Mitre Collection

St Swithin / Dudley / Maxims
SAINT SWITHIN or SWITHUN Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastic, Bishop of Winchester, associated with a prediction of rain for 40 days

Customs / Saint Swithin s
According to tradition, if it rains on the 15th of July - St Swithins Day - it will continue to rain for the following 40 days

St Bernard of Clairvaux
SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX French religious who established the monastery at Clairvaux

Matrushka - St Nicholas and the recipients of his gifts
Matrushka Doll illustration with St Nicholas as the largest figure and the recipients of his Christmas gifts - a slowly diminishing (in size!) group of children Date: circa 1920s

Wordsworth / Hawkshead
A corner of the Square, and tiny Methodist chapel, which has been operative since 1862, at Hawkshead, Cumbria, the village where William Wordsworth lived as a boy

Limerick Mitre / Shaw
A precious mitre used by the Bishop of Limerick, Ireland on occasions of great ceremony. It is made of plates of gold and adorned with gems and precious stones

St Patrick / Cig Card
SAINT PATRICK He drives the snakes out of Ireland

Dr Johnson / Mitre / Boswell
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON With Boswell at the Mitre Tavern

Gilbert Burnet, Scottish philosopher and historian, 1643-1715
Caricature of Gilbert Burnet, Scottish philosopher and historian, author and poet, Bishop of Salisbury, 1643-1715. One leg in a tub, one in a pulpit, with six satirical English verses

Portrait of Cyril of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria, with halo and robe, within decorative border of foliage

Portrait of Saint Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, with mitre and crook, within decorative border of foliage

Portrait of St. Genevieve, patron saint of Paris, 422-521, with halo, holding a distaff and lamb within decorative border. With vignettes of St Simeon Stylites, St

Funeral rites, 10th century
Frankish funeral rites, 10th century. Offering incense over a body in a shroud (top) and funeral of a bishop, 10th century

Louis the Pious, King of the Franks, co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, 778-840. In crown with orb and sceptre, chlamys over chasuble and ecclesiastical robes. Louis le Pieux

Costume of an ancient noblewoman of Caramania, Ottoman Empire (Karman Province, Turkey). In a decorated mantle of fine cloth over a velvet robe, pearl collar, velvet headdress with veil

St Dunstan depicted in Norman choir robes, 12th century
Norman archbishop in choir robes, 12th century. From a manuscript portrait of the Saxon bishop St Dunstan (c.909-988), holding a quill and knife, Royal MS 10 A XIII

Anglo Saxon bishop and monks
An Anglo Saxon bishop 67 and two Saxon monks 66, 68. The bishop's mitre and episcopal cross were in use in the 10th and 11th centuries

Renaissance painting on vellum by Giulio Clovio, 1573
Renaissance art: painting. Painting on vellum by Giulio Clovio on the elevation of Gregory XIII to the Papal throne, 1573

The skeleton of Death stabs the Pope on his throne. The figure of Death wears a crown of thorns, black habit and sashes, and uses a dart or arrow. Priests and monks pray and kneel before him

Royal wedding ceremony and figure of Adelaide of Burgundy, 13th
Royal wedding ceremony from Guillaume de Tyr's manuscript History of Foreign Wars, and figure of Adelaide of Burgundy, Duchess of Brabant (c)

Greek Orthodox bishop. Engraving, 19th century
Greek Orthodox bishop. Engraving by Lemaitre, Vernier and Pigeot. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1870). Panorama Universal, Spanish edition, 1839

Coptic Christian Priest - possibly in Egypt circa 1910s

Mitre, Burnley, Lancashire, early 1900s

Saint Blaise of Sebaste (3rd-4th centuries), 1490-1500
Saint Blaise (3rd-4th centuries). Bishop of Sebaste and martyr. Portrait by Miguel Jimenez (15th-early 16th centuries), 1490-1500. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

Archbishop of York cursing William the Conqueror Date: 11th century

St Patrick defeats druids and converts king
SAINT PATRICK The Saint defeats the Druids and converts the King. 390? - 461?

St. Magnus the Martyr, Thames Street, City of London
circa 1910s

Photograph of Mitre Tavern, Brighton, Sussex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Mitre PH, Woolwich, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Mitre PH, Tottenham (Old), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Mitre PH, Lambeth, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1934

Photograph of Mitre PH, Tottenham (New), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1934

Photograph of Mitre PH, Kings Cross, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Mitre PH, Kentish Town, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1924

Photograph of Mitre PH, Islington, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Photograph of Mitre PH, Croydon, Surrey. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1913

Portrait of a young German nobleman in oils from 1490
Portrait of a 22-year-old German nobleman in oils from 1490. Painted by the famous master of the Swabian school Bartholomaus Zeitblom

Costume of a prince, 12th century, and sword hilts, etc. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889

View of the Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, 1822. The main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers. Vista dell Imp. Palazzo di Schoenbrun

Miniatures from the Golden Bull, 1365
King Wenceslaus of Bohemia riding with the Archbishop of Mainz, the Bishops of Bamberg and Wurtzburg and the Burgraves of Nuremberg 1; citizens of Frankfurt on horseback 2; the Archbishop of Mainz 3

Relics associated with Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury - ivory grace cup (centre), two mitres (left: Sens Abbey, Normandy; right: at one time the property of Cardinal Manning)

Dinner to celebrate opening of Lancaster-Carlisle Railway
The railway contractors dinner at the Crown and Mitre Inn, Carlisle, to celebrate the opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway in autumn/winter 1846

