Tonsure Collection

Portrait of a Monk, 1599-1601. Creator: Anon
Portrait of a Monk, 1599-1601

Saint Leonard of Noblac, 1400-1425. Creator: Anon
Saint Leonard of Noblac, 1400-1425

The Last Communion of Saint Francis of Assisi, 1619. Creator: Peter Paul Rubens
The Last Communion of Saint Francis of Assisi, 1619

Saint Hedwig Receiving Shoes Miraculously; Abbot Gunther of Leubus Presenting Shoes to Saint Hedwig, 1353. From a sequence of illustrations from the life of Saint Hedwig of Silesia

Mass for the Dead; Book of Hours, about 1415-1420

Josaphat before the Baptismal Font with a Tonsured Cleric; Barlaam und Josaphat, 1469. Illustration from "Barlaam und Josaphat", a romance in verse, by Rudolf von Ems

The Byzantine Emperor Welcoming Roussillon and Martel; Histoire de Charles Martel, written 1463-1465; illuminated 1467-1472

A Festive Procession in Santiago de Compostela, c1380s; Chroniques (Book Three), about 1480-1483

Mass of St Gregory; Poncher Hours, about 1500. Creator: Master of Jacques de Besancon
Mass of St Gregory; Poncher Hours, about 1500

Office of the Dead; Book of Hours, about 1466-1470

Burial in a Churchyard; Book of Hours, about 1430-1440. Creator: Fastolf Master
Burial in a Churchyard; Book of Hours, about 1430-1440

Saint Anthony of Padua; Spinola Hours, about 1510-1520

Initial C: The Nativity; Abbey Bible, about 1250-1262. Creator: Unknown
Initial C: The Nativity; Abbey Bible, about 1250-1262

A Dog Biting a Hare and A Hunter Speaking to the Dog: A Man with a Tonsure About to Sit on a Fly; Fables: Exemplum de Tribus Latronibus: Defensio Curatorum Adversus Fratres Mendicantes

The Personification of Abstinence Leading the Personification of False Pretence before the God of Love; Roman de la Rose, about 1405

The Personification of False Pretence Speaking with the God of Love; Roman de la Rose, about 1405

The Personifications of Abstinence and False Pretence before Bad Mouth; Roman de la Rose, about 1405

The Personifications of False Pretence and Abstinence Cutting out Resistance's Tongue; Roman de la Rose, about 1405

The Personifications of False Pretence and Abstinence before Resistance; Roman de la Rose, about 1405

Saint Stephen; Spinola Hours, about 1510-1520

Saint Benedict with a Staff and a Book; Book of Hours, about 1440-1450

Abbot Maurus with a Staff and a Book; Book of Hours, about 1440-1450

Mass for the Dead; Book of Hours, about 1410. Creator: Unknown
Mass for the Dead; Book of Hours, about 1410

A Priest Celebrating Mass; Book of Hours, about 1460. Creator: Unknown
A Priest Celebrating Mass; Book of Hours, about 1460

Office of the Dead; Book of Hours, about 1400-1410. Creator: Unknown
Office of the Dead; Book of Hours, about 1400-1410

Initial C: Clerics Singing; Wenceslaus Psalter, about 1250-1260. Creator: Unknown
Initial C: Clerics Singing; Wenceslaus Psalter, about 1250-1260

Office of the Dead; Book of Hours, about 1460. Creator: Unknown
Office of the Dead; Book of Hours, about 1460

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

"Rehearsal", by A. Robert, in the International Exhibition, 1871

"Out Of The World, " by R. Lehmann, 1870. Creator: Unknown
"Out Of The World, " by R. Lehmann, 1870. Engraving of a painting. The scene is one which we understand the artist witnessed years ago at the Franciscan monastery at Tivoli

Monk holding a Cross, 1445. Creator: Domenico Veneziano
Monk holding a Cross, 1445

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1525. Creator: Antonio Pirri
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1525

Pilgrims Mass, 1450. Creator: Circle of Jaume Huguet
Pilgrims Mass, 1450

Albertus, 1193-1280. Creator: Anon
Albertus, 1193-1280, unknown date

Young woman with child standing in front of a monk, 1816. Creator: Bartolomeo Pinelli
Young woman with child standing in front of a monk, 1816

Monk standing, 1657. Creator: Gesina ter Borch
Monk standing, 1657

Priest at an altar, 1657. Creator: Gesina ter Borch
Priest at an altar, 1657. Priest in a chasubler. On the floor: Serodt, KhHDMHLH and Lijuerev (Lijucrev?) above the window. It is not known what the characters stand for

Monk standing with a rosary, c.1657. Creator: Gesina ter Borch
Monk standing with a rosary, c.1657. Brother with a habit of the Order of the Crosiers, in an octagonal frame

Monk kneeling at an altar, 1657. Creator: Gesina ter Borch
Monk kneeling at an altar, 1657. Brother with a habit of the Order of the Crosiers, in an octagonal frame

The Celebration of High Mass, c. 1776. Creator: Katharina Prestel
The Celebration of High Mass, c. 1776

A Monk turned Hermit; A zigzag journey through Mexico, 1875. Creator: Thomas Mayne Reid
A Monk turned Hermit; A zigzag journey through Mexico, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Saint Francis before the Pope (The Approva of the Franciscan Rule), 1390/1400

Retable of Saints Athanasius, Blaise, and Agatha, 1440 / 45. Creator: Master of Riglos
Retable of Saints Athanasius, Blaise, and Agatha, 1440/45. [St Agatha suffered the excision of her breasts with pincers, among other forms of torture]

