Monastic Collection (#11)

Visoki Decani monastery - Decan, Kosovo - Serbian Orthodox
Visoki Decani, a major Serbian Orthodox Christian monastery located in Decan, Kosovo. The monastic katholikon is the largest medieval church in the Balkans containing the most extensive preserved

Monk working on an illuminated manuscript
A medieval monk, sits at a desk surrounded by books as he works on an illuminated manuscript. Date: 1911

St Mary Peribleptos Monastery - Istanbul
Byzantine Church and Monastery of St Mary Peribleptos - Istanbul, Turkey (Sulu Manastir). A string in the foreground holds a row of drying fish

Monks Mending Sandals
Monks from the Franciscan monastery of Gorheim, Germany. One mends his sandals with a hammer while another watches

Waverley Abbey K930409
WAVERLEY ABBEY, Surrey. View of the abbey buildings, looking south. The first Cistercian abbey in England, founded in 1128

India, Ladakh, Leh. Looking south out over Leh, capital of Ladakh, towards the Zanskar Range, with Stok Kangri peak clearly visible

India, Ladakh, Thiksey. Young novice monk sweeping up the tsampa crumbs at morning prayers or puja, Thiksey Monastery

India, Ladakh, Hemis. Monk reciting prayers to the slow rhythm of a drum at Hemis Monastery

India, Ladakh, Lamayuru. Lamayuru Monastery, remote and isolated, hemmed in by dramatic snow covered mountains

India, Ladakh, Thiksey. The golden finial of a chorten at Thiksey Monastery

India, Ladakh, Thiksey. View of the Indus Valley from Thiksey Monastery

India, Ladakh, Alchi. Alchi Tsatsapuri is a little-know temple complex situated in close vicinity to the very famous Alchi Choskhor in Ladakh. It contains superb early wall-paintings

India, Ladakh, Leh. Stok Kangri Peak from Leh. Stok Kangri is the highest mountain in the Stok Range in the Himalayas, in the Ladakh region of North West India

St Augustines Abbey N090776
ST AUGUSTINEs ABBEY, Canterbury, Kent. General view from south east

Lanercost Priory N060138
LANERCOST PRIORY, Cumbria. Reconstruction drawing of the presbytery by Liam Wales

North Elmham Chapel J940386
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL, Norfolk. Monk by the north door in the 12th century. Reconstruction drawing by Peter URMSTON

Rievaulx Abbey J000099
RIEVAULX ABBEY, North Yorkshire. Interior view reconstruction drawing of the South transept in the 15th century by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Rievaulx Abbey J000097
RIEVAULX ABBEY, North Yorkshire. Reconstruction drawing of the infirmary cloister in the mid 13th century by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

St. Johns Gate, Clerkenwell, 1929. From Old London, A Series of 25 Willss Cigarettes cards. [W.D. & H.O. Wills, London, 1929]

Penshurst Place, Kent - Lord De L Isle and Dudley, 1910. Penshurst Place is a historic building near Tonbridge, Kent, and was the birthplace of the great Elizabethan poet, courtier and soldier

The Old St. Thomass Hospital in Bermondsey, which replaced the earlier monastic buildings in 1701, and was sold in 1862, c1854, (1912). From London - South of the Thames, by Sir Walter Besant

Lectern, c15th century?, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Lectern, c15th century?, (1843). This item was dragged out of the lake at Newstead c 1750. It is believed to have been thrown into the lake at the time when the dissolution of the monasteries was

View of a monastic settlement, 10th century
View of a monastic settlement, chapel, and Muiredachs cross from the top of the Celtic round tower, 10th century

Cyprus - Stavrovouni Monastery - founded by Saint Helena
Stavrovouni Monastery in Cyprus - founded by Saint Helena (Saint Constantines mother) in around 327-329 AD - one of the oldest monasteries in the world. Date: circa 1930s

