Sacred Collection (page 9)

Funicular / Paris 1930S
The famous funicular of Montmartre, Paris, shortly before its demolition for being too slow.The background shows the Church of the Sacred Heart. Date: 1930s

Laodicea Ruins
People camp amid the ruins of Laodicea, an important religious centre in the Byzantine era, due to it having one of the seven most sacred Christian churches. Date: 19th century

Palace Minos Sacred Grov
Interior of the Palace: Miniature fresco of sacred grove and dance

Vision of Sacred Heart
Marguerite-Marie Alacoque has a vision of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, at Paray-le-Mondial, France : this will lead to the Catholic cult of the Sacre Coeur Date: 2 July 1688

Buddhas Bo-Tree
The sacred bo-tree at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, grown from a cutting from the tree in Northern India beneath which Buddha attained enlight- -enment, brought here 288 BC Date: 563? BC - 483? BC

CHANTAL (1572 - 1641)
JEANNE-FRANCOISE de CHANTAL saint and founder of Congregation of the Visitation of Holy Mary Date: 1572 - 1641

Sacred Canopy, Mecca
The Mahmal - the Khedives sacred canopy, or litter - is taken annually from Cairo to Mecca (and is welcomed when it returns, recharged with holiness) Date: 1904

St Jean Eudes
ST JEAN EUDES French saint, founder of Eudistes (Congregation of Jesus & Mary); he championed the devotion to the Sacred Heart, and fallen women Date: 1601 - 1680

San Juan Capistrano Mission, Orange County, California, USA
Sacred garden, San Juan Capistrano Mission, Orange County, California, USA. Date: 1930s

Winterthur - Herz Jesu Kirche
Winterthur, Switzerland - Herz Jesu Kirche (Church of the Sacred Heart) Date: circa 1946

Romantic greetings card with water lilies and verse. Date: circa 1890s

Convent on the Rock of San Francesco - La Verna, Italy. Date: 1905

Nimes, Roman Baths, France
Now part of the Public Gardens, laid out in the time of Louis XIV. " The sacred spring in the garden still fills the Roman baths to the brim with clear water

Vestal Virgins, priestesses of Vesta, conducting a ritual offering in the sacred flame.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal

Sacred bull ready for Roman sacrifice.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages (1796)

Egyptian woman with sistrum and simpulum, and priestess with statue of Harpocrates.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal

Goddess Isis with sacred sistrum rattle and Egyptian woman with snake bracelet.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People

African sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus, and Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science

Boys fishing by the shores of Lake close to Mount Fujiyama
Japanese boys fishing by the shores of lake close to Mount Fujiyama. Date: circa 1920s

ITALY. Ravenna. San Apollinare Nuovo. Judas remorse, 7th century. Scene from The Passion of Jesus, which decorates the upper right side of the main nave. Byzantine art. Mosaic

Book of Hours of the Countess of Bertiandos. 16th c. The creation of the world. Miniature Painting. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. Academia das Ciꮣ ias de Lisboa (Academy of Sciences of Lisbon)

SARTO, Andrea del (1486-1531). The Annunciation. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil on canvas. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. Pitti Palace

SPAIN. Santiago de Compostela. Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. High Altar (18th c.). Baroque art. Sculpture

ZURBARAN, Francisco de (1598-1664). SPAIN. Arcos de la Frontera. Basilica of Saint Mary. The Holy Face. Painting

Elevation of the Sacred Host. Illustration on Gospels of Paris to use of Charles, Duke of Angouleme. Early 16th century. French School

Elevation of the Sacred Host. Page on Gospels of Paris to use of Charles, Duke of Angouleme. Early 16th century. French School

JUNI, Juan de (1507-1577). The Burial of Christ. ca. 1539. Renaissance art. Sculpture on wood. SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. Valladolid. National Museum of Sculpture

Glastonbury Thorn, Glastonbury, Somerset
The Glastonbury Thorn, a legendary tree at Glastonbury, Somerset. A flowering hawthorn, it is associated with Joseph of Arimathea and the arrival of Christianity in Britain

January. Goddess Vesta
Vesta, the Roman goddess of the hearth, home, and family, symbolized by the sacred fire that burned at her hearth and temples. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1903

Japan - Priests carrying sacred emblem
Lantern slide of Priests carrying sacred emblem.. Part of Box 158 Japan, part of Boswell Collection, slide no. 35 Date: circa 1890s

A Siberian shaman / medicine man / sorcerer / wizard / healer / foreteller shows his sacred tree place. Polar Circle, Siberia, Russia. April

Japan - A famous wisteria in bloom
Hand coloured slide showing people gathered on a bridge over water and wisteria blooms in the foreground and side. Part of Box 157 Japan Boswell Collection

Russia - sacred sacrificial place obo. South Tuva

Man - washing in a sacred (for Tuvinian people) salt-water lake. South Tuva, near Erzin settlement, Russia

Paris, France - Foundation-Stone of the Sacre Coeur on the 16th of June. Date: 1875

A Serbian soldier invoking his saints before going to war
A Serbian (Servian) soldier confesses his sins, prays to his saints and leaves a candle burning before the sacred ikon before going to battle during the first week of the Great War. Date: 1914

Sacred Bridge, Nikko, Japan

Temple of the Sacred Tooth, Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Sri Dalada Maligawa), a Buddhist temple in the city of Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), It is located in the royal palace complex which houses the relic of the tooth of

Well of Knowledge, Benares (Varanasi), India
Well of Knowledge, Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1890s

Sacred Cow, Nepal
Honouring - and feeding - a sacred cow outside a temple in Nepal. Date: circa 1995

Hindu Vel Festival
Hinduism in Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) : The transfer of a god in a Sacred Car from one Hindu temple to another during the Vel Festival. Date: 1930s

Mata Hari in Profile
MATA HARI (= Eye of Dawn) (Margarete Gertrude Zelle) wearing her bejewelled headdress and costume for the sacred Brahmic Dagger Dance. Date: 1876 - 1917

Mark Anthony Meilan
MARK ANTHONY MEILAN Churchman, writer and translator, Sacred biography Date: CIRCA 1800

Jan Leusden
JAN LEUSDEN Dutch scholar, professor of philosophy and sacred languages. Date: 1624 - 1699

Shinto Kasuga Grand Shrine, Nara, Japan - Old Tree formed of seven interwoven different varieties. Date: circa 1904

Shinto Kasuga Shrine at Nara, Japan - The Deer Park
The Deer Park at the Shinto Kasuga Shrine at Nara, Japan. In the Deer Park, deer are able to roam freely and are believed to be sacred messengers of the Shinto gods that inhabit the shrine

An Autobus - destination Lourdes, France. Date: circa 1930s

The Holy Isle, Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland. The island has a long history as a sacred site, with a spring or Holy well held to have healing properties

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