Monk Collection (page 12)

Native man in India
A native man, possibly a monk, in an unidentified location in India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

The Canterbury Pilgrims in the Yard of the Tabard Inn, 1387
Illustration giving an artists impression of how Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims may have looked as they stood in the yard of the Tabard Inn, 17th April 1387

Russian Monk
A Russian monk of the Orthodox church

Burning Incense China
Religious devotees burn incense sticks in a temple which actors perform as Gods in the rear

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

Whirling Dervish
Dervish or Turkish monk who turns by devotion - a whirling dervish

Moslem, Christian and Jew
A Moslem meets with a Jew and an Arian monk named Sergius, to discuss their differing beliefs

ROMEs CATACOMBS / C. 1870
The entrance to the catacombs of Saint Pretextat, Rome

Coptic Monk
Ethiopian monks : on the left, a Coptic monk; the other is simply labelled Ethiopian monk

Penitent / Sedan Chair
A shaven-headed religious man (possibly a monk) spends reflective time in a spike - lined sedan chair in China in penitent repose

Eustace the Monks Head
The head of Eustace the Monk is paraded on a pole by the victorious English after the naval Battle of Sandwich in which they defeated the French fleet

Monk Copying
A monk copyist at his desk, with his lectern at his elbow

Nimes Amphitheatre Ruins
The remains of this elliptical Roman amphitheatre as seen in the late 18th century. The best-preserved arena in France, which is still in use today

Book Given to Charles 7
CHARLES VII, KING OF FRANCE A Dominican monk presenting his book to the king who is surrounded by courtiers and royal hangers-on

Caedmon Cross (Detail)
Detail of the lower panel of the famous Caedmon Cross at Whitby, Yorkshire, England. Caedmon was an Anglo-Saxon herdsman, poet and monk, who died circa 680 A.D

Meditating Monk
A monk (of the Societe du Bon Jesus) contemplates a crucifix and meditates on the sufferings of Jesus

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

Order of Vallombrosa
A monk of the ORDER OF VALLOMBROSA (Italian)

Monk of St Maur
Benedictine monk of SAINT-MAUR

Monk of San Silvestro

Monaco Marronita
MONACO MARRONITA Maronite monk

Agostiniano Monk
AGOSTINIANO - monk of St Augustine, in his indoor habit

Monk of Santa Maria
Religioso Dell ordine Di Santa Maria Della Mercede

Agostiniano Monk (Out)
AGOSTINIANO - monk of St Augustine, in his outdoor habit

Cistercian Monk in Cowl
MONACO CISTERCENSE Cistercian monk in cocolla (cowl, or frock)

Salisbury / Thomas Montagu
THOMAS DE MONTACUTE or MONTAGUE 4th EARL of SALISBURY Soldier, receiving a book from the poet John Lydgate

Johann Tetzel
JOHANN TETZEL German Dominican monk, notorious for trafficking in indulgences whereby gullible persons purchased release from purgatory

Peter the Hermit 1650
PIERRE L HERMITE, also known as Pierre d Amiens, French monk who urged the First Crusade, which he accompanied, then returned and became a prior in Belgium

Monk Mathematicians
Monastic mathematicians : until the creation of universities, monastic establishments were the centres of learning

Page from Meisterlins Nurnberger Chronik
Page 170 from Meisterlins Nurnberger Chronik. Sigmund or Sigismund Meisterlin (c.1425-1490) was a Benedictine monk of Augsburg

Fragment of Sintrams Evangelium Longum
A fragment of Sintrams Evangelium Longum, a gospel book. It is one of the great treasures of the Monastery and Library of St Gall in Switzerland

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

Roger Bacon / Bayard
ROGER BACON Scientist and scholar Date: 1214 - 1294

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

C15 Religious Costume
Ecclesiastical habits, a pilgrim, a nun and a monk - two of them carrying their beads, for this is before the Reformation

Cistercian Monk
MONACO CISTERCENSE Cistercian monk

Regino of Prum / Larmessin
REGINO VON PRUM also known as REGINON German monk and chronicler

Marin Mersenne / Mag Pitto
MARIN MERSENNE French mathematician and monk

Ethelfrith / Massacre / Monk
AEthelfrith (Ethelfrid) massacres the monks of Bangor

Thomas a Kempis / Etching
THOMAS A KEMPIS alias THOMAS HAMMERKEN or HEMERKEN Dutch ecclesiastic and writer, became an Augustinian monk

Thomas a Kempis / Larmessi
THOMAS A KEMPIS alias THOMAS HAMMERKEN or HEMERKEN Dutch ecclesiastic and writer, became an Augustinian monk

York / Monk Bar 1905
York: Monk Bar, one of the city gates

Events / Italy / Odoacer
The first Barbarian King of Italy, Odoacer, meets the Monk Severinus

Chilperic II
CHILPERIC II king of the Franks, a monk taken from a monastery and set up as a puppet king by Charles Martel, mayor of the palace

Order of Calatrava
ORDER OF CALATRAVA Spanish order created 1155 by a monk, Velasquez, under particularly dramatic circumstances (see text) to fight the infidel Moors

The Invasion (Plate 1)
The Invasion - France : a satirical view of the feared invasion by Catholic France, depicting incompetent soldiers roasting frogs legs and being led by a sadistic monk

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