Nuns Collection (page 2)

Chichen Itza - Mayan Ruins, Mexico
Chichen Itza, a world-famous complex of Mayan ruins on Mexicos Yucatan Peninsula. This card shows a small temple known as the La Iglesia (" The Church" )

The Convent, Lydenburg, Transvaal, South Africa
The Convent, Lydenburg, a gold mining town in Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Abbey of Port-Royal des Champs. Anonymous, 18th century. Aft
Abbey of Port-Royal des Champs. Female Cistercian Monastery diffuser of Jansenism. Gouache on parchment glued wood. Anonymous, 18th century. After an engraving of Magdeleine Horthemels (1686-1767)

Valletta, Malta - street scene near Church of San Francesco
Valletta, Malta: street scene near the church of San Francesco. Date: 1909

St Teresa of Avila as supplicant
Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), visionary, receives holy inspiration as a supplicant

Two nuns in Eastbourne, Sussex - one of them is knitting. Date: circa 1960s

Mary Latimer-Nun by Eva Elwes
Promotional postcard for Mary Latimer-Nun by Eva Elwes. First produced Osborne Theatre, Manchester, 15th September 1913. From the Stories Appearing Weekly in the Heartsease Library. Artist: E. P

Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna
Grand Princess Elizaveta Feodorova (Grand Duchess Sergei), formerly Princess Elisabeth or Ella or Hesse Darmstadt, dressed as a Sister of Mercy of the reek Church, the Order of Martha and Mary

The Devil corrupting a group of nuns
Engraving from Thomas Glanvilles " Saducismus Triumphatos", depicting the Devil corrupting a group of nuns. The book affirmed the existence of witches with malign supernatural magical

Loudun - Possessed Nuns
The nuns of the convent of Saint-Ursule develop convent hysteria and claim to be possessed by demons

Isabella, by Francis W Topham (from Measure for Measure). 1888

Sepulchre of Urraca de Canas (1192-1262) by Ruy Martinez de
Urraca de Canas (1192-1262). Abbes of Monastery of Santa Maria of Canas. Sepulchre of Beata Urraca by Ruy Martinez de Bureba, 13th century. Detail. Nuns at the funeral. Las Canas. La Rioja. Spain

Buddhist Nuns - Myanmar - referred to as sila-rhan. Date: circa 1909

Spain. Catalonia. Tarragona. Muralleta. Small wall. 15th c
Spain. Catalonia. Tarragona. In front of the facade of the Roman Circus, was built the muralleta (small wall) on the 15th century and also the octogonal tower de les monges (the nuns)

Spain. Barcelona. Monastery of Pedralbes. Nuns orchard. Dra
Barcelona. Monastery of Pedralbes. Nuns orchard. Engraving, 19th century. Drawing of G. Mosteyrin. Museum of City History. Barcelona. Spain

Spain. Barcelona. Monastery of Pedralbes. Cloister. Drawing
Barcelona. Monastery of Pedralbes. Cloister. Engraving, 19th century. Drawing of G. Mosteyrin. Museum of City History. Barcelona. Spain

Decretum Gratiani. Written in the 12th century. Miniaure. 14
Decretum Gratiani or Condordia discordantium canonum. Collection of a Canon law compiled and written in the 12th century. Miniaure. 14th century. Group of nuns wearing a girl

Mass of Pope Benedict XVI in Holy Week. Saint Peters Square. Vatican City

Cloistered nuns. Gospel reading. 19th-century colored engraving

A convent in Novgorod: Nuns making hay
Nuns from a convent in Novgorod making hay in a field Date: 1913

A Last Peep at the World or Taking the Veil. circa 1850s

Loudun / Nuns & Grandier
The nuns of the convent of Sainte-Ursule become hysterical when Urbain Grandier addresses them Date: 23 June 1634

Verdi / Trovatore / Ii. 5
IL TROVATORE Act 2, Scene 5 Manrico comes to Leonoras rescue in the convent scene from a Covent Garden production of 1887 Date: 1887

Nuns of St Vincent
NUNS OF THE CONGREGATION OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL a charitable and nursing order

Hotel Dieu, Interior
HOTEL-DIEU, PARIS nuns, nurses and patients - some of them sharing beds Date: 15th century

St Teresa of Avila writing
Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) writing in her cell with divine inspiration from the Holy Ghost

Jesus and St Teresa
St Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) with a vision of Christ

Nun sitting looking thoughtful with her handbag on her lap. Date: circa 1970s

Nun sitting by a window, looking thoughtful. Date: circa 1970s

Arab children in an embroidery school, Algiers, Algeria
Arab children in a missionary embroidery school, Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1920

Marie-Odile by Edward Knoblauch
Promotional postcard for Marie-Odile by Edward Knoblauch. First produced in England at His Majestys Theatre, 8th June 1915. Marie Lohr is shown here in the named part

Nun with a man in a pub. Date: circa 1970s

Nun playing on a fruit machine. Date: circa 1970s

Home for Roman Catholic Girls, The Convent, Ealing, Middlese
Girls and nuns in the garden of the Home for Roman Catholic Girls, Little Ealing Lane, Ealing, Middlesex. Date: early 1900s

Nun in party hat at Christmas lunch, Manchester
A nun wears a party hat as she tucks into Christmas lunch given to elderly people by a Manchester casino. 1983

Cartoon, Flemish Characters, by James Gillray. Showing a group of people entering a Belgian church on a Sunday. Date: 1793

St Marys Roman Catholic Training Home, Birmingham
Girls in aprons, accompanied by several nuns, outside St Marys Roman Catholic Training Home, Birmingham. Date: circa 1910

Collectors card, nun working on a tapestry. Date: early 20th century

Pigeons - Three Nuns with varied colourations, Fancy Breed
A portrait of three Nuns with varied colourations standing in their pigeon coop. The Nun is a breed of fancy pigeon, also known as the Dutch Shell Pigeon

Parisian street characters.. Handcolored aquatint engraving after an illustration credited to Victor Auver from A Tour through Paris, William Sams, London, 1825

Nuns Moor Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England. Showing the bandstand Date: 1900s

China - Tien Tsin Ruins
Lantern slide of Tien Tsin Ruins. The Tientsin Massacre (Tianjin Religious Case), one of the most important missionary incidents of the late Qing Dynasty

Paris, France - Eglise des Filles du Calvaire. Date: 17th century

Paris, France - Conciergie. Date: circa 1850

St Winifreds Industrial School, Wolverhampton
Girls at play with hoops, skipping ropes and a swing at St Winifreds Industrial School, Wolverhampton. Nuns stand in supervision. Date: Date unknown

Laundry at Girls Home
The laundry at a girls home, possibly a Magdalen home, location unknown. Nuns are supervising the work. Sheets are being ironed in a roller press. Date: Date unknown

Advertisement for Three Nuns tobacco
Advertisement for Bells Three Nuns tobacco, showing an historical scene with a man in a wig in the garden of a thatched cottage, enjoying a cigarette. 1914

Bullet-holes in the walls and windows of an Ypres convent
War damage in a church belonging to a convent of nuns in the French town of Ypres during the First World War. 1916

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