Shrine Collection (page 3)

c. 1880s Japan - Japanese funeral procession
c.1880s Japan - Japanese funeral procession

Torii at the entrance to Gongen Temple, Hakone, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Temple courtyard with bronze artifacts, Shanghai China. Vintage 19th century photograph

Itsukushima Shrine, miyajima Aki, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Nishi Otni temple, Kyoto, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Nishi Honganji Temple - western Buddhist temple, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Entrance to the Kitano Temple Kyoto. Vintage 19th century photograph

19th century vintage photograph: Nazareth holy Land Palestine Israel

Sheik Khalil Danaf of The Dome of the Rock (Qubbat al-Sakhrah), an Islamic shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel

Family offering a candle at the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Extremadura, Spain. A man holds a baby, while a woman in veil kneels in prayer with a rosary. Monastery of Santa Maria of Guadalupe

Hermit in the Sanctuary of Monserrato, Isle of Elba
Hermit in the Sanctuary of Monserrato, Porto Azzurro, Isle of Elba. Hermit in his cell with books, religious icons, rodents, 18th century. Eremita di Monserrato

Interior of the shrine to Osman I, Bursa, Turkey
Interior of the shrine to Osman I or Osman Gazi, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, with tomb or Turbe, Bursa, Turkey. Cappella sepolcrale di Osman I

Exterior of the shrine to Sultan Mustafa III, Istanbul
Exterior of the shrine or Turbe to Sultan Mustafa III, Istanbul. Externo della cappella sepolcrale di Moustapha III. Sultan III Mustafa Turbesi

Library of Grand Vizier Koca Raga?p Pasha
Library of Grand Vizier Koca Mehmet Raga?p Pasha, Ottoman statesman (1698 ??1763). Scholars in turbans reading books at low tables on carpets. Biblioteca del Gran Visir Raghib Pascha

Tombs in the Temple of Bel or Baal, Palmyra, Syria. Sepolcri di Palmira. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Lares house gods from a shrine found in Herculaneum
Lares house gods depicted in a Lararium shrine found in Herculaneum. Crowned genii pour libations and bring a boar to sacrfice

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

Ancient Roman housing, barns and towers from Trajan s
Ancient Roman housing, barns and towers from Trajans Column. Granai e torri degli Alloggiamenti. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Roman Lararium shrine and Lustrazio purification rite
Roman household gods or Lares in a Lararium shrine, showing two young men, genii of Augustus, in tunics and coturn sandals with drinking horns, found in Herculaneum 1

The royal shrine within the tomb of Tutankhamen
Entrance of the burial chamber of Tutankhamen with the immense gilt shrine built to cover and protect the sarcophagus. Its roof, with cornice top and torus moulding

Shrine of Mohummed Kahn, Rajasthan, India
Shrine of Mohummed Kahn, near Deig (Deeg), Rajasthan, Northern India. 19th century

Relics associated with Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury - ivory grace cup (centre), two mitres (left: Sens Abbey, Normandy; right: at one time the property of Cardinal Manning)

King George V and Queen Mary at Edinburgh Castle
King George V and Queen Mary opening the Scottish National Shrine at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. 1927

Shrine of St Frideswide, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Shrine of St Frideswide (Frithuswith, Frideswith, Fritheswithe, Frevisse, or Fris, c650 - 727) in the Latin Chapel of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

Moses breaking the Tablets, by Parmigianino
Moses breaking the Tablets, detail from a fresco in the Shrine of Santa Maria della Steccata, Parma, Italy, by Parmigianino, or Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (1503-1540)

Portable shrine of Ethelbert, King of the East Angles
Portable shrine or pyx of Ethelbert, King of the East Angles (Kent). Date: circa 1845

Kannushi
A kannushi, also called shinshoku, is the person responsible for the maintenance of a Shinto shrine as well as for leading worship. Date: 1933

Plume offerings made at the shrine of Pai yat yamo, God of Music, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powells 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology

View of the House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii VI. 8. 5
View of the House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii VI.8.5. Showing the tablinum, impluvium (pool), well, peristyle (garden courtyard) and aedicula lararium (shrine)

House altar in the house of the banker Lucius
House altar or lararium in the house of the banker Lucius Caecilius Iucundus, Regio V.1.26. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhns Les Plus

Interior of a Chinese temple at Kupang, Timor, 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi after Jacques Etienne Victor Arago from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Ancient temples and shrines in the city of
Ancient temples and shrines covered with bas relief in the city of Mahabalipuram, India. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Festival for the dedication of a HIndu temple
Festival (Tirunal) for the dedication of a HIndu temple. Devotees pulling a wheeled shrine decorated with flags into a temple compound to music

Japanese wedding ceremony. A monk presides over the marriage in a shrine to the goddess of virginity while musicians play on gongs and koto harp

Japanese Shinto fortune teller preaching to a crowd of men with tonsured hair (chonmage). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Chinese peasants worshipping at a temple in the country. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Native American at a shrine to the Powhatan
Native American making an offering at a shrine to the Powhatan god Okeus (Okee) in Virginia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Native Americans of Paraguay converted by Jesuits shown wearing clothes, plowing the land, spinning yarn, and living in a timber house with a shrine to the Virgin Mary and Jesus

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

Giant Buddha Statue - Daibutsu, Japan in a temple. Date: 1737

Bunk beds in farmhouse, Brittany, Northern France
Bunk beds with children in a Breton farmhouse, Brittany, Northern France. The beds have sliding door panels which can be closed in the daytime. Date: 1922

Buddhist monks praying, Rangoon, Burma, South East Asia
Buddhist monks and others praying at the Shwedagon Pagoda shrine, Rangoon (now Yangon), Burma (now Myanmar), South East Asia. Date: 1922

Queen Mary laying flowers at Hackney, WW1
Queen Mary laying flowers at Hackney during the First World War. 1916

Statuette of Isis from store chamber in Tutankhamuns tomb
A statuette of Isis, one of the guardian godesses of the canopic shrine, from the store chamber opened in Tutankhamuns tomb. Date: 1927

El Jebel Temple, Denver, Colorado, USA
El Jebel Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Denver, Colorado, USA. Date: circa 1920

The Shrine of Remembrance - Melbourne, Australia
The Shrine of Remembrance - The National War Memorial of Victoria - Australia - WW1 Shrine and Memorial Complex in Melbourne. Dedicated by HRH The Duke of Gloucester on 11th November 1934 Date: 1934

Cuernavaca, Mexico - El Calvario (The Calvary)
The Calvary of Cuernavaca, Mexico on Avenida Morelos Sur. The first building (only one of two pictured here), is known as The Spire (El Calvario) and is a dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe

Nakanotake Shrine, Mount Myogi, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

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