Benediction Collection

Descendants of Aaron giving the benediction to the people
This Priestly Blessing or priestly benediction, also referred to in rabbinic literature as Dukhanen, is a Hebrew prayer recited by Kohanim, (Hebrew Priests, descendants of Aaron)

Benediction of Amulets by Kami Priests
Kami are spirits that are worshipped in the religion of Shinto. These spirits can be in the form of elements of the landscape, forces of nature

The benediction of Maximilians Body at Capuchin Church
Various nobles stand in attendance as the bishops perform the benediction on the body of Emperor Maximilian, at the Capuchin Church in Vienna

Columbus leaving Palos on First Voyage 3 August 1492; Christopher Columbus in a crowd at Palos harbour, receiving blessings of a monk. Date: 1492

Hunting with dogs, La Benediction, Chantilly, France. Date: circa 1910

Salvator Mundi, 1537-1545
Salvator Mundi. Christ with the Globe. 1537-1545. Lower Rhin. German Historical Museum. Berlin. Germany

Coronation of King George VI 1937
Just after Crowning in King Edwards Chair, but not yet inthroned, the king awaits the Benediction. Date: 12 May 1937

Royal Wedding 1934 - pronouncing the benediction
Illustration depicting the pronouncement of the Benediction during the wedding ceremony of Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece

Tarot Card 5 - Le Pape (The Pope)

Pope Leo III (750-816). Colored engraving
Leo III (750-816). Italian Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Colored engraving. 19th century

Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece, ca. 1500-1510. Master of the Sa
Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece (1475-1510). German painter. St Bartholomew Altarpiece, ca.1500-1510. Oak. From left to right: St John the Evangelist and St Margaret

Pius XII Coronation
The new Pope, Pius XII, is carried through St Peters, seated on the Sedia Gestatoria, wearing a jewelled mitre, and raising his hand in benediction

Chaucer, the Prioress
The Prioress in a gesture of benediction

Jesus blessing the children. Engraving. Colored
New Testament. Gospel of Mark. Chapter X. Jesus blessing the children. Engraving by Knesing. Colored

Italy. Rome. The Basilica of Saint Clement. St. Catherine Ch
Italy. Rome. The Basilica of Saint Clement (Basilica di San Clemente al laterano). St. Catherine Chapel. Fresco, 1425-1431, by Masolino da Panicale (1383-1447)

Egypt. Isthmus of Suez. Blessing of the Suez Canal in Port Said. Colored engraving from 1870

Silver plate.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889

Blessing the Sick at Lourdes, France
Benediction du Tres-Saint Sacrament des Malades - the Blessing of the Very Holy Sacrament of the Sick, outside the Rosary Basilica, Lourdes. Date: 1910s

Pope Alexander VI (Roderigo Borgia) father not only of the Church but of Cesare and Lucrezia, here pronouncing a Benediction

The blessing of the Rouen and Harve railway
Benediction of the railway in preparation of the opening of the Rouen and Havre railway

Greek Ortho Priests 1983
Three Greek Orthodox priests officiating in a service on the departure of the sponge fishermen, at Kalymnos, Greece

Carlo Borromeo / R Leo
CARLO BORROMEO Colossal statue to the Italian cardinal and saint, near Lago Maggiore

S Wilberforce / Mowbray Cv
SAMUEL WILBERFORCE Bishop of Oxford and of Winchester, noted opponent of Darwins theory of natural selection

Shakespeare: King Lear
Act IV, Scene VII Cordelia to Lear: " O, look upon me, Sir/And hold your hands in benediction o er me:"

Mennonite Meeting
A meeting of Mennonites - followers of Dutch anabaptist Simon Menno - in Hamburg. The scene depicted is the benediction following a baptism

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