Rituals Collection (page 3)

India. Caves of Ajanta. Buddha
INDIA. Ajanta. Ajanta Caves. Cave No. 4. Representation of Buddha on the wall for access to the main sanctuary, 5th-6th c. A.D. Hindu art. Gupta period. Architecture

Head. Iron Age
Head from Khirbet el Hajjar (10th c. BC). Iron Age. Sculpture on rock. JORDAN. Amman. Archaeological Museum

Guatemala. QuiriguᮠMaya Zoomorph
GUATEMALA. Quiriguᮠ Archaeological Park World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1981. Zoomorph B. 780 A.D. Classic Period. Maya art. Relief on rock

Guatemala. QuiriguᮠEstela maya
GUATEMALA. Quiriguᮠ Ceremonial Square. Archaeological Park World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1981. Estela F. 761 A.D. Detail. Classic Period. Maya art. Relief on rock

History of the Missions, 1863. Montreal in the 19th c
HENRION, Mathieu-Richard-Auguste, Baron of (1805 - 1862). General history of the missions from the thirteenth century to the present day. 1863

Basilica San Isidoro de Le󮮠Royal Pantheon frescoes
Royal Collegiate Church of San Isidoro. Royal Pantheon. 12th c. Vault of The Last Supper. Detail of St Macic pouring a glass of wine and the rooster of the Passion. Romanesque art. Fresco. SPAIN

Artus de Lionne. French Missionary
LIONNE, Artus de (1655-1713). Bishop of Rosalia and missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society in Siam and China. 1847 French original work. Spanish translation published in Barcelona

Abraham. Medieval manuscript
Abraham hears the voice of the Lord. Representation in initial of medieval manuscript. Gothic art. Miniature Painting

Picture of St Theobald
Illustration of ceremony with key noting: 1. Place of the Masters, 2. Place of apprentices, 3. Grand Master, 4. Orator, 5. Secretary, 6. The Adept, 7. Master of the ceremonies, 8&9

King of the Two Sicilies
Frontispiece portrait of King, lithographed by C. Hullmandel after M. Gauci, and title page Ferdinand I. King of the Two Sicilies. Date: 1821

Carbonara patrol commanded by a police officer
Group of guards marching Carbonara patrole commanded by a police officer, himself a Carbonara. Date: 1821

Man in uniform with various medals
Profile portrait of man in uniform with various medals attached to the lapel of his coat. Lithographed by C. Hullmandel after M. Gauci. H.R.H. Don Francis

Guard of the Carbonara Legion
Guard dressed in uniform holding a gun and with a sword around his shoulder Guard of the Carbonara Legion Date: 1821

Luigi Minichini Luigi Minichini
Profile portrait of Luigi Minichini Luigi Minichini. Illustre primo promotore della liberta nazionale. Date: 1821

A Standard Bearer at the 1937 Coronation
An impression of one of the number of Standard bearers taking part in the colourful Coronation procession up the nave of Westminster Abbey during the Coronation of King George VI in 1937. Date: 1937

A Chinese ritual using frankincense and myrrh

Participants in female circumcision ceremony, Africa
Participants in a female circumcision ceremony line up in Ubangi-Shari (Oubangi Chari), a French colony in central Africa, now part of the Central African Republic

GREGORY XIII (1502-1585). Pope (1572-1585). Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

LEO XIII (1810-1903). Pope (1878-1903). Catechism

Freemasonry Assembly to receive the Masters (18th c.). Etching. SPAIN. Madrid. National Historical Archive of Madrid

France. Marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise of Austria, 1810. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Viking Ship Museum / Oseburg Ship. NORWAY. Oslo. Viking Ship Museum

Spain (17th c. ). Auto-da-f頯f the Inquisition
Spain (17th c.). Auto-da-f頯 f the Inquisition. Procession. Engraving

Las ciento y diez consideraciones divinas (Hundred and Ten Divine Considerations). Italian edition (Basle, 1550)

SRI LANKA. Matale. Hindu Temple of Sri Muthumariamman

Poster of the Holy Week in Malaga (1961)

LUTHER, Martin (1483-1546). German religious reformer. Engraving

Trocortesian or Madrid Codex

Hebraic calendar (19th c. ). ISRAEL. Jerusalem
Hebraic calendar (19th c.). ISRAEL. Jerusalem. Israel Museum

Japanese Tea and Saki
Japanese tea ceremony (Sado); a custom strongly influenced by Zen Buddhism, in which the many rituals must be learned by heart Date: circa 1860

The First Advance
A bashful monkey suitor offers his equally coy sweetheart a coconut in the romantic rituals that go on before marriage

Ejecting a Demon
A Kaffir witchdoctor performs the appropriate rituals for ejecting a demon which has possessed his client

Concocting Medicine
A medicine man concocts a pot of medicine in his hunt, using secret rituals

Hottentot Initiation
SOUTH AFRICA Hottentot initiation rituals, including circumcision and animal sacrifice

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