Monk Collection (page 6)

Roger Vaughan
3586033 Roger Vaughan; (add.info.: Portrait of Roger Vaughan (1834-1883) an English Benedictine monk of Downside Abbey and the second Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney

St. Benedict enthroned is surrounded by youth with bundles of wheat and baskets of fruit
3561267 St. Benedict enthroned is surrounded by youth with bundles of wheat and baskets of fruit. Illustration of Canto XXXII in Paradiso of The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

St. Bernard indicates to Dante the Rose of the blessed where Beatrice sits
3561260 St. Bernard indicates to Dante the Rose of the blessed where Beatrice sits. Illustration of Canto XXXI in Paradiso of The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

Juan de Jesus Maria, after an etching in Retratos de Los Espanoles Ilustres, Madrid, Spain, pub. 1791
3473294 Juan de Jesus Maria, after an etching in Retratos de Los Espanoles Ilustres, Madrid, Spain, pub. 1791; (add.info.: Juan de Jesus Maria, 1564 - 1615. Carmelite monk, writer and philosopher)

Death of Icarus, 17th century (engraving)
3480613 Death of Icarus, 17th century (engraving); (add.info.: Death of Icarus. Engraving from Tableaux du temple des muses (1655) by Michel de Marolles (1600 - 1681)

19th century illustration depicting monk of the Cluniac order
3521320 19th century illustration depicting monk of the Cluniac order.; (add.info.: 19th century illustration depicting monk of the Cluniac order.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Angel fish or monk fish, Pomacanthus species. From a specimen collected in the South Seas by Captain Cook
FLO4640463 Angel fish or monk fish, Pomacanthus species. From a specimen collected in the South Seas by Captain Cook and deposited in the Leverian Museum

Frankish open winged building 205, a Norman chainmail shirt 206, Norman monk 207, and Norman short tunic 208
FLO4702699 Frankish open winged building 205, a Norman chainmail shirt 206, Norman monk 207, and Norman short tunic 208. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical

English Orthodox church abbot and monk. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre
FLO4624830 English Orthodox church abbot and monk. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World

Representation of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of ancient Rome
3480501 Representation of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of ancient Rome; (add.info.: Representation of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of ancient Rome)

November represented as a priest from the cult of Isis
3480492 November represented as a priest from the cult of Isis; (add.info.: November represented as a priest from the cult of Isis)

March and the onset of spring, represented as a hunter
3480482 March and the onset of spring, represented as a hunter; (add.info.: March and the onset of spring, represented as a hunter)

Louis of Granada
3329961 Louis of Granada; (add.info.: Portrait of Louis of Granada (1505-1588) a Dominican friar. Dated 16th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A dissection in progress. From Le livre de la propriete des choses (On the Properites of Things)
527491 A dissection in progress. From Le livre de la propriete des choses (On the Properites of Things) written by the English Franciscan monk Bartholomew Glanville called Bartolomaeus Anglicus

St Augustine of Hippo (350-430), 19th century (engraving)
531885 St Augustine of Hippo (350-430), 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: one of great Fathers of early Christian church. Converted 386, bishop of Hippo 396)

Portrait of William Thomson
672642 Portrait of William Thomson; (add.info.: William Thomson - Tinted lithograph William Magee (18 March 1766 - 18 August 1831) was a Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin

The Abbots of Couto and Valladares
2910942 The Abbots of Couto and Valladares; (add.info.: 1813 Engraving depicting the Abbots of Couto and Valladares. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Refectory in a Buddhist monastery, 1896 (engraving)
2450180 Refectory in a Buddhist monastery, 1896 (engraving) by Regamey, Felix Elie (1844-1907); (add.info.: Religion. Buddhism. Refectory of bonzes in a buddhist monastery, Beijing, China)

Line drawing of St Benedict
1578257 Line drawing of St Benedict; (add.info.: Line drawing of St Benedict handing his book (the Rule) to a group of monks symbolising the foundation of Western monasticism

Line drawing of Brother William
1578262 Line drawing of Brother William; (add.info.: Line drawing of Brother William, Englishman and companion of St Francis)

