Ritual Collection (page 5)

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip pays homage
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953 in Westminster Abbey showing the Duke of Edinburgh paying homage. Date: 1953

Princess Elizabeth invested as a bard
Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, is invested as a bard at Mountain Ash on the 6th August 1946 at the Welsh Eisteddfod. Date: 1946

Dinka Man - Sudan, Africa
A fine portrait photograph of a man of the Dinka Tribe, Sudan, showing ritual scarification on the chest, headdress, neck beads and wound torc

America. Florida. 16th century. Ritual dedicated to the sun god. Sacrifice deer skin. Engraving, 1850. Color

Egypt Art. Kiosk on the roof at Dendera Temple in which the ritual of the goddesss union with the sun disk was performed. It has four Hathoric columns on each side

Mummification. Anciet Egypt. Engraving. 19th century. Colored

Hagia Sophia. Fountaint of ablutions. Istanbul
Hagia Sophia. Fountain of ablutions. 18th century. Istanbul. Turkey

Greek art. Munich Votive Relief. About 200 BC. Family about
Greek art. Munich Votive Relief. About 200 BC. In a idyllic landscape a family about to make a sacrifice approaches the god, seated on a throne, and his companion. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Pre-Columbian art. Lintel 15 from Yaxchilan, Late Classic Ma
Pre-Columbian art. Central America. Maya. Lintel 15 from Yaxchilan, Late Classic Maya. 8th century. British Museum, London

Buddha statue with dharmachakra mudra gesture. 2nd-3rd centu
Buddha statue with dharmachakra mudra gesture. Gandhara. 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Piaroas ceremonial masks. 1960. Venezuela
Piaroas ceremonial masks: Spirit of the Forest (Redyo), monkey and Peccary mask. 1960. Venezuela. Ethnographic Museum. Budapest. Hungary

Bronze Age. Four interlaced plaits. From Farup at Vindum, central Jutland. C. 350 BC. National Museum of Denmark

Lurs. The lur horns are Nordic wind instruments. Used for Br
Prehistory. Art. Metal Age. Lurs. The lur horns are the distinctively Nordic wind instruments. Used to create an atmospheric background of sound for Bronze Age rituals

Mesopotamian stone cult vessel. Uruk
Stone cult vessel with anthropomorphic decoration, supported by two heroes wearing belts. 3300-3000 BC. Late Uruk Period. Mesopotamian-Sumerian art. Probably from Uruk. British Museum. London

Emperor Huizong (1082-1135) with the Buddhist sect Tao-See
Emperor Huizong (1082-1135), reign (1100-1126). Song dynasty. The emperor with the Buddhist sect Tao-See. Miniature from a History of the Emperors of China. Colour on silk. Chinese School

Stele depicting a priest making an offering to the god Ra. E
Egyptian Art. Stele depicting a priest making an offering to the god Ra (seated, with falcons head and sun disk.) Behind him, the goddess Isis. 22nd Dynasty. Third Intermediate Period. Luxor Museum

Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Anubis. Seated figure
Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior. Anubis. Seated figure. Deir el-Medina. Egypt

NOTKER BALBULUS (840-912). Benedictine monk of the Abbey of St. Gall. Poet and composer of Gregorian chant. Codex Sangallensis 376. Missal manuscript ca

Mercury. 3rd century. Roman art. Mosaic. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Tarragona. National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona

Hevajra. 18th c. Buddhist Tantric deity. Golden bronze. Tibetan art. Sculpture. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Guimet Museum. Proc: CHINA. TIBET

Funerary papyrus of Djedkhonsouefankh depicting Geb and Nut, Third Intermediate Period (papyrus), Egyptian 21st Dynasty (c.1069-945 BC). Egyptian art. Late Period. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum

Sculpture depicting the goddess of fertility, artifact originating from Tepetzintla (Mexico). Pre-Colombian Civilization. Maya art. Sculpture. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City

ANTOLINEZ, Jose (1635-1675). The Immaculate. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. BASQUE COUNTRY. VIZCAYA. Bilbao. Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

ZURBARAN, Francisco de (1598-1664). Holy Face. 1631. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. EUROPE. SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. Sevilla. Parroquia de San Pedro

