Monastic Collection (page 5)

Blackfriars Cross and Ruins, Hereford
13th century ruins of Blackfriars Monastery and Preaching Cross, Hereford

Romania - Namoesci Monastery
Romania - Hillside Namoesci Monastery

Mont Saint Michel, France - Ramparts and Merveille
Mont Saint Michel, France - The Ramparts and the Merveille (a monastic Church built in the 19th century over three crypts)

13th Centuary Monastery
Watercolour study of the buildings of a 13th century Monastery by Raymond Sheppard

Algiers - Grape Pressing by monks
Grape Pressing by monks at the Abbaye de Notre Dame de Staoueli - Algiers, Algeria

Glastonbury - The Abbey Barn
Glastonbury, Somerset - the Abbey Barn. Now houses the Somerset Rural Life Museum. The ornate barn was built around 1340 and is one of the most complete

Trabzon, Turkey - Monastery of Soumela
Monasteries of Soumela and St. George at Trabzon on the Black Sea coast in north-eastern Turkey. The capital of Trabzon Province

Cliffside Greek Monastery
Typical Greek Monastic complex, hugging the sheer wall of a cliff

Buddhist Monastery Interior
Southern Chinese Buddhist Monks in Zinjiang Province, China sit in lines before the Abbot. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Newstead Abbey, c. 1820
Engraving showing Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, the seat of the Byron family from 1540 until 1818, when it was sold by George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824)

Russian Nuns
Russian nuns of the order of saint Vasili (Basil)

Russian Monk
A Russian monk of the Orthodox church

Tibetan Monk 1798
A Tibetan Monk in traditional dress and wide-brimmed hat

Klosterneuburg
A monastic foundation located close to Vienna, overlooking the Danube. It houses a notable library

Oliva, Danzig
The Cistercian monastery of Oliva, located on the gulf of Danzig, was founded in 1170 and survived thanks to the protection of the Teutonic Knights

Ipatjev, Kostroma
The Ipatjev monastery at Kostroma is a notable pilgrimage destination for orthodox Russians

Cartosa, Pavia
The Cartosa di Pavia, a Carthusian foundation, was founded in 1390 by Giovanni Gabazzo Visconti

Citeaux, France
The abbaye de Citeaux is a Cistercian foundation near Beaune, in Burgundy. It was founded in 1098 by Robert de Molesme, who became a saint

Mount Athos, Greece
The monastery of Mount Athos, Greece, at one time housed more than six thousand monks, refugees from the wicked world beyond its strongly fortified walls

St. Kevins Kitchen a church within a 6th century monastic settlement, with a tower built as a refuge against Viking and Clan raids, Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland

St. Kevins Cross, and other ancient headstones, within the 6th century monastic settlement known as St. Kevins Kitchen, Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland

Council of Amagni 1
The Council of Anagni, under Alexander IV, is notable for Thomas Aquinas defence of the attack on the monastic orders made by the university of Paris

Council of Amagni 2
The Council of Anagni, under Alexander IV, is notable for Thomas Aquinas (back to us in foreground)s defence of the attack on the monastic orders made by Paris university

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

A Nun Takes the Veil
a Nun Takes the Veil

Nun with Umbrella
Taking the veil may protect her from contact with sin, but even a nun needs an umbrella to keep off the rain

Romance and Reality 1869
Convent Life - Romance and Reality

Grande Chartreuse / Aerial
LA GRANDE CHARTREUSE, Carthusian establishment near Grenoble, France, founded in 1084

Hysterical French Nun
In 17th century France, a hysterical nun breaks loose from her bonds and terrifies the convent with her insistence that she is possessed by demons

Monks and Legacy
Father Paul in his cups, or The private Devotion of a convent - monks make merry as the wine flows free

Religion / Monastic Life / M
After a jug of wine, monk and young woman prepare to make love by lamplight Date: late 18th Century

Canon / St Denis / 14th C
A canon of the Abbey of St Denis in red and white vestments

Dominican Monk / 14th C
A Dominican monk from Spain

German Monk / 12th C
A German monk in dark red habit and white cloak and hood

Cloister, Dubrovnik
One monk reads while another draws water from the well in the cloisters of the monastery of San Francesco at Ragusa (now Dubrovnik) Croatia

Agricultural Monks
French monks engaged in agriculture

Knight, Prince & Templar
A Knight, A Prince & an Knight of the martial monastic order of the Templars

Monastical Habits
Monastical habits - two monks are delighted to be visited by a nun, and she is charmed to meet them

Food for Monks
Food is brought to the monastery door - a deer, a swan, a basket of fish and lots of game

Lorgues / Rabida Convent
Columbus retires to the convent of La Rabida

2 Monks Meet a Nun, C13
Two monks meet a nun

A Nun Makes a Bolt
A French girl, incarcerated against her will in a convent at Marseille, makes a dramatic escape by clambering over a wall, where passers-by rush to her aid with a ladder

Wine of the Cloisters
German monks entertain a visitor with the wine of the cloister, while one of their number accompanies the revelry on the lute

Irish Monks Working
Irish monks clearing the ground for an extension to their accommodation

Celtic Monks Farming
Celtic monks in Wales working in their farmyard

Monks Farming
German monks farming

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