Virgin and Child Adored by Saint Francis, c.1600-07 (oil on copper)
5860618 Virgin and Child Adored by Saint Francis, c.1600-07 (oil on copper) by Albani, Francesco (1578-1660); 32.2--25.7 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; (add.info.: By Francesco Albani)

Wulfstan II or Lupus, Archbishop of York, 11th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre
FLO4622973 Wulfstan II or Lupus, Archbishop of York, 11th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient

Abbot Elfnoth of Westminster Cathedral, died 980. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre e Stanghi from Giulio
FLO4622965 Abbot Elfnoth of Westminster Cathedral, died 980. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre e Stanghi from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World

Various sects of Hindu priests or Brahmin with their religious paraphernalia at a river bank
FLO4623603 Various sects of Hindu priests or Brahmin with their religious paraphernalia at a river bank. Identified as priests of Sceroteri, Canoge, Drauers, Brijbashi and Uriah

Worshippers making offerings to a statue of Buddha or Fo in a banyan tree, Vietnam
FLO4624148 Worshippers making offerings to a statue of Buddha or Fo in a banyan tree, Vietnam. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

A kioum or Buddhist monastery in Burma. After an illustration in Michael Symes Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of
FLO4624115 A kioum or Buddhist monastery in Burma. After an illustration in Michael Symes Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava

Convent of the Friars Minor Capuchin, in the Sintra mountains near Lisbon, Portugal, and the Abbey of Mount Cornillon
FLO4569046 Convent of the Friars Minor Capuchin, in the Sintra mountains near Lisbon, Portugal, and the Abbey of Mount Cornillon, near Liege, Belgium

Group portrait of a community in South America, 1870 (print on double-weight paper)
3566819 Group portrait of a community in South America, 1870 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: America 1870 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Cyprus': the priest of the Avgoru village
3570785 Cyprus': the priest of the Avgoru village; (add.info.: Avgoru, Cyprus 1878-1879 ca. Photographer: Thomson, John); Alinari Archives, Florence

Grand Lama and Tao-Tse. Tartar Buddhist monk in yellow satin robe, and Taoist monk in yellow and blue robes
FLO4590103 Grand Lama and Tao-Tse. Tartar Buddhist monk in yellow satin robe, and Taoist monk in yellow and blue robes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

The body of Isabeau de Baviere secretly embarks at the Port Saint Landry of Paris in Saint Denis in 1435 (engraving)
5944537 The body of Isabeau de Baviere secretly embarks at the Port Saint Landry of Paris in Saint Denis in 1435 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info)

Collegiate church. Interior. High altar. Painting. Franciscan friar praying in the woods
6267505 Collegiate church. Interior. High altar. Painting. Franciscan friar praying in the woods (Franciscano en oracion en el bosque). Oil on copper

fragment of the old wall of the choir, portrait of bishop, treasure of the cathedral of Saint Vincent in Bayeux
7135144 fragment of the old wall of the choir, portrait of bishop, treasure of the cathedral of Saint Vincent in Bayeux; Bayeux, Normandy

fragment of the old wall of the choir, portrait of bishop, treasure of the cathedral of Saint Vincent in Bayeux
7135143 fragment of the old wall of the choir, portrait of bishop, treasure of the cathedral of Saint Vincent in Bayeux; Bayeux, Normandy

Temptation of St Anthony, 1688 (pen and faded brown ink with grey wash, with some black ink on paper)
7308228 Temptation of St Anthony, 1688 (pen and faded brown ink with grey wash, with some black ink on paper); 20.6x37.3 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

History of Religions: Statue of Pere Junipero Serra, Spanish Franciscan missionary, San Diego Queretaro Mission, Mexico
NWI4940705 History of Religions: Statue of Pere Junipero Serra, Spanish Franciscan missionary, San Diego Queretaro Mission, Mexico; (add.info.: History of Religions: Statue of Pere Junipero Serra)

History of Religions: Statue of Pere Junipero Serra, Spanish Franciscan missionary, San Diego Queretaro Mission, Mexico
NWI4940676 History of Religions: Statue of Pere Junipero Serra, Spanish Franciscan missionary, San Diego Queretaro Mission, Mexico; (add.info.: History of Religions: Statue of Pere Junipero Serra)

