Worldly Collection

Tarot Card 21 - Le Monde (The World). Date: 20th century

Saint Humbeline
SAINT HUMBELINE sister of Bernard of Clairvaux, who wrote her letters reproaching her for her worldly lifestyle so she left her husband and became a nun Date: 12th century

Laden Donkey owned by a Bakhtiari Tribesman, Iran - this lantern slide has the caption - A Bakhtiari Tribesmans Pantechnicon !

DEMON OF GAMBLING C17
The demon of gambling will eat its way through all your worldly possessions in the end... Date: 17th century

ANTONY OF EGYPT, HERMIT
When Antony's parents die, he gives away his worldly goods and becomes a hermit in the desert near his home, where he is assailed by temptations but resists them all. Date: 251 - 356

MISER AND DEATH
Miser horrified as Death deprives him of his precious worldly wealth Date: 1538

Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, The Establishment. 1901

Cards? by H. M. Bateman
A rather naive gent is invited to join three more worldly looking chaps at a card table, only to find himself soon afterwards utterly at a loss. Date: 1920

Henry Beaufort Deathbed
HENRY BEAUFORT, bishop of Winchester and cardinal, a worldly political prelate, is exhorted on his deathbed to turn his mind to Higher Things. Date: 1374 - 1447

Abbe & Court Lady 1690S
An abbe - rather a worldly one, to judge by his elegant dress - wears a muff, as does his noblewoman companion; the corridors of Versailles are notoriously draughty... Date: 1690s

Buddhas Cuts his Hair
SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA, known as the BUDDHA ( Enlightened One ) The young Siddhartha symbolically cuts his hair as a sign that he is renouncing worldly values

Rat Retired from World
THE RAT WHO RETIRED FROM THE WORLD: A rat, tired of worldly cares, retires to live in a cheese; when fellow rats request help, he says he is unable to assist

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