burnt at the stake in the market place at Rouen

Scene from The Adventure of the Final Problem by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1893. Artist: Sidney E Paget
Scene from The Adventure of the Final Problem by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1893. Illustration by Sidney E Paget, the first artist to draw Sherlock Holmes

Service in the Synagogue during the reading from the Torah, 1868. The service is interrupted by the entrance of an angry crowd let by a Christian Priest

Capture of St Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1012 (mid 19th century). St Alphege was an English prelate who became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1006

Joan of Arc, (1892). Nineteenth century representation of the 15th century French patriot and martyr St Joan (1412-1431), summoned to her execution at the stake

William I, the Conqueror, King of England, c1067 (19th century). William (1027-1087) receiving the English leaders after the Norman conquest of 1066

Charles Frederick MacKenzie, British missionary, preaching to African children, 1854-1862 (c1880)
Charles Frederick MacKenzie, British clergyman and missionary, preaching to African children, 1854-1862 (c1880). Mackenzie (1825-1862)

Druids, 1815. Artist: Robert Havell
Druids, 1815. An Arch-Druid (right) crowned with oak leaves, holding a sceptre. The other druid holds a crescent (Caed-Rai-Re) representing the first quarter of the Moon

George Wishart, 16th century Scottish Protestant reformer, c1860. Wishart, having been tried before Cardinal Beaton and condemned to death, being urged to deny his faith and accept Rome

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