Sacred Collection (page 3)

DORɬ Gustave. The Bible
Dore, Paul Gustave (1832-1883). La Sainte Bible. 1866. The angel of the Maccabees. Engraving

Grave of Charles James Brenan
The grave and headstone of Colour Sergeant Charles James Brenan of the 27th Inniskillings who departed this life at Tientsin (now Tianjin in China) on 28th December 1909, aged 37 years

The grotto on the site where a group of children saw a vision of the Virgin Mary. Date: 1930s

PAPUA NEW GUINEA A tribe meets to discuss the death of their sacred bird, the blue Bird of Paradise Date: 1930s

VENEZUELA SKELETONS
Among the peoples of the Oronoko region, the custom is to expose the dead till they are reduced to skeletons, which are then hung in a sacred building Date: 1737

At Banneux, Belgium, where the Virgin Mary appeared to Mariette Beco in 1933, pilgrims stock up with water from the sacred spring which she caused to flow Date: 1990

POLAND/CZESTOCHOWA
The monastery of Czestochowa which houses the sacred shrine of the Virgin Mary. Date: 1863

The Great Aviary at London Zoo
The Great Aviary (Goliath Heron, Heron, Crested Screamer, Sacred Ibis, African Wood Ibis) at London Zoo by Charles Howard

Beppu, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924, and is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred

Boats and Sacred Heart Cathedral, Canton (Guangzhou) China, c. 1890
Boats and Sacred Heart Cathedral, Canton (Guangzhou) China, c.1890

Sacred red lacquer bridge, Nikko, Japan
Vintage 19th century photograph: sacred red lacquer bridge, Nikko, Japan

c. 1880s India cows in a courtyard Benares Varanasi?
c. 1880s India cows in a courtyard possibly Benares, Varanasi

Scenes from Madagascar, 1820
Slave traders leading an enslaved family to market 58, a crocodile seizing a bullock 59, and stranded French sailors meeting the King of Madagascar 60. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Sacred bean or Indian lotus, Nelumbo nucifera (Nelumbium speciosum). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse

Bourbon palm, Livistona chinensis
Bourbon palm or Chinese fan palm, Livistona chinensis. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

A theatre company is disbanded after a charge of blasphemy. Actors, actresses and stage painters react in shock to the news. A tragic story at Avignon

Cloisters of the Domenican monastery in Valladolid. Founded at the end of the 15th century by Don Alonzo, Bishop of Potencia, and famous in the Spanish Inquisition

The hermitage of Monserrato, Isle of Elba
The hermitage or Sanctuary of Monserrato, Porto Azzurro, Isle of Elba, famous pilgrimage site in the 18th century. Veduta delL Eremo di Monserrato

Sacred camel decked out for the pilgrimage to Mecca
Sacred camel in a gold and silk caparison for the pilgrimage to Mecca. The muslim man wears hajj ihram, and the woman a transparent veil. Cammello sacro

The first caliphs of the Orthodox Caliphate: Alu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali, wearing turbans, reading the koran. Califfi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios

Marble statue of an Etruscan priest in ceremonial robes. He holds a patera or libation bowl in his right hand. Two Etruscan leaping priests or Salii carrying bronze shields or ancilia in a religious

General view of Benares, India. Date: circa 1845

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

Sacred place called Meroua (Al-Marwah) in
Sacred place called Meroua (Al-Marwah) formed by three great walls in a street in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi from his Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia

Sacred place called Beb Saffa formed by three arches in a street in Mecca. Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi from his Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria and Turkey

Orders of Chivalry
Chain of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George 363, chain of the Order of Cyprus (Orden des Stillschweigens) 364, chain of the Order of cross of the Order of St

South entrance of Dukes Palace, 1790. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1814

Interior of the ruins of Leadenhall Chapel, 1812
Interior of the ruins of Leadenhall Chapel (Holy Trinity Chapel, Leadenhall Street). Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1814

Ancient parts of the Church of St. Dunstan in the East. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1813

Walls of the Convent of St. Clare or Minoresses, 1797
Parts of the north and east walls of the Convent of St. Clare or Minoresses, founded 1293. After the fire of March 23, 1797. Walls of Caen stone and chalk, timber oak and chestnut

Part of the Vestibule of the Temple Church, built 1185. Decorated Norman style architecture with pointed arches and heads

Back of the original altar of St. Bartholomew
North-east view of the back of the original altar of St. Bartholomew the Greater, built 1102. Door to charnel house at right

Plaque from Alcora, Spain, 18th century, decorated with a scene of Venus and cupids in a ritual with sacred flames. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Frontispiece with skull, hourglass and sacred heart
Frontispiece of noble man and woman in 16th century Swiss costume standing beside an allegorical escutcheon with skull, helmet, Times hourglass, skeleton and sacred heart. Mortalium Nobilitas

Sacred kingfisher, Todiramphus sanctus (Sacred kings-fisher, Alcedo sacra). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Japanese star anise, Illicium anisatum. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Scarlet ibis, sacred ibis and candytuft
Scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber 2, African sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus 3, 4, and candytuft, Iberis sempervirens 1. iberide, ibis rouge, ibis sacre

Interior of a Morai or sacred cemetery on Kauai, Hawaii (Atooi). Interior of a long house or mana in the heiau (morai) at Waimea with carved representations of the gods

Morai or sacred cemetery on Kauai, Hawaii (Atooi). Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Bernieri after John Webber from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Hawaiian natives offer a sacrificial pig to Captain James Cook before 12 priests and a wooden idol in the sacred Orono house

Queen Purea of Tahiti surrendering to Tobias
Fictional depiction of Queen Purea (Oberea) offering a plantain leaf in surrender to sailors of the Dolphin, 1767. (Captain Samuel Wallis was too ill with scurvy to leave the ship so Tobias Furneaux)

Ceremonial dance for Artemis or Diana the Huntress in a sacred forest on the island of Delos. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso after a painting by Angelo Monticelli from Giulio Ferrarios

Ancient miniatures representing jousts from the Vatican Library. The bottom scene from a French manuscript, Universal Stories Sacred and Profane, 1290

Druids and priest in sacred robes with paraphernalia
Druids and priest in sacred robes with religious paraphernalia, gold vessels, serpent, and painted curtain. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Musical instruments of the Aztecs, including types of sacred drums (vertical Huehuetl and horizontal Teponaztli) and percussion instruments (Ajacaxtli rattle)

Busts of sacred idols of the Aztecs, Mexico. Kneeling idol Chalchiuhtlicue with pearl headdress and triangular neckerchief

Natives of the Aleutian Islands, hunter in sealskins with kayak oar and hunting dog, and shamans in sacred robes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Sacred instruments to Egyptian, Greek and Roman gods including phallic statue to Bacchus, sacrificial altars, vases, ladles, etc

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