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Background imageMonastery Collection: Certoss Monastery, Florence, Italy

Certoss Monastery, Florence, Italy

Background imageMonastery Collection: Monastery of Simopetra, Mount Athos, Greece, early 1900s

Monastery of Simopetra, Mount Athos, Greece, early 1900s

Background imageMonastery Collection: Ling Yin Monastery, Hangzhou, China, early 1900s

Ling Yin Monastery, Hangzhou, China, early 1900s

Background imageMonastery Collection: Road to the Monastery, Hangzhou, China, early 1900s

Road to the Monastery, Hangzhou, China, early 1900s

Background imageMonastery Collection: Monastery near Beijing, China, early 1900s

Monastery near Beijing, China, early 1900s

Background imageMonastery Collection: The Library, St Hugh's Charterhouse, Cowfold, Sussex

The Library, St Hugh's Charterhouse, Cowfold, Sussex
The Library, St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, Carthusian Monastery, Cowfold, Sussex Date: circa 1920s

Background imageMonastery Collection: Black Friars Monastery, St Andrews, Scotland

Black Friars Monastery, St Andrews, Scotland Date: circa 1905

Background imageMonastery Collection: South Transept, Buckfast Abbey Church, Dartmoor, Devon

South Transept, Buckfast Abbey Church, Dartmoor, Devon - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageMonastery Collection: Sanctuary, Buckfast Abbey Church, Dartmoor, Devon

Sanctuary, Buckfast Abbey Church, Dartmoor, Devon - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageMonastery Collection: Buckfast Abbey Church, Dartmoor, Devon

Buckfast Abbey Church, Dartmoor, Devon - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imageMonastery Collection: Buckfast Abbey and Apiary, Dartmoor, Devon

Buckfast Abbey and Apiary, Dartmoor, Devon
Buckfast Abbey, viewed from the Apiary, Dartmoor, Devon - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageMonastery Collection: Buckfast Abbey, north view, Dartmoor, Devon

Buckfast Abbey, north view, Dartmoor, Devon - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageMonastery Collection: Buckfast Abbey, Dartmoor, Devon

Buckfast Abbey, Dartmoor, Devon - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imageMonastery Collection: Convent of the Capuchins, Dinant, Wallonia, Namur, Belgium

Convent of the Capuchins, Dinant, Wallonia, Namur, Belgium
Convent of the Capuchins or Couvent des Capucins (left), built 17th century, and the river Meuse, in Wallonia, Dinant, Namur, Belgium. Date: 2021

Background imageMonastery Collection: Children's prison, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte

Children's prison, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte
Children's prison (centre) and workshops (right), (the abbey functioned as a prison from 1804 when it was converted by Napoleon), at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey

Background imageMonastery Collection: Barn, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France

Barn, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France
Barn, with timber frame, formerly a lay brothers building, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded 1115 by St Bernard, in Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, Grand Est

Background imageMonastery Collection: Chapel, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France

Chapel, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France
Refectory, built 1774, converted in 1813 to a chapel for prisoners (the abbey functioned as a prison from 1804 when it was converted by Napoleon), restored 2013-15, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux

Background imageMonastery Collection: Prison cells, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube

Prison cells, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube
Group cells in the men's prison, (the abbey functioned as a prison from 1804 when it was converted by Napoleon), at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey

Background imageMonastery Collection: Grand Cloister, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube

Grand Cloister, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube
Grand Cloister, built 17th century in classical style, surrounded by the lay brothers building, kitchen, monks refectory, boiler room and monks building, later used as the men's prison

Background imageMonastery Collection: Cloister, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France

Cloister, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France
Main Gallery of the Cloister, built 18th century and used after 1804 as the men's prison, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded 1115 by St Bernard

Background imageMonastery Collection: Lay dormitory, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube

Lay dormitory, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube
Lay dormitory, in the lay brothers building, built 12th century and rebuilt 1708, with cross vaulted ceiling supported by octagonal stone columns, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey

Background imageMonastery Collection: Initials, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France

Initials, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France
Initials carved in the stone wall of the cellar, on the first floor of the lay brothers building, built 12th century and rebuilt 1708, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey

Background imageMonastery Collection: Cellar, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France

Cellar, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France
Cellar in the Lay brothers building, built 12th century and rebuilt 1708 (centre), and wash-house and bakery (right), at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey

Background imageMonastery Collection: Great Bible of Clairvaux, Mediatheque Jacques-Chirac, Troyes

Great Bible of Clairvaux, Mediatheque Jacques-Chirac, Troyes
Great Bible of Clairvaux, an illuminated bible made 12th century at the Abbaye de Clarvaux or Clairvaux Abbey under St Bernard, now in the Mediatheque Jacques-Chirac

Background imageMonastery Collection: John of Austria (1547-1578). Spanish military

John of Austria (1547-1578). Spanish military. illegitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Presentation of John of Austria to Emperor Charles V at Yuste

Background imageMonastery Collection: View of the town of Phari, Yadong County, on the Tibet border (the building is a Dzong)

View of the town of Phari, Yadong County, on the Tibet border (the building is a Dzong, or fortified monastery), from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which