Netley Abbey - The Chapter House
The Chapter House, Netley Abbey - a ruined late medieval monastery at Netley near Southampton in Hampshire, England. Date: circa 1910s

Netley Abbey - a ruined late medieval monastery at Netley near Southampton in Hampshire, England. Date: circa 1910s

St. George Orthodox Monastery, Wadi Qelt, Palestine
St. George Orthodox Monastery (Choziba) - a monastery located in Wadi Qelt, in the eastern West Bank, Palestine. The 6th century cliff-side complex, with its ancient chapel and gardens

The Angel appears to the Shepherds Book of Hours
Early Book of Hours printed in Paris for Germain Hardouyn: Heures, a l usage de Paris tout au long sans rien requerir, with printed text and images and ornaments illuminated by hand

View of Mtatsminda Mountain, Tbilisi, Georgia (then part of Russia). Also shows St. Davids Monastery on the hillside and the School of Saint Nino. Date: circa 1905

Round Tower, Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland. Built of mica slate and granite, it is about 30 metres high, and was built as part of a medieval monastery founded by St Kevin. Date: circa 1960s

CROATIA. DUBROVNIK. Tower of the Franciscan Monastery

CROATIA. DUBROVNIK. View of the medieval neighborhood with the tower of the Franciscan Monastery

Israel. Jerusalem. Cathedral of Saint James, 12th century, headquarters of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Armenian Quarter. Exterior

Middle Ages. Monastic life. Episodes from the life of Saint Dominic. Miniature at Theologia Varia 14th and 15th centuries

San Millan de Suso Monastery. San Millan de la Cogolla. Spai
Spain. La Rioja. San Millan de la Cogolla. Monastery of San Millan de Suso, built in different styles: Visigoth (6th-7th centuries), Romanesque (10th century) and Mozarab (11th century). Exterior

Spain. Aragon. Beranuy. Romanesque monastery of Santa Mari?a de Obarra. Central apse decorated with lombard arcs. Detail

Yuso Monastery. San Millan de la Cogolla. Refectory. La Rioj
Yuso Monastery. It was originally erected in 1053 and rebuilt in Romanesque style after Herrera during the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Refectory. San Millan de la Cogolla. La Rioja. Spain

Yuso Monastery. San Millan de la Cogolla. Entrance to the ch
Yuso Monastery. It was originally erected in 1053 and rebuilt in Romanesque style after Herrera during the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Entrance to the church. San Millan de la Cogolla

Yuso Monastery. San Millan de la Cogolla. La Rioja. Spain
Yuso Monastery. It was originally erected in 1053 and rebuilt in Romanesque style after Herrera during the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. San Millan de la Cogolla. La Rioja. Spain

Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes. Lombard bell tower. Catalon
Benedictine Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes. Founded around the year 900. The present building is dated 11th century. Lombard bell tower. Catalonia. Spain

Monastery of Sant Pere de Roda. Catalonia. Spain
Monastery of Sant Pere de Roda (St Peter of Roses). Founded around the year 900. Benedictine monastery. The present building is dated 11th century. Lombard style bell tower. Cap de Creus

Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes. Catalonia. Spain
Benedictine Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes. Founded around the year 900. The present building is dated 11th century. Scenery. Catalonia. Spain

Myanmar - Mandalay - The Queens Golden Palace (Kyoung)
Myanmar - Mandalay - The Queens Golden Palace / Monastery (Kyoung) Date: circa 1910s

Pierre Fourier
PIERRE FOURIER de Mattaincourt French churchman, monastic founder and educator. Date: 1565 - 1640

Petrus De Backere
PETRUS DE BACKERE Dutch Dominican poet and theologian, depicted wearing his monastic cowl. Date: 1517 - 1601

German Monastic School
A monastic school in medieval Germany. Date: circa 15th century

German Monastic Charity
A German monk distributes soup to the poor at the door of his partly ruined monastery Date: early 19th century

Monks in Beer Cellar
German monks in their bier keller Date: 1869

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