Charlemagne and the ecclesiastic Alcuin, c.1900 (chromo)
3433708 Charlemagne and the ecclesiastic Alcuin, c.1900 (chromo); (add.info.: History. France. Charlemagne and the ecclesiastic Alcuin (8th cent. ) Imagery, France, ca 1900.); Photo © CCI

Literature. Writing. A copyist in the Middle Age. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie
3434747 Literature. Writing. A copyist in the Middle Age. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Litterature. Coll. Part. Literature)

Cartoon of a lustful priest listening to a wench's confession while leering at her bosom
FLO4717789 Cartoon of a lustful priest listening to a wench's confession while leering at her bosom. Copperplate engraving after a satirical illustration by Timothy Bobbin (John Collier)

Page from XV O'es by William Caxton
3331103 Page from XV O'es by William Caxton; (add.info.: Page from XV O'es by William Caxton (1422-1491) n English merchant, diplomat, writer and printer

Luis de Leon
3329969 Luis de Leon; (add.info.: Portrait of Luis de Leon (1527-1591) a Spanish lyric poet, Augustinian friar, theologian, and academic. Dated 16th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Father Juan de Padilla found the cross deposited by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, 19th century (engraving)
NWI4849751 Father Juan de Padilla found the cross deposited by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, 19th century (engraving); (add.info)

19th century illustration depicting monk of the Cistercian order
3521326 19th century illustration depicting monk of the Cistercian order.; (add.info.: 19th century illustration depicting monk of the Cistercian order.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Penny Readings, 1850
3478102 Penny Readings, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration titled Greyfriar living well for a poem by John O'Keefe from Penny Readings'. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Representation of the goddess Juno
3480507 Representation of the goddess Juno; (add.info.: Representation of the goddess Juno. Illustration from supplement to L'antiquite expliquee et representee en figures'; (vols)

Representation of the Vestal Virgins
3480506 Representation of the Vestal Virgins; (add.info.: Representation of the Vestal Virgins. Illustration from supplement to L'antiquite expliquee et representee en figures'; (vols)

Representation of the seven days of the week and other facets of time
3480504 Representation of the seven days of the week and other facets of time; (add.info.: Representation of the seven days of the week and other facets of time)

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In the tumultuous year of 1963, a Buddhist monk named Thich Quang Duc made a powerful statement that shook the world. Faced with President Ngo Dinh Diem's oppressive anti-Buddhist measures and his mistreatment of protestors, Duc decided to take drastic action. On June 11th, at an intersection in Saigon, South Vietnam, he committed self-immolation. Captured by photographer Malcolm Browne, the image of Duc engulfed in flames became an iconic symbol of resistance and sacrifice. It served as a stark reminder of the lengths individuals would go to fight for their beliefs and bring attention to injustice. Centuries earlier, another monk left his mark on history through cartography. The Fra Mauro Map from 1460 challenged conventional wisdom by orienting south at the top instead of north. This bold choice showcased the innovative thinking and curiosity present within monastic circles during that time. Monks have often been associated with spiritual practices and devotion throughout history. From Dom Perignon perfecting champagne-making techniques to Coates Plymouth Gin crafted by monks using secret recipes passed down through generations – their dedication has resulted in exquisite creations enjoyed by many. Religious icons also play a significant role in monastic traditions. The Icon of St. Joseph of Arimathea at Glastonbury depicts him holding both the Holy Grail and a staff that miraculously bloomed with flowers – symbols representing faith and divine intervention. Artistic expressions have long captured various aspects of monastic life too. Antonello da Messina's painting "Saint Jerome in his Study" portrays contemplation amidst books and solitude while highlighting intellectual pursuits embraced by monks. Yet not all depictions are serene; some explore folklore or satire like "Woman raising her skirts to scare off the devil. " These images remind us that even those dedicated to spirituality can confront earthly challenges with humor or unconventional methods. Saint John of the Cross exemplifies the resilience and strength found in monastic figures.