Background imageMonastery Collection: British Military Campaign to Tibet - Phari Dzong

British Military Campaign to Tibet - Phari Dzong
View of the town of Phari, Yadong County, on the Tibet border (the building is a Dzong, or fortified monastery), from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which

Background imageMonastery Collection: British Military Campaign to Tibet - monastery dancers

British Military Campaign to Tibet - monastery dancers
Dancers in front of a monastery, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa

Background imageMonastery Collection: Dancers in front of a monastery, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a

Dancers in front of a monastery, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa

Background imageMonastery Collection: View of the town of Gyantse, with the Dzong (fortified monastery) at the top of the hill

View of the town of Gyantse, with the Dzong (fortified monastery) at the top of the hill, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military

Background imageMonastery Collection: View from top of Dzong (a fortified hillside monastery) from a fascinating album which reveals new

View from top of Dzong (a fortified hillside monastery) from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences

Background imageMonastery Collection: Idols in monastery at Gyantse, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a

Idols in monastery at Gyantse, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa

Background imageMonastery Collection: View of polo ground, with fortified monastery or Dzong on a distant hillside

View of polo ground, with fortified monastery or Dzong on a distant hillside, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed

Background imageMonastery Collection: Two connected buildings at Gyantse - the Kumbum, a multi-storied set of Buddhist chapels (L)

Two connected buildings at Gyantse - the Kumbum, a multi-storied set of Buddhist chapels (L), and the Palcho Monastery (R)

Background imageMonastery Collection: General View Of Dunfermline

General View Of Dunfermline
This perspective sketch provides a general, aerial view of a building scheme at Dunfermline, Scotland, including improvements to the main Abbey and monastery place

Background imageMonastery Collection: Bee-Alley Gardens Dunfermline Gallery

Bee-Alley Gardens Dunfermline Gallery
An architectural perspective sketch of the Dunfermline Gallery with an entrance to the monastery street with Bee-Alley Garden in the foreground. Date: circa 1904

Background imageMonastery Collection: Bee-Alley Gardens Monastery Place

Bee-Alley Gardens Monastery Place
An architectural perspective sketch of renaissance building, that of Monastery Place at Bee-Alley Gardens in Dunfermline. Date: circa 1904

Background imageMonastery Collection: Bee-Alley Gardens, Dunfermline

Bee-Alley Gardens, Dunfermline
This image shows a monastery at Bee-Alley Gardens in Dunfermline, Scotland, looking towards an archway beside a buttressed facade of Fratry Hall. Date: circa 1904

Background imageMonastery Collection: Monastery of Santa Maria. Cloister of the Porteria

Monastery of Santa Maria. Cloister of the Porteria. Built between 1575 and 1578 in Renaissance style. It is attributed to the master Juan de la Sierra the Elder

Background imageMonastery Collection: Cloisters

Cloisters
A linoleum cut of an interior scene, showing groups of priests conversing and reading from books within the cloisters of a cathedral or monastery. Date: circa 1923

Background imageMonastery Collection: Monasterio De Piedra, Arragon

Monasterio De Piedra, Arragon
A painting of two tiers of waterfalls in a rocky, woodland scene, situated at the Monasterio de Piedra, a monastery park complex in the Iberian System mountain ranged in Zaragoza, Aragon

Background imageMonastery Collection: Spain, province of Valencia. Porta Coeli Charterhouse

Spain, province of Valencia. Porta Coeli Charterhouse. Carthusian monastery founded in 1272 by Andreu d'Albalat, confessor to King Jaume I. Engraving by Sierra, 19th century

Background imageMonastery Collection: The Lady of Montserrat by Alonso Cano (1601-1667)

The Lady of Montserrat by Alonso Cano (1601-1667)
Alonso Cano (1601-1667) and Workshop. The Lady of Montserrat. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain. Date: 2019

Background imageMonastery Collection: Spain, Navarre, Carcastillo. Monastery of La Oliva

Spain, Navarre, Carcastillo. Monastery of La Oliva. Cistercian monastery built in the 12th and 13th centuries. Facade. Date: 2011

Background imageMonastery Collection: Photograph of Tolstoi (Tolstoy) riding to his bath, outdoor portrait on horseback

Photograph of Tolstoi (Tolstoy) riding to his bath, outdoor portrait on horseback. Captioned, Russia's Dead Thinker: picturesque photograph of the late Count Tolstoi'

Background imageMonastery Collection: Photographs showing scenes after the Portuguese Revolution. Captioned

Photographs showing scenes after the Portuguese Revolution. Captioned, Sailors Guarding the Quelhas Convent, Searching for fugitive Priests in a newly discovered subterranean passage

Background imageMonastery Collection: Monastery of Hosios Loukas (Venerable Luke) - Mount Helicon

Monastery of Hosios Loukas (Venerable Luke) - Mount Helicon
Monastery of Hosios Loukas (Venerable Luke) on the slopes of Mount Helicon, between Delphi and Levadia in the Gulf of Corinth

Background imageMonastery Collection: Dramatic clifftop Monasteries on Meteora, Greece

Dramatic clifftop Monasteries on Meteora, Greece. (left) The Great Meteoron Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour (right) Varlaam Monastery. Date: circa 1950s



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