Monks Collection (#85)

Monks in mourning parade for the late King Sihanouk outside Royal Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

St. Augustine walking to Canterbury c. 597

Norms codex (9th c. ). Mozarabic monks. 1872
Norms codex (9th c.). Mozarabic monks. 1872. 238R. Mozarabic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Alfonso X, called The Wise (1221-1284). Book
" Alfonso X, called " The Wise" (1221-1284). Book of Chess, Dice and Tables. 1283. Fol. 1v. Scribe monks. Romanesque art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. San Lorenzo de El Escorial

BENLLIURE ORTIZ, Jos頨1884-1916). Nuns. Oil
BENLLIURE ORTIZ, Jos頨 1884-1916). Nuns. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Valencia. San Pio V Fine Arts Museum

JUNI, Juan de (1507-1577). Disputes between monks

THAILAND. Bangkok. Wat Pho. Wat Pho / Chedis / Monks

Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo del Escorial (19th c.). Convalescence gallery and leisure pond of the monks. Litography. SPAIN. Madrid. Museo de Historia

Two Monks
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Two Monks. An old and deaf monk leaning on his stick

German Monks 1930S
Six jolly monks of the Gorheim Franciscan monastery, Germany. Date: early 1930s

Monks Tea Time 1930S
Tea time is the longed for recreational moment for the monks of the Monastery of Gorheim, Germany. Date: early 1930s

Group of Buddhist monks praying at Wat Doi Suthep Temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddhist monk walking around Wat Suan Dok Temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddhist monks sitting at Angkor Wat Temple, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Six men, possibly monks, posed for group portrait, four standing and two sitting in front, five have their heads shaved, wearing geta, some are holding items, with building in background. Date ca

Three monks or travelers lighting a fire beneath a teapot. Date between 1800 and 1870

Blind monks examining an elephant

Thursday. Date c1905 Aug. 31

Taoist and Buddhists priests, a Jesuit and a Confucian

Ruins of Ulverscroft Priory, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of the ruins of Ulverscroft Priory, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell

Guests at a Christmas or New Years Party, possibly at the Savoy Hotel, London. Some of the guests are in medieval style fancy dress, carrying in the traditional Boars Head decorated with holly

King Ethelbert Converted
Ethelbert, the Saxon King of Kent, is converted to Christianity by Augustine, who had been sent to England by Pope Gregory

Harold IIs body is found
Edith Swannesha, wife of Harold II, King of England, is brought by monks to identify his body on the Hastings battlefield, only possible, it is said, by distinguishing marks on his torso

Venice, Italy - Convent of S. Fancesco
San Francesco del Deserto is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, with a surface of some 4 hectares. It is located between Sant Erasmo and Burano. It houses a minorites convent, pictured here

Michaelangelos Well - Cerosa, Florence
Cerosa Monastery - Florence, Italy. The working well curb designed by Michaelangelo being attended by monks in the courtyard (surrounded by cloisters) Date: 1903

Sawley Abbey Stonework
Carved stonework detail in the gateway of Sawley Abbey, Lancashire, England. It was an abbey of Cisterian monks from 1147 until its dissolution in 1537. Date: founded 1147

Neath Abbey Night Stairs
The night stairs at Neath Abbey, Glamorganshire, Wales. The first Cistercian monks arrived from Normandy in 1130. The abbey was ravished by Welsh uprisings in the 1200s. Date: 12th century

Warwickshire Thatches
An early autumn view, showing thatched cottages at Monks Kirby, a village in Warwickshire, England. Date: 1960s

Whoever would have thought it
Three monks go fishing, but they get more than they bargained for. 1927

Buildwas Abbey, Shropshire, one of the oldest Cistercian monasteries in England, founded for the monks from Savigny by Roger de Clinton in 1135. Date: founded 1135

St Bernard Hospice
Statue of Christ in front of the Hospice of St. Bernard, Switzerland, famous for its courageous monks and dogs, who go out to rescue travellers in trouble in the snow. Date: 1930s

Beaulieu Abbey
The ruins of Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire, England, a Cistercian house founded by King John and lived in by thirty monks from Citeaux, near Dijon, France. Date: founded c. 1204

LA Valsainte Monastery
Carthusian monks entering the monastery of La Valsainte, Switzrland. Date: early 1940s

Monastic Carpenter
A Carthusian monk carpenter at work at the monastery of La Valsainte, Switzerland. Date: early 1940s

Laos - Group of Bonzillons at Luang-Prabang
Laos - Group of Bonzillons (Trainee Boy Buddhist monks) at Luang Prabang. Date: circa 1908

Bede finishing his translation of the bible
Bede (673-735) - A monk at the Northumbrian monastry of Saint Peter who was the first person to write a history of Britain

Monk or priest singing
Marginal drawing of what appears to be a priest or a monk singing with a book in his hand. 1543

Popes & Monks Satirised
A German satire on the Catholic Church - demons are hunting monks and even attacking the Pope Date: 16th Century

Procession of Buddhist monks collecting alms and rice at dawn, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

National Museum, Vat Ho Pha Bang, Luang Prabang, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Monk copyist
It was in the monasteries that books were written and copied. A monk works on an illuminated manuscript. Date: Medieval

Italy - Chiusi della Verna
Chiusi della Verna is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region of Tuscany, located east of Florence. It is in the Casentino region

Wudang Lamasary, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China
General view of the Wudang Lamasary (Tibetan Buddhist Monastery) in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, in the Peoples Republic of China. Its Chinese name is Guangjue Temple

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