Beliefs Collection (page 2)

Great Queens of the Past No 1 - Nefertiti
Nefertiti, Queen of Akhna-ton, pictured officiating as priestess in her own temple in the City of Horizon. The little princes and princesses stand beside the king, who

Leda and Swan, fragment of sculpture from Anhas, Morocco. 3rd century. Coptic art. Relief. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Coptic Museum

Chi Rho. Paleo-christian art. Relief on rock. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia

MELANCHTON, Philipp Schwarzerd, called (1497-1560). Theologian and Luthers collaborator. DURER, Albrecht (1471-1528). Renaissance art. Engraving. FRANCE. PICARDY. OISE. Chantilly

Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337). Crucifix. 1317. Renaissance art. Trecento. ITALY. VENETO. Padua. Municipal Museum of Padua. Proc: ITALY. VENETO. Padua. Scrovegni Chapel

Lorsch Gospels (Codex Aureus Laurensius). 778 - 820. Gospels written by the court scriptorium of Charlemagne and compiled in 830 in the Lorsch Abbey. Image of Christ in Majesty (Maiestas Domini)

INDIA. Ajanta. Ajanta Caves. Buddha preaching the Abhidharma in the Tavatimsa Celestial World. Detail. Wall painting of the cave 17. 6th c. A.D. Hindu art. Gupta period. Fresco

Chinese Ancestor Worship - Ancestral Tablet
The cermony of Ancestral worship. A Chinese believes that he has three souls, and when he dies one goes to the other world, one into the tomb

Bribri Indian Shaman & Conical House, Costa Rica
The Head Shaman of the Bribri People of the Talamanca Province, Costa Rica - pictured in front of the Conical House. The Bribri spiritual practice is centred on the conical house

Native American costume, medicine men
Native American Indian, three medicine men, two with masks and masquerade dresses, and one man dressed as a bird. When men die

NOTKER BALBULUS (840-912). Benedictine monk of the Abbey of St. Gall. Poet and composer of Gregorian chant. Codex Sangallensis 376. Missal manuscript ca

Mercury. 3rd century. Roman art. Mosaic. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Tarragona. National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona

Hevajra. 18th c. Buddhist Tantric deity. Golden bronze. Tibetan art. Sculpture. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Guimet Museum. Proc: CHINA. TIBET

Funerary papyrus of Djedkhonsouefankh depicting Geb and Nut, Third Intermediate Period (papyrus), Egyptian 21st Dynasty (c.1069-945 BC). Egyptian art. Late Period. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum

Spain. Military orders. From left to right: Orden de la Encina (Order of the Oak), Order of Santiago, Order of the Crusade, Knights Templar, Order of San Salvador

Sculpture depicting the goddess of fertility, artifact originating from Tepetzintla (Mexico). Pre-Colombian Civilization. Maya art. Sculpture. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City

ANTOLINEZ, Jose (1635-1675). The Immaculate. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. BASQUE COUNTRY. VIZCAYA. Bilbao. Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

ZURBARAN, Francisco de (1598-1664). Holy Face. 1631. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. EUROPE. SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. Sevilla. Parroquia de San Pedro

Bottle with female form and gold nose ring. Childbirth scene. Viru Culture of the Chicama and Viru, Peru, 3rd c. A.D. Pre-Columbian art. Ceramics. PERU. Lima. Peruvian Gold Museum

CHARLES II of Spain (1661-1700). King of Spain (1665-1701). Haunting of Charles II. Engraving

Figure of the reliquary Bwete or Bwitti (Gabon). The Mahongwe practice an ancestor cult (bwiti or bwete) that was at the center of a system of beliefs and rites

Painted wood stele depicting Amon musician playing harp before god Ra-Harakhty, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty XXI. Egyptian art. Painting. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum

Mask. Bembe Art (Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Tanzania). African art. Sculpture on wood. BELGIUM. FLANDERS. BRABANT. Tervuren

Borobudur Temple. 9th c. INDONESIA. Borobudur. Reliefs of the temple wall. Frieze depicting Buddhist scenes. Hindu art. Relief on rock

Maya palace of Palenque. Engraving 19th c
Mayan Civilization. Palenque Palace, built in the Late Classic period (600-900 AD). Reconstruction by R. Cant󠩮 M鸩 co a trav鳠 de los siglos, 1884. Litography

Miko, Shinto temple maidens, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Jama Masjid, Delhi, India
Jama Masjid, the principal mosque of Old Delhi, India. Date: circa 1890s

John Hooper
JOHN HOOPER English churchman, bishop of Gloucester and Worcester, burnt at the stake for his beliefs. Date: 1495 - 1555

Southern Africa Witch Doctor
A fantastic portrait of a Southern African Witch Doctor with fur hat and various charms and amulets hanging around his neck. Date: circa 1910s

Tunusic Shaman from Turukhansk, Siberia, Russia
Among the Tungusic peoples of Siberia, shamanism is widespread. This picture shows a Shaman from Turukhansk, a village (selo) in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Siberia

SRI LANKA. Mihintale. Golden Temple. Sitting Buddha

Art from North Nepal. The Heaven. Tempera on pasteboard (19th c.). Tibetan art. Tempera

Shaman of Yakutsk, Russia
Shaman of Yakutsk - the capital city of the Sakha Republic, Russia. Among the Siberian Chukchis peoples, a shaman is interpreted as someone who is possessed by a spirit who demands that someone

Totem Pole Maker

Maori meeting house, Kaitaia, North Island, New Zealand
A traditional Maori meeting house (or Marae) at Kaitaia, near Pukepoto, in the far north of the North Island, New Zealand. It is decorated with distinctive red carvings

Athens / Areopagus
The AREOPAGUS, where the city court would meet to debate matters of state interest : Saint Paul presented his religious beliefs here

La France Maritime - Chaplain. 19th century

Kleber street, Algiers
Two women walk down the steps of Kleber street, Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

The Mosque at the Oasis of Filliache. Biskra
Horsemen ride towards the Mosque at the Oasis of Filliache. Biskra, Algeria Date: circa 1910s

Middle Ages. Latvia. Ancient beliefs. 12th-13th centuries. Images of trees (idols). Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia

Spirit Huts and food offerings for Spirits - Central Africa
Spirit Huts showing food left as offerings to Spirits - Central Africa (possibly the Congo). Date: circa 1910s

Two Old Prophets
Native African prophets simulated vision is not a series of guesses, in which he may possibly hit upon the truth. Prophets may be trying to discover the witchcraft that has been disposed upon an

Adam Clarke & Buddhists
ADAM CLARKE Wesleyan methodist minister and bible commentator, depicted comparing beliefs with two Buddhist priests. Date: 1762 - 1832

John Bradford
JOHN BRADFORD Protestant martyr in England, burnt for his religious beliefs Date: 1510? - 1555

Serenade to the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico -- religious group inside a church. Date: circa 1900s

Frontispiece, Legends of the New Testament -- nativity scene. Date: published circa 1860s

Chinese Labour Corps praying on New Years Day WW1
Joss pidgin otherwise known as Divine worship in a camp of the Chinese battalion of the Labour Corps in France on New Years Day, 1918. Date: 1918

FRANCIS OF ASSISI, Saint (1182-1226). Italian mystic, founder of the Franciscan order. Anonymous author (17th c.). Colonial baroque. Oil on canvas. PERU. Arequipa. Convent of Santa Catalina

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