Religious Collection (#18)

No Popery Riots, London, 1780
No Popery Riots, London, 7 June 1780. 1780

Grand Master of the Knights Templar

Childrens altar at the Fete Dieu (Feast of Corpus Christi, celebrated annually in May or June)

Chester Mystery Plays, performance in the street

William Tyndale translating the Bible into English from Hebrew and Greek texts. Date: circa 1520s

King Alfred, Angles, Saxons and Norsemen
King Alfred the Great, Angles, Saxons and Norsemen, agriculture, ships and churches. (3 of 4) 9th century

Venerable Bede finishing his translation of St Johns Gospel into Anglo-Saxon, not long before he died. Date: 735

Romans in Britain - Hadrian, Temples, Christianity
Romans in Britain - Emperor Hadrian, Hadrians Wall, roads, temples and Christianity. (2 of 4) 1st century

Ruins of Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Cambodia
Ruins of the Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Cambodia, showing the four-faced towers, thought to represent the four faces of Brahma. Date: circa early 1930s

The Holy Family, by Sir Joshua Reynolds
The Holy Family with the Infant St John, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the National Gallery, London. Date: 1788-9

Map of Hispaniola (San Domingo, Haiti), West Indies. The island is now divided into two separate nations: Haiti to the west (French Creole-speaking)

Title page, Histoire de l Isle Espagnole ou de S. Domingue [History of the Spanish Island or of San Domingo], based on the memoirs of Jean-Baptiste le Pers, Jesuit priest and missionary

General view of Benares, India. Date: circa 1845

The British Valhalla -- Our Crusading Kings. Showing King Richard I of England (the Lionheart) viewing Jerusalem, and Richard with King Philip II of France, during the Third Crusade (1189 - 1192)

Dr Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury
Dr Randall Davidson (1848-1930), Archbishop of Canterbury from 1903 until 1928. 1923

7th Light Infantry Battalion, Parachute Regiment
This religious stone Memorial, which stands opposite Benouville Mairie, has the inscription PAX at the bottom and is faced with a plaque commemorating the Paras

Tintoretto, Italian artist, with detail from painting
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti, c1518-1594), Italian artist of the Venetian School, with a detail from his painting of Christ feeding the Five Thousand (The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes)

The British Valhalla -- Archbishop Thomas Becket
The British Valhalla -- Bishop of Exeter at Northampton, supplicating Archbishop Thomas Becket to submit to King Henry II, and the reconciliation at Montmirail in France

Giovanni Bellini with figures from his paintings
Portrait of Giovanni Bellini (c1430 - 1516), Italian renaissance artist, with figures from his paintings. Date: late 15th century

Coronation of the Virgin, by Fra Angelico da Fiesole
Coronation of the Virgin (now in the Louvre, Paris), by Fra Angelico da Fiesole (c1395-1455), Italian renaissance artist, with a portrait of the artist below. Date: circa 1434-5

St John taking leave of his parents, by Filippo Lippi (c1406-1469), Italian renaissance artist, with a profile portrait of the artist above. Date: 15th century

St Peter and St Paul fresco by Masaccio, Florence, Italy
St Peter and St Paul restoring the Dead Youth to life, line engraving after the fresco by Tommaso Masaccio (1401-1428) in the Carmine Chapel, Florence, Italy. Date: 15th century

Tommaso Masaccio with figure of St Paul
Tommaso Masaccio (1401 - 1428), Italian artist, with figure of St Paul in the Carmine Chapel, Florence. Date: 15th century

John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness, by Giotto
John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness, detail from a painting by Giotto

Giotto di Bondone, Italian artist
Giotto di Bondone (c1267-1337), Italian painter and architect. Seen here with two angels below. Date: 13th-14th century

Brahmin expounding the Veda, India
Brahmin or Hindu priest expounding the Veda, India. Date: 1843

Music cover, Sabbath Recreations, J Pridham
Music cover, Sabbath Recreations, A Collection of Sacred Airs for the pianoforte arranged by J Pridham, with a view of Rochester Cathedral, Kent. 1880s

Monumental brass rubbing, male figure. circa 1610

Christ Church, Broadway, Westminster, London, recently built in gothic style at the time of this illustration. Date: circa 1842

Parish church at Wilton, near Salisbury, Wiltshire
Parish church of St Mary and St Nicholas, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, recently built in the Romanesque style with a 105 foot campanile at the time of this illustration. Date: circa 1842

Wesleyan Theological College, Richmond, Surrey, recently built at the time of this illustration. Date: circa 1842

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

Dwelling of Tessaling Lama with the religious edifice called Kugopea. Illustration by Lieutenant Samuel Davis from Captain Samuel Turners Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in

Ancient Egyptian chair or throne decorated with bull, sphinx, scarab, and hieroglyphs, from the Borgia Museum in Velletri

Vase, altar and utensil
Vase from the Museum Giustiniani 1, altar with sacrificial victim from the Vatican Museum 2, and metal utensil from Naples 3

Egyptian religious monuments
Egyptian three-headed monument symbolizing the past, present and future 1, Egyptian monument in metal to the god Apis from the Museum Gualtieri 2

Ancient Roman shelf
Carved shelf with melancholy woman and weapons from an antique sculpture from Capitol Hill 1, and shelf with eagle from the Casa Giustiniani 2

Ancient Egyptian and other heads
Egyptian head from the Kircherian Museum 1, and other heads from the Borgiano Museum in Velletri 2, 3. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own

Roman bireme and boat
Roman bireme with two decks of oars found on Trajans Column 2, and boat with wolf and swan prow from a medal of Augustus 1

Ancient Roman metal and terracotta lanterns
Ancient comical metal lamp representing the god Ridiculo from Library of the Profane in the Vatican Museum, metal lantern 2, metal candleholder 3

Roman bireme with crocodile on the stern
Bireme with crocodile and heads carved on the stern, from a basrelief in the Temple of Fortuna Preneste. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own

Roman trireme and boat
Trireme warship with three decks of oars, battering ram with swords, from the Trajan Column 2, and boat with battering ram from an ancient basrelief 1. Both with eyes on the stern

Ancient Roman footwear. Sandal from the Vatican Museum 1, from the Arch of Constantine 2, and from the courtyard of the Palazzo Albani 3

Scythian and Egyptian gods
Scythian bearded god from the Column of Theodosius 1, Egyptian goddess of the Earth with disc and lion 2, and the Egyptian god Anubis 3

Ancient keys and cooking utensils
Ancient keys found in Velletri 1, and various cooking utensils (pot, ladle, sieve and poker) found in Naples 2. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani

Heads of Egyptian gods and goddesses
Statue of the Egyptian goddess Isis in granite from the villa Palombara 1, Egyptian deity in the Kircherian Museum 2, and Egyptian deity found in the Temple of Canopus in Tivoli 3

Ancient Greek hairstyles
Greek hairstyles and tiaras from Etruscan vases found in the Kingdom of Naples. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costumes

Ancient musical instruments including bellows
Foot instrument used by a faun in a Florentine gallery 1, bellows from a relief in the Pallavicini Gardens 2, bagpipe from an ancient basrelief 3, tambourine, castanets and tibia from Greek vases 4

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