Religion Collection (page 7)

Madonna of the Rocks (detail), 1482-1486. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Madonna of the Rocks (detail), 1482-1486. From the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France

Cybele, or Magna Mater (Great Mother), Phrygian / Roman goddess, 1702
Cybele, or Magna Mater (Great Mother), Phrygian/Roman goddess, 1702. The goddess Cybele was associated with fertility. She was the wife of Saturn (Kronos)

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), German abbess and mystic. Her vision of the Fall of the Angels, considered by some to be evidence that Hildegard suffered from migraine

Diagram showing Geocentric system of universe, 1539. Artist: Petrus Apianus
Diagram showing Geocentric system of universe, 1539. Geocentric (earth-centred) system of universe showing Aristotles 4 elements surrounded by sphere of fixed stars, spheres of planets

A garden pool: fragment of wall painting, Egyptian, 18th Dynasty, c1350 BC. Tomb painting of a pool full of ducks, lotus flowers and tilapia fish; papyrus grows along the edge

Hecate, goddess magic, ghosts and witchcraft
Hecate, triple-bodied daughter of the Titan Perses and of Asteria. As goddess of the lower world, she ruled over magic, ghosts and witchcraft. Greek mythology. Wood engraving

The Farnese Hercules, 18th century. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Reconstruction of the Pantheon in Rome, seen from the side, cut away to reveal the interior, 1553. Creator: Anon
Reconstruction of the Pantheon in Rome, seen from the side, cut away to reveal the interior, 1553

Altarpiece from Thuison-les-Abbeville: Saint Hugh of Lincoln, 1490 / 1500. Creator: Unknown
Altarpiece from Thuison-les-Abbeville: Saint Hugh of Lincoln, 1490/1500

Pantheon, Rome, Italy. c. 1857. Creator: Robert MacPherson
Pantheon, Rome, Italy. c. 1857. A work made of albumen print, from " photographs of views of rome" (c. 1857)

Jephthah and his Daughter, 1650-1700. Creators: Henri Mauperche, Pierre Patel I
Jephthah and his Daughter, 1650-1700

Christmas, or Folding the Last Sheep, 1850. Creator: Samuel Palmer
Christmas, or Folding the Last Sheep, 1850

Rievaulx Abbey, the High Altar, 1854. Creator: Roger Fenton
Rievaulx Abbey, the High Altar, 1854

Thanka with Buddha, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Thanka with Buddha, 19th century

The Nativity, ca. 1406-10. Creator: Lorenzo Monaco
The Nativity, ca. 1406-10

A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca. 1735. Creator: Unknown
A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca. 1735. Perhaps Radha, the divine consort of Krishna

The Chariot of Aurora, 1760s. Creator: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The Chariot of Aurora, 1760s

The Door-God - Civil, 1922. Creator: Unknown
The Door-God - Civil, 1922. Menshen are divine guardians of doors and gates in Chinese folk religions, used to protect against evil or encourage the entrance of positive energies at thresholds

A view of the Royal Villa of the Generalife at Granada, 19th century, (1907). Creator: Unknown
A view of the Royal Villa of the Generalife at Granada, 19th century, (1907). The Generalife, built in the 13th century, is adjacent the fortress and palace of the Alhambra, Granada, Spain

Views in Bury, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Views in Bury, 1898. Bury St Edmunds, historic market town in Suffolk, supported Puritan sentiment in early 17th century and by 1640, several families had left for the Massachusetts Bay Colony

St. Finbars Cathedral, 1898. Creator: Unknown
St. Finbars Cathedral, 1898. Saint Fin Barres Cathedrall, a Gothic Revival three-spire cathedral in the city of Cork, Ireland completed in 1879 on the south side of the River Lee

Hatfield from the Railway Station, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Hatfield from the Railway Station, 1898. From " Our Own Country, Volume II". [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1898]

The National Gallery and St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London, c1910. The National Gallery, established in 1824, houses an internationally important art collection

Ruins of the Cloisters at Messines, 1914. Artist: Adolf Hitler
Ruins of the Cloisters at Messines, 1914. Adolf Hitler often claimed to be a frustrated artist, and art was one of his major interests throughout his life

