Tonsure Collection

Woman raising her skirts to scare off the devil. Perretta flashing the devil. The devil of Pope-Fig Island. Le diable de Papesiguiere

St Hilda / Whitby / Reid
SAINT HILDA OF WHITBY Anglo-Saxon abbess, receiving a visit from Caedmon

M Musurus / Larmessin
MARKOS MUSURUS Greek scholar

Hugh of St Victor / Thevet
HUGH OF SAINT VICTOR Saxon or Flemish theologian and mystic

The Conversion of Paula, by Alma-Tadema
The Conversion of Paula, by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema RA (1836-1912). Date: 1898

Chaucer, the Friar
The Friar carrying a staff

Saint Bruno / Butler Lives
SAINT BRUNO alias BRUNO THE GREAT Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lorraine

Cartoon, The Hero and The Saint (Giuseppe Garibaldi)
Cartoon, The Hero and The Saint -- Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian revolutionary, fights against the unhealthy influence of religious superstition

JOHN LYDGATE/VERTUE
JOHN LYDGATE English poet and Benedictine monk, with a Dance of Death Date: 1370? - 1450?

Japanese Shinto fortune teller preaching to a crowd of men with tonsured hair (chonmage). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Social Scenes - France - 15th century
The French court - Marie dAnjou, queen of Charles VII, receives a book from her chaplain, Robert Blondel, while courtiers stand around Date: 1455

Dom Perignon, French monk and cellarer
Dom Perignon (1638-1715), French Benedictine monk who is often (incorrectly) credited with the invention of sparkling champagne

Misfitz Dolls - Jappy. early 20th century

Saint Dominic de Guzman (1170-1221). Founder of the Friars Preachers, called the Dominicans or Order of Preachers (OP). Colored engraving. 19th century

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

Froissart / Scott
JEAN FROISSART French chronicler

Solon / Fulvio Orsini
SOLON Athenian statesman, elected Archon circa 594 BC - he initiated economic and constitutional reforms

Luther at the Wartburg
Disguised as Junker Georg, bearded and without a tonsure, he hides from the Church and starts to translate the Bible into German

Chaucer, the Parson
The Parson with tonsure and robes

ST Stephen - Butler lives
Stephen the deacon (? - circa 35) - First Christian martyr

Francisco Javier / Hinchli
FRANCISCO JAVIER Spanish missionary in Asia Date: 1506 - 1552

Collectors card, monk working on a manuscript
Collectors card, monk working on an illuminated manuscript. Date: early 20th century

Ecclesiastical rite of tonsure, 15th century.. Handcolored illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries

Holy communion ceremony, 12th century.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834

Abbot Suger, 12th century.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834

Bussine in monks robes as Fra Borromee in Marco Spada at the Opera Comique.. Handcoloured lithograph by Alexandre Lacauchie from Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris 1852

Monks Playing Game
A group of monks from the Franciscan monastery of Gorheim, Germany, play a peculiar ball game

Dominican Monk / 14th C
A Dominican monk from Spain

C14 Religious Costume
Costumes of English religious types - a priest with a tonsure meets two pilgrims

Erycius Puteanus / Larmess
ERYCIUS PUTEANUS Dutch scholar Date: 1574 - 1646

Lyne / Joseph / Vfair 1887
JOSEPH LEYCESTER LYNE Father Ignatius Controversial clergyman

P De Commynes / Larmessin
PHILIPPE DE COMMYNES (variously spelt) French statesman and chronicler

Monk Paints Statuette
A monk from the Benedictine monastery of Lerins. He achieved fame as an artist. The statue of St Theresa he is working on in the photo was bought by the Queen of Italy

Luis De Granada / Larmessi
LUIS DE GRANADA Spanish prelate of the Dominican Order

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