Sacred Collection (page 4)

Sacred lotus flower, Nelumbo nucifera, in the water. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany

African sacred ibis and white ibis
African sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus, and white ibis, Eudocimus albus. Handcoloured lithograph from Th. Lejeunes Complete Works of Buffon, Oeuvres Completes de Buffon, Brussels, 1837

Sacred lotus water lily, Nelumbo nucifera
Le Nenuphar blanc de la Chine a fleurs semi-doubles. Sacred lotus water lily, Nelumbo nucifera. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus

Sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera
La Nenuphar rouge de la Chine. Sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, and Mandarin duck, Aix galericulata. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les

Chinese daffodil, Narcissus tazetta
Le Narcisse de la Chine. Chinese daffodil, Narcissus tazetta. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Sacred bamboo, Nandina domestica
La Bagard. Sacred bamboo, Nandina domestica. Named for Bagard, Prof. of the College Royal des Medecins, Nancy. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des

Indian lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, and frog
Le Nenuphar rouge de la Chine. Indian lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, and frog. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus

Virginian and wild tobacco
Virginian or common tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum 1, and wild or sacred tobacco, Nicotiana rustica 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Minister fanning sacred flame with flabellum
Festival of Isis, with minister fanning the sacred flame with flabellum and second minister with sword or scepter. Devotees playing sistrum, horns and drums

Festival of Isis, with devotees praying and making offerings, playing sistrum, horns and drums, and sacred ibis. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum

Monumental Brass Rubbing, unknown priest, Germany
Monumental Brass Rubbing, unknown priest, Cologne, Germany. circa 1350

Jews at the Wailing Wall
Two Jews at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. The Wailing Wall, also known as the Western Wall located in the Old City of Jerusalem is a sacred place of prayer and pilgrimage for Jews

Shinto Temple at Nikko, Japan
Shinto Temple located in Nikko in Japan. The shrines and temples located here, alongside their natural surroundings, have been sacred sites for hundreds of years

Annual procession of the Holy Blood, Bruges, Belgium -- supposedly drops of Jesuss blood brought from the Holy Land in 1150 by Theodoric, Count of Flanders, preserved in a chapel in the Grand Place

Music cover, Half Hours with the Oratorios and other Sacred Compositions, by George Frederick West. 19th century

Memorial to Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
A Sacred Memorial to Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, German Duchess (1731-1810). 1818

Sacred books of the East for Indian Soldiers
Examples of the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita, distributed to convalescent Indian soldiers by Alfred Ezra, a businessman with connections in the east

Harold swears fealty to Duke William
Allegedly after being shipwrecked on the French coast in 1064 (a date highly disputed amongst historians), The Bayeux Tapestry, and other Norman sources

A Druid in Ancient Britain sacrificing an Ox
A Druid from Ancient Britain sacrificing an Ox to please the Gods whilst three worshippers watch. Date: circa 400BC

GERMAN SACRIFICES
An ancient German priestess from the Jutland region waits with her knife as captured enemies are brought to be sacrificed beneath the sacred oak

Casablanca, Morocco - Eglise du Sacre-Coeur
circa 1910s

Todiramphus sanctus, sacred kingfisher
Ff. 59. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Alcedo cyanea and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

AN OFFENSIVE PHOTO
When Russian dancer Tamara Swirskaya is photographed on the steps of the Loggetta del Sansovino, Venezia, there are protests against the desecration of a sacred site Date: 1920

SACRED HEARTS 18C
The Sacred Heart of Mary has a dagger stuck in it, symbolising her sorrows; that of Jesus displays a wound, and is encircled by his crown of thorns Date: 18th century

ZODIAC ON XMAS DAY
The night sky as it appears at midnight on 25 December, a moment sacred to Mithras (and subsequently to Christians) - the star of the Magi shines over the sign of the Virgin Date: circa 1700

HESTIA / TOOKE
The virgin goddess of the hearth, custodian of the sacred fire brought by Aeneas from Troy, and served by the Vestal Virgins

HESTIA / VESTA
The Greek-Roman virgin goddess of the hearth, custodian of the sacred fire which Aeneas brought to Rome from Troy and which must never go out, lest a great calamity should occur

SACRED OAK DESTROYED
Charlemagne destroys the sacred oak of the Saxons, a symbolic act to show the populace that henceforth they are subject to the Holy Roman Empire Date: circa 785

SACRED COWS, INDIA
Sacred Indian cows Date: 1921

SACRED HEART OF JESUS
THE SACRED HEART Mary and Joseph have a dramatic aerial vision of their sons heart, bleeding, flaming, wrapped in thorns but lighting up the heavens

Boatman, Ganges, India
An Indian man rows an old wooden boat in the River Ganges along the ghats of Varanasi. Bathers are in the water Date: 1987

Paris, France - Sacre Coeur. Date: 1899

Paris, France - Sacre Coeur being constructed. Date: 1894

Statues on the Sacred Way - Ming Tombs, Beijing, China
Statues at the Divine Road (or Sacred Way ) - Ming Tombs, Beijing, China Date: circa 1920s

Buddhas Tooth and Golden Casket - Kandy, Sri Lanka
Buddhas Tooth and Golden Casket - housed at the Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth) Kandy, Sri Lanka Date: circa 1909

Israel. Jerusalem. Via Dolorosa. Street of Old City, which traditionally Jesus walked carrying the cross, way to his crucifixion

Mecca. Angels decorating the Kaba at the birth of prophet Muhammad. Miniature. Book of Sufti Abdullah, master painter at the court of the Sultan Murad III, 1595. Topkapi Museum. Istanbul. Turkey

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still. Jos 10: 13. Dore Bi
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still. Jos 10:13. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Dore Bible Illustration. 19th century

Temple of Ramses III. The pharaoh making offerings to god Horus. Relief. New Kingdom. (1550-1069 b.C). Twentieth dynasty. Thebes. Medinet-Habou. Egypt

The Black Stone - The Kaaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
The Black Stone at the Kaaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia - revered by Muslims as an Islamic relic, which according to Muslim tradition dates back to the time of Adam and Eve

DRUIDESS
A Druid priestess wears the traditional white robe, held by buckle and sash : on her head she wears a wreath of the sacred mistletoe

Effigy in Vietnam Forest
An ancient effigy of the god Uma, in the Annamese forest. Bowls of water are left out for the sacred peacocks

RMS Titanic - In Memoriam card with cross and ivy, issued after the sinking of the Titanic. In Sacred Memory of the Titanic which collided with an iceberg off Cape Race, on 15th April 1912'

Sacred Heart Cathedral in Brazzaville, Congo
Sacred Heart Cathedral in Brazzaville (Cath餲 ale du Sacr魃 ur de Brazzaville) in the Republic of the Congo (then French Equatorial Africa)

Sisowath, King of Cambodia shaking the trunk of Fallieres
Satirical postcard showing Sisowath (1840-1927), King of Cambodia shaking the trunk of French President Armand Fallieres (18411931) who is in the form of a benevolent Sacred Elephant

Uzbekistan - Tashkent - Sitting beneath ancient Sacred Tree
Uzbekistan - Tashkent - Sitting beneath an ancient Sacred Tree. Date: circa 1907

Rwanda - Sacred Cow, Herd Queen. Postcard published by the Christian Mission of the White Fathers (Missions des Peres Blancs). Date: circa 1910s

Israel. Jerusalem. Via Dolorosa. V Station. Stone with the p
Israel. Jerusalem. Old City. Old City. V Station. Place of encounter between Jesus and Simon of Cyrene, the man who carried the cross of Christ to Mount Calvary

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