The Child Bartholomews Dream, 1889-1890, (1965). Creator: Mikhail Nesterov
The Child Bartholomews Dream, 1889-1890, (1965). Scene depicting an episode from the life of the Venerable St Sergius of Radonezh (c1321-1391), baptised Bartholomew (or Varfolomei)

Thursday, 1880, (c1902). Creator: Unknown
Thursday, 1880, (c1902). After a painting, also known as Tomorrow will be Friday, in the Tate Gallery, London. A group of Franciscans fishing, as they were forbidden to eat meat on Fridays

The Queens Visit To Her Birthplace: The Scene Outside St. Marys Church, Kensington, (c1897)
The Queens Visit To Her Birthplace: The Scene Outside St. Marys Church, Kensington, London, (c1897). In the carriage with Her Majesty are the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Serge of Russia

God crown you with a crown of glory and righteousness. 1953. Elizabeth II (born 1926), Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms

Chesterfield, c1896. Artist: Albert Edward Seaman
Chesterfield, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

St Albans, c1910. The Abbey. Founded in honour of Englands Proto-martyr, A.D. 796. Straw plaiting. Boots. Shoes. Population, 18, 130. Card from The Counties of England - A Geographical Game

Siege of Antioch (Turkey) by the troops of Godfrey of Bouillon during the first crusade (1097), Miniature in From the creation of the world to the conquest of the Holy Land, manuscript, 1200

Palestine Place, Bethnal Green, London, c1840. Artist: F Jones
Palestine Place, Bethnal Green, London, c1840. Palestine Place was the centre of missionary operations of the London Society for promoting Christianity amongst the Jews

Back view of the Church of St John at Hackney and a grammar school, London, c1835. Also showing figures walking through the graveyard

Monument of William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, in old St Pauls Cathedral, City of London, 1656. Tomb of the Earl of Pembroke and his wife, Anne Parr

Ekalavya, 1913. Artist: Nandalal Bose
Ekalavya, 1913. In the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata, Ekalavya is a young prince of the Nishadha tribes and an excellent archer

William Tyndale 1492-1536, c16th century, (1947). Part of the collection of the Hertford College, Oxford. From The English Bible, by Sir Herbert Grierson [Collins, London, 1947]

The Meeting of Saint Anthony and Saint Paul, c1430-1435. Artist: Sano di Pietro
The Meeting of Saint Anthony and Saint Paul, c1430-1435. The painting is part of the Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

In the Temple of Amritsar, 1905. Artist: Mortimer Luddington Menpes
In the Temple of Amritsar, 1905. From India, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Flora A. Steel. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1905]

Jackdaw, (Corvus monedula), c1850, (1856). From Bible Natural History: containing a Description of Quadrupeds, Birds, Trees, Plants, Insects, Etc, Mentioned in the Holy Scriptures

Orpington, 1768. Artist: John Inigo Richards
Orpington, 1768. From The Connoisseur Vol. LXXV. [The Connoisseur, London, 1926]

St. John in the Wilderness, c1776. Artist: Sir Joshua Reynolds
St. John in the Wilderness, c1776. Painting held in the Wallace Collection, London. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXIV, edited by C. Reginald Grundy. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1929]

Inscription on the monument to David Livingstone, Zambia, Africa, late 19th or early 20th century. Scottish missionary and explorer Livingstone (1813-1873)

Marble pavilion in the Fort Gardens, Lahore, India, late 19th or early 20th century. Lahore Fort was built in the 1560s by the Mughal Emperor Akbar

The Chancel, Catholic Apostolic Church, Albury Park, Surrey, 1904. Henry Drummond, the owner of the Albury Park estate, was closely involved in the origin

Carlisle Cathedral, Carlisle, Cumbria

St Augustine with his mother St Monica, 1855 (1926). Artist: Ary Scheffer
St Augustine with his mother St Monica, 1855 (1926). From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 2: Builders of the Church, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Representation of Edward, the Black Prince, kneeling in veneration of the Holy Trinity. Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales (1330-1376), popularly known as the Black Prince

Church of St Mary, Lambeth, London, 1831. Artist: Thomas Higham
Church of St Mary, Lambeth, London, 1831. The church stands adjacent to Lambeth Palace, the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury

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