Monks Collection (page 2)

Cover design, Taking Off! by Noel Monks, WW2
Cover design, Taking Off! by Noel Monks, showing an RAF pilot looking up at the sky Date: circa 1941

Christian Religious Orders - L-R (standing) Benedictine nun, Benedictine monk, Cluniac, Cistercian, Carthusian, nun of St Gilbert, regular canon of St Gilbert, Trinitarian, Knight Templar

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Evacuation of 4000 Basque children to England (May 1937), operation made with the cooperation of the British Catholic Church

WOLSEY
CARDINAL THOMAS WOLSEY (1475? - 1530), English prelate and statesman, arriving at Leicester Abbey shortly before his death

WATCHING THE DEAD C15
Watching the dead, in the nave of a German church : monks in cowls mourn while the priest intones suitable prayers Date: 15th century

Saint Benedict Dies 480? 547 Norcia Deathbed
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DEATH OF LANCELOT
Sir Lancelot, an old man in a monk's habit, dies of a broken heart on King Arthur's tomb

Monks meditate and die
Shahabad, India : six ascetics are meditating in the temple when a lamp sets light to a mat. Forbidden to move while meditating, they burn to a holy death. Date: 1939

Monks at door of monastery, Megaspelaeon, Greece
Monks at the door of their cavern monastery, Megaspelaeon, Greece Date: 1907

India, three young monks, holy men, India
Vintage 19th century photograph: India, three young monks, holy men, India

Monks at a monastery well, Florence, Italy
19th century vintage photograph: Monks at a monastery well, Florence, Italy

Photograph of Denbigh Arms, Monks Kirby, Warwickshire. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

English gentleman at the tomb of Petrarchs muse, Laura de Sade, Laure des Noves, in the Chapelle des Sade, convent of the Cordeliers, Avignon. At the tomb of Laura

Sanguinaria or nevadilla, Paronychia argentea. Illecebrum paronychia, Illecebro paronichia. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze

Portrait of King Charles the Bald, 9th century
Portrait of King Charles the Bald, Emperor of the Carolingian Empire, 9th century, seated on a grand throne, holding orb and sceptre and wearing a chlamys over his shoulder

Carthusian monks, Mount Pindus, northern Greece
Carthusian monks, Mount Pindus, Thessaly, at the border of northern Greece and southern Albania. Their monastery is at the very top of the mountain. 1842

Porch of an old Interregnum house in Hanover
South east view of the porch of an old Interregnum house known as General Monks house in Hanover Court, near Grub Street, 1809. Built circa 1650

God on Judgment Day sorting saints and sinners
God on the Day of Judgment, with Mary and Saint John, kings, popes and monks emerging from tombs to enter heaven. On the other side

Large-fruited catasetum, Catasetum macrocarpum. Chromolithograph by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1885

Monks hood or wolfsbane, Aconitum napellus. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany

Grand Lama and Lama of the eight Tartar Banners. Tartar Buddhist monks in yellow satin robes and hats. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

View of Amalfi, Italy, from Grand Hotel dei Cappuccini. Date: circa 1900

Bonzes praying
Bonzes are Buddhist priests, monks or teachers. Buddhist monks were often referred to by the term bonze in english literature before the mid 20th Century especially when referring to monks from East

Columbus demanding Hospitality at La Rabida Monastery
Christopher Columbus demanding Hospitality at the door of La Rabida Monastery. Columbus stands at the door to the monastery with his son, demanding hospitality from the three monks at the entrance

Columbus at the La Rabida Monastery in Palos Spain 1475. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) sits talking to his young son Diego

Buddhist monks praying, Rangoon, Burma, South East Asia
Buddhist monks and others praying at the Shwedagon Pagoda shrine, Rangoon (now Yangon), Burma (now Myanmar), South East Asia. Date: 1922

Group of lamas dancing, Bhutan, South Asia
Group of Buddhist lamas (monks) doing a religious dance at a castle in Bhutan, South Asia. They are wearing papier mache masks representing the heads of animals or devils

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

Procession of the Catholic Ligue through the streets of Paris - passing the Rue du Marche Palud Date: 1590

Grand St Bernard Hospice, Switzerland, winter scene with dogs and puppies. Date: circa 1920s

Curtis British Entomology Plate 731
Lepidoptera: Plusia illustris = Euchalcia variabilis (Purple Shades, Purple Shaded Gem) [Plant: Aconitum napellus (Monk?s Hood)] Date: 1824-39

SAINT BENEDICT OF NURSIA remonstrates with the monks when they complain that he has given too much of their food to the poor. Below, Spoleto, his birthplace Date: 480? - 547

Irish Monks in Homage to Sun

Hospice du Grand St Bernard on the Great St Bernard Pass, Switzerland. A hospice for travellers was founded in 1049 and named after Saint Bernard of Menthon

History of Medicine. Modern Age. Carity Hospital. Engraving. 17th century

MONASTIC CHARITY, DUTCH
Monks dispensing charity at the St Catharina gasthuis (guest house) at Arnhem, Netherlands. Date: circa 14th century

DEATH / CEMETERIES / PALERMO
Catacombs of the Capuchin monks, at Palermo Date: 1876

BROTHERHOODS ACCOUNTS
Settlement of accounts by the brotherhood of Charite-Dieu and Notre Dame of the recovery of Rouen Date: 1466

Monks at Dinner
Friday Though they have vowed to eat no meat on Friday, monks are allowed plenty of wine with their Friday meal of fish

SAINT-SYLVESTRE
A general of the monks of the order of SAINT-SYLVESTRE Date: 1848

Monk Copyists
A monk copyist at work. It is also the first known picture of a man wearing spectacles. Date: 1352

Monks wearing monastical Habits
Monastical habits Date: 12th century

Abbot Elfnoth presents prayer book to monks
Abbot Elfnoth presents a book of prayer to the Monastery of Saint Augustin. Date: 10th century

Whittingtons House
Victorian montage of prominent buildings around Aldgate - Whittingtons house, Grub St, General Monks house, Bloomfields house and the remains of Aldgate, Bethnal Green

Monks at Dinner - Friday by Walter Dendy Sadler
Friday Though they have vowed to eat no meat on Friday, the Abbot, monks and guests are allowed plenty of wine with their Friday meal of fish. Now in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Date: 1913

Coventry, Warwickshire, England - The Pilgrims Rest Inn on the corner of Pamer Street and Ironmonger Row. A hostel was erected in Palmer Lane for the lodging of pilgrims by the Benedicitne Priory of

Sri Lanka - Shiva the Destroyer and Reproducer and Peacock
Sri Lanka - Hindu God Shiva as the Destroyer and Reproducer. The Peacock beside him is that ridden by Saraswati, goddess of music and speech. Date: circa 1920s

Dom Perignon, French monk and cellarer
Dom Perignon (1638-1715), French Benedictine monk who is often (incorrectly) credited with the invention of sparkling champagne

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