Bottle with female form and gold nose ring. Childbirth scene. Viru Culture of the Chicama and Viru, Peru, 3rd c. A.D. Pre-Columbian art. Ceramics. PERU. Lima. Peruvian Gold Museum

Hagia Triada Sarcophagus. ca. 1450 BC - 1400 BC. Painted terra-cotta. Ritual sacrifice of a calf. Minoan art / Cretan art. Late Minoan period. Painting. GREECE. CRETE. IRAKLION. Iraklion

CHARLES II of Spain (1661-1700). King of Spain (1665-1701). Haunting of Charles II. Engraving

Figure of the reliquary Bwete or Bwitti (Gabon). The Mahongwe practice an ancestor cult (bwiti or bwete) that was at the center of a system of beliefs and rites

BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598). Ritual friendship dance in the indian Village Secota or Secoton. Illustration in fida tamen narratio Admiranda of commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae

Painted wood stele depicting Amon musician playing harp before god Ra-Harakhty, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty XXI. Egyptian art. Painting. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum

Mask. Bembe Art (Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Tanzania). African art. Sculpture on wood. BELGIUM. FLANDERS. BRABANT. Tervuren

Borobudur Temple. 9th c. INDONESIA. Borobudur. Reliefs of the temple wall. Frieze depicting Buddhist scenes. Hindu art. Relief on rock

Masonic Seal. French Rite. Budapest, 19th century. Metals. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 du Grand Orient de France et de la Franc-Ma篮 nerie Europ饮 ne

Maya palace of Palenque. Engraving 19th c
Mayan Civilization. Palenque Palace, built in the Late Classic period (600-900 AD). Reconstruction by R. Cant󠩮 M鸩 co a trav鳠 de los siglos, 1884. Litography

Lord Great Chamberlain presenting spurs to the King
The Lord Great Chamberlain, the Marquess of Cholmondeley, presenting the spurs to King Edward VII (simply by touching his heels)

The Shrine of St Edward and its part in the Coronation cerem
A diagrammatic drawing to show the function of the Shrine of St. Edward in Westminster Abbey during the Coronation ceremony (in this case, that of King Edward VI)

St Edwards Chair - Coronation Chair
The Coronation Chair of Great Britain, otherwise known as St. Edwards Chair or King Edwards Chair, used for the crowning of British monarchs

Queen Charlottes Ball, 1934
The ceremony of cutting the cake performed by HRH Princess Arthur of Connaught (formerly Princess Alexandra of Fife), at Queen Charlottes Ball

Thaipusam, Hindu Festival - Singapore - Vel Kavadi
Thaipusam, Hindu Festival, marked by Piercings and Painful Rituals in Singapore. The festival is mainly observed in countries where there is a significant presence of Tamil community such as India

Ritual of Self-Mutilation by Aissaoua Brotherhood, Morocco
A member of the snake charmers cult The Aissaoua Brotherhood ceremonially cuts his head on the Day of Sacrifices a ritual of self-mutilation. Date: circa 1910s

Palermo, Sicily, Italy - Capuchin Catacombs
The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo (Catacombe dei Cappuccini) are burial catacombs in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy - a somewhat macabre tourist attraction! Date: circa 1910s

ITALY. Pompeii. Villa of Mysteries. Beginning to the dionysion cult. 1st c. BC. Detail of the ritual of the cleanness. Roman art. Painting; Fresco

SRI LANKA. Mihintale. Golden Temple. Sitting Buddha

Art from North Nepal. The Heaven. Tempera on pasteboard (19th c.). Tibetan art. Tempera

Codex Magliabecchi. Ritual human sacrifice to god Huitzilopochtli. Aztec art. Miniature Painting

A tiger wedding in Coorg, India
A tiger wedding in Coorg, Southern India, in which the man who has shot a tiger is wedded to the soul of the dead tiger. Here the man is shown seated under a canopy in full warrior costume where he

The Golden Ampulla and the Anointing Spoon
The most ancient regalia used in the most solemn Coronation rite for the anointing of the sovereign - the golden ampulla and the spoon

Romania - The Calusari
The Calusari - members of a Romanian fraternal secret society who practiced a ritual acrobatic dance known as the calus. Date: circa 1906

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