Monastic Collection (#2)

Abbot Elfnoth presents prayer book to monks
Abbot Elfnoth presents a book of prayer to the Monastery of Saint Augustin. Date: 10th century

Monastery of St John the Theologian, Patmos
View toward the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (also called Monastery of Saint John the Divine) - a Greek Orthodox monastery founded in 1088 at Chora on the island of Patmos, Greece

Pistoia, Tuscany - Conservatorio di San Giovanni Battista
Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy - View of the interior of the Conservatorio di San Giovanni Battista. Date: 1901

Palermo, Italy - Chiesa di S. Giovanni degli Eremili. The churchs origins date to the 6th century. After the Islamic conquest of Sicily, it was converted into a mosque

Italy - Venice Lagoon - San Lazzaro degli Armeni
Italy, Estuario, San Lazzaro degli Armeni is a small island in the Venetian Lagoon which has been home to the monastery of the Mekhitarists, an Armenian Catholic congregation, since 1717

Casentino, Tuscany, Italy - La Chiesa di Camaldoli (Church of the Monastery of Camaldoli). Date: circa 1909

Monks at Dinner - Friday by Walter Dendy Sadler
Friday Though they have vowed to eat no meat on Friday, the Abbot, monks and guests are allowed plenty of wine with their Friday meal of fish. Now in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Date: 1913

Giotto di Bondone (1266 / 7-1337). Pope Innocent III approving
Gothic Art. Italy. Giotto di Bondone (1266/7-1337). Italian painter and architect. Pope Innocent III approving the monastic rule of St. Francis of Assisi (1296). Fresco of the Upper Church of St

Spain. Galicia. Sobrado de los Monjes. Cloister of a Sobrado
Spain. Galicia. Sobrado de los Monjes. Sobrado Abbey. Founded in the 10th century by the Benedictines. In 1142 re-founded as a Cistercian Monastery. Cloister. Gallerie

Gerard Groot
GERARD GROOT (or GERARDUS MAGNUS) Flemish churchman, founder of a monastic establishment, depicted writing from a celestial revelation. Date: 1340 - 1384

St. George monastery of Homeyra, Homs, Syria
St. George monastery of Homeyra lies in Wadi Al-Nassara. between Homs and Tripoli, only few minutes away from the Knights Castle (Krak des chevaliers)

Visoki Decani monastery - Decan, Kosovo - Serbian Orthodox
Visoki Decani, a major Serbian Orthodox Christian monastery located in Decan, Kosovo. The monastic katholikon is the largest medieval church in the Balkans containing the most extensive preserved

Thessaloniki, Greece - The Church of the Holy Apostles
The Church of the Holy Apostles a 14th-century Byzantine church in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. With the conquest of the city by the Ottoman Turks

Monk working on an illuminated manuscript
A medieval monk, sits at a desk surrounded by books as he works on an illuminated manuscript. Date: 1911

St Mary Peribleptos Monastery - Istanbul
Byzantine Church and Monastery of St Mary Peribleptos - Istanbul, Turkey (Sulu Manastir). A string in the foreground holds a row of drying fish

Monks Mending Sandals
Monks from the Franciscan monastery of Gorheim, Germany. One mends his sandals with a hammer while another watches

Cyprus - Stavrovouni Monastery - founded by Saint Helena
Stavrovouni Monastery in Cyprus - founded by Saint Helena (Saint Constantines mother) in around 327-329 AD - one of the oldest monasteries in the world. Date: circa 1930s

Netley Abbey - The Chapter House
The Chapter House, Netley Abbey - a ruined late medieval monastery at Netley near Southampton in Hampshire, England. Date: circa 1910s

Netley Abbey - a ruined late medieval monastery at Netley near Southampton in Hampshire, England. Date: circa 1910s

St. George Orthodox Monastery, Wadi Qelt, Palestine
St. George Orthodox Monastery (Choziba) - a monastery located in Wadi Qelt, in the eastern West Bank, Palestine. The 6th century cliff-side complex, with its ancient chapel and gardens

The Angel appears to the Shepherds Book of Hours
Early Book of Hours printed in Paris for Germain Hardouyn: Heures, a l usage de Paris tout au long sans rien requerir, with printed text and images and ornaments illuminated by hand