Dr Samuel Johnson at the Mitre Tavern, London
Dr Samuel Johnson chatting with friends at the Mitre Tavern, London. Date: 18th century

King Henry VII, the first of the Tudors - seen here granting a charter to John Cabot to sail in search of new lands. Date: circa 1497

The British Valhalla -- Archbishop Thomas Becket
The British Valhalla -- Bishop of Exeter at Northampton, supplicating Archbishop Thomas Becket to submit to King Henry II, and the reconciliation at Montmirail in France

Skeleton of Death dragging away an Abbot by his robes
Skeleton of Death with mitre and crozier pulling an Abbot by his robes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein, Coxhead, London, 1816

Skeleton of Death takes the arm of a Bishop with mitre and crozier, as distraught shepherds leave their sheep in the meadow

Death attending the Pope as he crowns an Emperor attended by cardinals and bishops. Another skeleton in cardinals robes at right

Bishop of Chalons, Eveque de Chalons, with mitre and standard

Bishop of Noyon, Eveque de Noyon, with mitre and standard

Bishop of Beauvais, Eveque de Beauvais, with mitre

Bishop of Laon, Eveque de Laon, with mitre

Bishop of Langres, Eveque de Langres, with mitre

Archbishop of Rheims, Archeveque de Reims, with mitre

Archbishop of Treves, Archeveque de Treves, with mitre and standard

Archbishop of Mainz, Archeveque de Mayence, with mitre and standard

Archbishop of Cologne, Archeveque de Cologne, with mitre and standard

Grand Lama and Lama of the eight Tartar Banners. Tartar Buddhist monks in yellow satin robes and hats

Rubble aloe or mitre aloe, Aloe perfoliata (Least mitre aloe, Aloe mitraeformis brevifolia). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F

Rubble aloe, Aloe perfoliata (Mitre aloe, Aloe mitraeformis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, T

Charles de St. Albin, Bishop of Laon, 1698-1723

Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry Chichele or Checheley (c.1364-1443), Archbishop of Canterbury (1414-1443) and founder of All Souls College, Oxford. 15th century

Avatar of Thaling, Bhutan, South Asia
Avatar of Thaling and others, Bhutan, South Asia. The Avatar is seen here in his Buddhist vestments, including an embroidered cope and an ornate mitre. 1922

Annual procession of the Holy Blood, Bruges, Belgium -- supposedly drops of Jesuss blood brought from the Holy Land in 1150 by Theodoric, Count of Flanders, preserved in a chapel in the Grand Place

Fleet Street in 1842 by Thomas Shotter Boys
Scene depicting Fleet Street, London in 1842 by Thomas Shotter Boys, taken from his book, London As It Is - twenty-six coloured lithographs showing contemporary scenes of London

John Pearson, Bishop of Chester
John Pearson (1612-1686), English churchman, Bishop of Chester, seen here at the age of 70. Date: 1682

Figures on the facade of Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany
Carved stone figures on the facade of Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany. Date: early 20th century

John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury
John (Johannis) Peckham (1230-1292), Archbishop of Canterbury from 1279 to 1292. He was a native of Sussex, educated at Lewes Priory, becoming a Friar Minor about 1250

Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram - Bishop of London
Date: 1937

Martin of Tours ( 316 397). Bishop of Tours. Church of Sa
Martin of Tours (316-397). Bishop of Tours. Sculpture. Church of Saint Martin de Tours. Fromista. Spain

Abbe Suger / Lassalle
SUGER, ABBOT French divine, historian, abbot of Saint-Denis Date: 1081 - 1151

St Dunstan & the Devil
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, and Saint Artists sometimes depicted him holding the devil by the nose with a pair of tongs, as here Date: 924 - 988

Queen Mother attending Blitz Memorial Service, St Pauls
Blitz Memorial unveiling and ceremony at St Pauls Cathedral, London, 4 May 1991, with the Queen Mother in attendance

Officer of the 1st Prussian Guards in parade uniform
The Corps D elite of the German army whose suprement effort the British repulsed on 11th November 1914: officer of the 1st Prussian Guards in parade uniform Date: 1914

Street in Las Heras, Mendoza, Argentina, South America
Villa General Mitre, a location associated with Dr Nicasio Salas Orono, in Calle General (street), Las Heras (The Heroes), Mendoza province, western Argentina, South America. Date: circa 1910

William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester
William of Wykeham (c1324-1404), Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England

Richard III - pretending he is too holy to want to become king. 1862

Church Street, Liverpool Date: 1905

Saint Bruno of Cologne (ca. 1030-1101). Engraving
Saint Bruno of Cologne (ca.1030-1101). Founder of the Carthusian Order. Engraving, 17th-18th centuries

Mass of Saint Gregory by Jan Polack
Jan Polack (1435-1519). Mass of Saint Gregory. Augsburg, 1496. Painting on wood. German Historical Museum. Berlin. Germany

Pope Vigilius (c. 500-555). Roman pope (537-555). Engraving
Pope Vigilius (c. 500-555). Roman pope (537-555), elected in 536. Portrait. Engraving. National Library. Rome. Italy

King Henry III replying to the Prelates
King Henry III of England (1207-1272) replying to the Prelates. 13th century

Mitre Peak, Milford Sound, New Zealand
Ships on Milford Sound sail in the shadow of Mitre Peak on the south-west coast of New Zealands South Island. Date: circa 1895

Christof Von Galen
CHRISTOF BERNHARD von GALEN Prince-bishop of Munster, depicted in secular dress, with a bishops mitre over his head but also swords, to show he was a warrior too ! Date: 1606 - 1678

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