Priest Collection (page 18)

High Parsi Priest - India
The High Priest of the Parsis (Parsees) - the Zoroastrians - performing a religious ceremony

A Priest sings at the end of mass
A priest sings Domine, Salvam fac Rempublicam, the response which can be used at the end of Mass, expressing the prayer of blessing for the Church and State

Tunisia - Carthage - Excavation of a Sarcophagus
The excavation of a Sarcophagus from a funeral pit / burial ground at the site of ancient Carthage, Tunisia

Philippines - Building a Church
The Van Scheut Mission building a Christian Church in the Philippines. The Van Scheut Mission was closely linked to the prominent Belgian priest Frank Verbiest

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - Lord Gifford and scouts on the A
Lord Gifford and advance scouts on the Adansi hills being warned by an Ashanti priest not to go forward. The second Ashanti War fought between, 1873-74, was between King Kofi Karikari

Pope Pius X as Cardinal
Pope Pius X (Giuseppe Sarto) pope and saint. Photographed earlier in life as Cardinal-Priest of Saint Bernardo alle Terme

Blessing the charging troops: A Russian priest on the field
From a painting by Frederic De Haenen

A Belgian Church service under German Guard; First World War
Illustration showing a Belgian priest reading Cardinal Merciers protest against deportations to his congregation, whilst a German soldier stands guard at the bottom of his pulpit, 1916

Father Matthew Leaving Cork for America, 1849
Engraving showing a dock-side scene in Cork as a crowd bid farewell to a popular priest, leaving for America

Propaganda on Stage 1
A scene from the stage play Russias Day featuring four enemies of the revolution - the capitalist, the bourgeois, the priest and the soldier

Romanian Peasants
At Braila, peasants demonstrate against the government, but their priest does his best to persuade them to disperse

Cyprus / Larnaca
The Bazaar at Larnaca : a priest wonders whether to buy a pot, a donkey approaches, but its too hot for very much activity

The Tsars Ukase
Polish villagers listen to the tsars ukase, read to them by their priest. He offers an amnesty to all who lay down their arms, but the rebels reject his kind offer

The Carnival in Rome, 1872
Engraving showing a number of revellers from Romes Carnival, in fancy dress, dancing around a priest, 1872. The priest appears somewhat alarmed to be surrounded by a donkey, a cockerel, a dog

The Church in the firing-line
A French soldier-priest ministering to his comrades under fire. In 1915, it was estimated that over 20, 000 priests served in the French army in some capacity

Exorcism of Carlos II
A priest performs an exorcism on the Habsburg king of Spain, Carlos II; his physical and mental sufferings caused him to think himself bewitched; he failed to provide an heir

C. Crusade / Leisure Hour
Procession of children during their Crusade, started by Stephen, a shepherd boy who was persuaded by a priest that he was appointed by heaven to recover the holy sepulchre

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

Sheffield United Football Team, 1902
Photograph showing the Sheffield United Football team of the 1901-1902 season. That year they beat Southampton to win the F.A. Cup. The players photographed were: Standing, left to right: B

The Zulu war. Funeral of Lieutenant Scott Douglas and Corpor
Panorama of Zululand with a single tree and a gathering of British troops with priest, for the funeral service of two men who died in action

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

Dervish Prior
Prieur d un couvent de dervis - principal priest of a dervish community

Priest Arrested
Frere Calixte, a teacher of the Freres des Ecoles Chretiennes, is arrested by the Communards but - luckier than many - is later released

Persian Mollah
A Persian mollah, or priest

Alexander Iii / Pj 1894
ALEXANDER III Tsar of Russia (1881-94) on his deathbed, watched over by his wife

Supreme being Fete
Robespierre orders a Festival of the Supreme Being, in the Tuileries and the Champ de Mars, Paris : but he is thought by many to be setting himself up as high priest

Russian Orthodox Priest
The Russian Orthodox dean of Uspenksy Convent

Custom - Flowers
When the Russian ship Bouvet is sunk during World War One, the people and their priest scatter flowers on the water

Nicolaus Stensen
(aka Steno) - Danish medical, physiologist, geologist, priest and bishop in Leyden and elsewhere

Baptism by a Priest
CHRISTIAN BAPTISM administered by a priest

Inca Marriage / Picart
An Inca wedding ceremony, subtitled How the Incas marries those of his own blood

Redeeming First-Born
The ceremony of the Redemption of the First-Born - the priest makes a show of taking the baby away, the father offers money to redeem it, watched by midwife, nurse & guests

Wed in Lions Cage
At Beziers, France, Joseph Bugleone, circus director, weds Rosalie Van Been in the lions cage : the priest prudently remains outside, doing it through the bars

Kaffir Bull Sacrifice
Directed by their priest/witch doctor, Kaffirs sacrifice a valuable bull in hope of appeasing their tribal deity

Oeneus, King of Calydon
Oeneus, priest/king of Calydon, neglects to give Artemis/Diana the worship due to her, whereupon she sends a mighty boar to ravage his country

Rus-Jap War / Coffins
Coffins of Russian casualties are attended to by a Russian Orthodox Priest

Costume / Men / Indianpriest
An Indian priest in simple orange robe and carrying a large fan

BRANCHUS - a Greek priest of Apollo, a seer who possessed oracular powers

Saint Gaetano
Saint GAETANO also known as Cajetan, Cayetano etc : Italian priest, founder of the Theatine Order, saint

Anglican Priest
A priest of the Church of England

Frankish Women, Priest
Four Frankish ladies of what are today France and Germany, listen to a priest as he expounds the scriptures

Order of Francesco Paola
Priest of the order of SAN FRANCESCO DI PAOLA

Teresiano Priest
SACERDOTE TERESIANO priest of the order of Santa Teresa d Avila

FOXE (1516 - 1587)
JOHN FOXE - English martyrologist and priest

Sympathy for French priest with toothache
An elderly woman in a frilly pink crinoline shows sympathy for a young French priest who is suffering from the toothache

Medicine Man of the Blackfeet tribe
Medicine Man of the Blackfeet (Blackfoot) tribe of American Natives, in full ceremonial costume

Manuscript depicting the visit of the Three Kings
Page from an illuminated manuscript, Leben der Maria, by the Bavarian priest Wernher (c 1170), depicting the visit of the Three Kings to the newly born Christ child. Date: 12th century

Ms - C15 Breviary
Page from a French breviary : the miniature depicts Hannah before Eli the High Priest

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