View of Mtatsminda Mountain, Tbilisi, Georgia (then part of Russia). Also shows St. Davids Monastery on the hillside and the School of Saint Nino. Date: circa 1905

Round Tower, Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland. Built of mica slate and granite, it is about 30 metres high, and was built as part of a medieval monastery founded by St Kevin. Date: circa 1960s

CROATIA. DUBROVNIK. Tower of the Franciscan Monastery

CROATIA. DUBROVNIK. View of the medieval neighborhood with the tower of the Franciscan Monastery

Israel. Jerusalem. Cathedral of Saint James, 12th century, headquarters of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Armenian Quarter. Exterior

Middle Ages. Monastic life. Episodes from the life of Saint Dominic. Miniature at Theologia Varia 14th and 15th centuries

San Millan de Suso Monastery. San Millan de la Cogolla. Spai
Spain. La Rioja. San Millan de la Cogolla. Monastery of San Millan de Suso, built in different styles: Visigoth (6th-7th centuries), Romanesque (10th century) and Mozarab (11th century). Exterior

Spain. Aragon. Beranuy. Romanesque monastery of Santa Mari?a de Obarra. Central apse decorated with lombard arcs. Detail

Yuso Monastery. San Millan de la Cogolla. Refectory. La Rioj
Yuso Monastery. It was originally erected in 1053 and rebuilt in Romanesque style after Herrera during the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Refectory. San Millan de la Cogolla. La Rioja. Spain

Yuso Monastery. San Millan de la Cogolla. Entrance to the ch
Yuso Monastery. It was originally erected in 1053 and rebuilt in Romanesque style after Herrera during the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Entrance to the church. San Millan de la Cogolla

Yuso Monastery. San Millan de la Cogolla. La Rioja. Spain
Yuso Monastery. It was originally erected in 1053 and rebuilt in Romanesque style after Herrera during the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. San Millan de la Cogolla. La Rioja. Spain

Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes. Lombard bell tower. Catalon
Benedictine Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes. Founded around the year 900. The present building is dated 11th century. Lombard bell tower. Catalonia. Spain

Monastery of Sant Pere de Roda. Catalonia. Spain
Monastery of Sant Pere de Roda (St Peter of Roses). Founded around the year 900. Benedictine monastery. The present building is dated 11th century. Lombard style bell tower. Cap de Creus

Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes. Catalonia. Spain
Benedictine Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes. Founded around the year 900. The present building is dated 11th century. Scenery. Catalonia. Spain

Myanmar - Mandalay - The Queens Golden Palace (Kyoung)
Myanmar - Mandalay - The Queens Golden Palace / Monastery (Kyoung) Date: circa 1910s

Pierre Fourier
PIERRE FOURIER de Mattaincourt French churchman, monastic founder and educator. Date: 1565 - 1640

Petrus De Backere
PETRUS DE BACKERE Dutch Dominican poet and theologian, depicted wearing his monastic cowl. Date: 1517 - 1601

German Monastic School
A monastic school in medieval Germany. Date: circa 15th century

German Monastic Charity
A German monk distributes soup to the poor at the door of his partly ruined monastery Date: early 19th century

Monks in Beer Cellar
German monks in their bier keller Date: 1869

Scholarly Monks
The monastic establishments were virtually the only repositories of learning during the Middle Ages. Date: medieval

Council of Anagni
At the Council of ANAGNI, Thomas Aquinas defends the monastic orders against an attack by Guillaume de Saint Amour, in the presence of pope Alexander IV Date: 1256

Monastery, Vallombrosa, Tuscany, Italy
" SHOULD you be in Florence in the summer, visit Vallombrosa, one of the greatest natural curiosities in Tuscany, though Milton mentions only an ordinary circumstance

Chapel in St Benedicts, Subiciao, Italy
The Monastery of St Benedicts is located South East of Rome. It enshrines the cave (Sacro Speco) in which St. Benedict lived as a hermit before he founded his first monastic community

Boy Novices at Santa Maria del Sasso, near Bibbiena, Italy Date: 1905

Santa Maria del Sasso, near Bibbiena, Italy Date: 1905

The Chapel of the Stigmata - St Francis of Assisi
The Chapel of the Stigmata - marking the spot on Mount Verna where St Francis of Assisi received the stigmata. Date: 1905

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