Henry Irving as "Becket", c. 1893. Creator: Henry Herschel Hay Cameron
Henry Irving as " Becket", c. 1893. British actor Henry Irving as archbishop and saint Thomas a Becket]

The Mass of Saint Gregory, c. 1490 / 1500. Creator: Israhel van Meckenem
The Mass of Saint Gregory, c. 1490/1500

The Mass of Saint Gregory, c. 1480 / 1485. Creator: Israhel van Meckenem
The Mass of Saint Gregory, c. 1480/1485

Saint Anthony of Padua. Creator: Guercino
Saint Anthony of Padua

Cardinal Manning, 2nd plate. Creator: Alphonse Legros
Cardinal Manning, 2nd plate

The Refectory (Le refectoire). Creator: Alphonse Legros
The Refectory (Le refectoire)

Saint Francis [far left panel], c. 1470 / 1480. Creator: CosmeTura
Saint Francis [far left panel], c. 1470/1480

Saint Bernard with Donor [obverse], probably early 20th century. Creator: Anon
Saint Bernard with Donor [obverse], probably early 20th century

Manuscript Leaf with Scenes from the Life of Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian, ca. 1320-42

Portrait of Rinaldo Orsino, Archbishop of Florence (1474-1508), early 17th century

Study of the Head of St. Augustine, for the painting of the Madonna and Child... 1846
Study of the Head of St. Augustine, for the painting of the Madonna and Child with Saint Augustine and Bonifacius (1846), 1846

Saint Dominic, 1472. Creator: Carlo Crivelli
Saint Dominic, 1472

Portrait of a Monk in Prayer. Creator: French Painter (ca. 1500)
Portrait of a Monk in Prayer. Benedictine monk. (ca. 1500)

Froissard, (c1337-c1405), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Froissard, (c1337-c1405), 1830

Bede, (672-735), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Bede, (672-735), 1830. Saint Beded, (672-735) English Benedictine monk from Northumbria. From " Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co. J

Alexander VII, (1599-1667), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Alexander VII, (1599-1667), 1830.Pope Alexander VII (1599-1667), born Fabio Chigi, was Pope from 7 April 1655 to his death in 1667 From " Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard

Alexander VI, (1431-1503), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Alexander VI, (1431-1503), 1830

Gregory the Great, (c540-604), 1890. Creator: Unknown
Gregory the Great, (c540-604), 1890. Pope Gregory I (c540-604) Bishop of Rome known for the Gregorian Mission, converting pagan Anglo-Saxons in England to Christianity

Sketches of heads, early 15th century, (1943). Creator: Unknown
Sketches of heads, early 15th century, (1943). Male and female heads including a monk and a queen. Drawing in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Pope John IX. Creator: Unknown
Pope John IX. Ioannes VIIII P Tiburti. Portrait of Pope John IX (died 900 AD)

Pope Leo I Creator: Unknown
Pope Leo I. S. Leomagnus. I. Papa. Roma. Portrait of Pope Leo I, also known as St Leo the Great (400-461 AD)

Pope John XIV. Creator: Unknown
Pope John XIV. Ioannes PP XIIII Papien - Familia Canevanova

Letter O. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Letter O

Henry II, 1856. Artist: Alfred Crowquill
Henry II, 1856. From Alfred Crowquills Comic History of the Kings and Queens of England - From William the Conqueror to the Present Time. [Read & Co. London, 1856]

Pope Leo X (1475-1521), born Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici, c1830

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

Pope Leo II. Leo (died 683), a Sicilian by birth, was pope from August 682 to 28 June 683

The Parson, from Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales. After an illustration in the Ellesmere manuscript of Chaucers (c1345-1400) work, 14th century

The Spanish Fryar, Cries of London, (c1688?). Artist: Pierce Tempest
The Spanish Fryar, (c1688?). A friar holds out a book, possibly a prayer book for sale. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

Monastic consecration of Saint Abraham of Rostov. Fresco of the Church of Saint John The Apostle in Rostov Kremlin, 17th century

The forced tonsure, 1896. Artist: Lebedev, Klavdi Vasilyevich (1852-1916)
The forced tonsure, 1896. Found in the collection of State Central M. Glinka Museum of Music, Moscow

Venerable Sofia of Suzdal. Artist: Russian icon
Venerable Sofia of Suzdal. Private Collection

Der Hellige Franz von Assisi 1182-1226, 1934. St Francis of Assisi, Italian priest and founder of the Franciscan order, 1493. St Francis (1182-1226). St Francis with the birds

Wallace rejects the English proposals, 1297 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle
Wallace rejects the English proposals, 1864

Pio. Sexto. P. M. Bonarum. Artium. Patrono. c1850
Pio. Sexto. P.M. Bonarum. Artium. Patrono. c1850

Consecration of a bishop, 9th century, (1870). A 19th century illustration after the manuscript Commentaries of Gregory Nazianzus in the Bibliotheque Imperiale, Paris

Scribe, costume design for Shakespeares play, Henry VIII, 19th century. A 19th-century costume design for William Shakespeares (1564-1616) play, Henry VIII

Stephen Gardiner, costume design for Shakespeares play, Henry VIII, 19th century
Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, costume design for Shakespeares play, Henry VIII, 19th century. A 19th-century costume design for William Shakespeares (1564-1616) play, Henry VIII

Pope Paschal I. Paschal was pope from 817 AD to his death on February 11, 824 AD

Pope John V. A Syrian by birth, John was pope from 685 to 686

Pope Innocent V. Born Pierre de Tarentaise, Innocent (c1225-1276) was pope from January 21 to June 22, 1276

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