Priests Collection (#5)

Procession of Lama Priests in Kyoto, Japan
Procession of Buddhist Lama Priests through the streets of Kyoto, Japan. Date: 1911

Meeting of Alexander the Great with the Jewish High Priest in Jerusalem. circa 332 BC

The Illustrious Women of France - Mass in Church. 1860

JESUS AND THE PRIESTS
He is taken before the court of the Sanhedrin, presided over by the High Priest Caiaphas Date: circa 30

HIGH PRIESTS DEBATE
The High Priests discuss how to resolve the Jesus problem, and commission Judas to betray his master. Date: circa 30

AZTEC SACRIFICE
Aztec priests of Mexico sacrifice prisoners to their gods, extracting their hearts and throwing the rest down the temple steps

Human sacrifice
Priests and others watch as a victim burns in ancient Scandinavia. Date: 1555

Priests of Tenochtitlan Sacrifice Victims to their Gods
Aztecs of Mexico- Priests of Tenochtitlan sacrifice victims to their gods Date: circa 1500

Human Sacrifices Thrown from Platform by Priests
Aztecs of Mexico- Priests at Tenochtitlan cut the heart from a still- living victim then fling the carcase from the platform Date: circa 1500

The Mass of Saint Gregory, c. 1490 / 1500. Creator: Israhel van Meckenem
The Mass of Saint Gregory, c. 1490/1500

The Mass of Saint Gregory, c. 1480 / 1485. Creator: Israhel van Meckenem
The Mass of Saint Gregory, c. 1480/1485

The Mass of Saint Gregory, c. 1480 / 1490. Creator: Israhel van Meckenem
The Mass of Saint Gregory, c. 1480/1490

Les Fetes de Sainte-Jacques de Compostelle: La Procession des Reliques. [Religious festival at Santiago de Compostela: The Procession of the Relics]

The Martyrs of Japan, c. 1627 / 1628. Creator: Jacques Callot
The Martyrs of Japan, c. 1627/1628

Coming back home
Giovanni Cavalli

Pope John Paul II in during his visit to Britain in 1982 visits the home of the Archbishop and meets Russian Orthodox church religious leaders

Pope John Paul II: Visit to Ireland. May 1981 P005930

Roman Catholic procession through the streets of Cardiff making their way to the Castle June 1939

In the Studio, before 1887. Creator: Arnoldo Tamburini
In the Studio, before 1887

Worship of Shri Nathji, ca. 1700. Creator: Unknown
Worship of Shri Nathji, ca. 1700

Shiba temple and Buddhist priests, Toyko, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Group of Buddhist priests, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

A group of BONZES - Buddhist priests, with shaved heads Date: 1890s

The Death of Saint Anthony, c. 1430 / 1435. Creators: Sano di Pietro
The Death of Saint Anthony, c. 1430/1435

A Martyr Of The 16th Century - Johanna Van Santhoven, 1883. Creator: Willem Geets
A Martyr Of The 16th Century - Johanna Van Santhoven, 1883. [Johanna Van Santhoven, a Protestant, Led Out to be Buried Alive]

Interior of Saint Peter s, Rome, c. 1754. Creator: Giovanni Paolo Panini
Interior of Saint Peter s, Rome, c. 1754

Pope Pius VII in the Sistine Chapel, 1814. Creator: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Pope Pius VII in the Sistine Chapel, 1814

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, 1510 / 1515. Creator: Correggio
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, 1510/1515

Ceremony held in the Cappella Paolina, Vatican, 1787. Creator: Francesco Piranesi
Ceremony held in the Cappella Paolina, Vatican, 1787

The Maid in Armor on Horseback (Joan of Arc series: III), c. 1908-late 1909

The Trial of Joan of Arc (Joan of Arc series: VI), c. late 1909-early 1910

Plate 53 from Los Caprichos : What a golden beak! (Que pico de Oro!), 1799
Plate 53 from Los Caprichos :What a golden beak! (Que pico de Oro!), 1799

The Death of the Virgin, from the The Life of the Virgin, 1510. Creator: Albrecht Durer
The Death of the Virgin, from the The Life of the Virgin, 1510

The Circumcision, from The Life of the Virgin. n. d. Creator: Albrecht Durer
The Circumcision, from The Life of the Virgin.n.d

The Infirmary of the Hospital of Charity, ca. 1639. Creator: Abraham Bosse
The Infirmary of the Hospital of Charity, ca. 1639

Poem by Sanjo-in, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Priests, at Madrid, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Priests, at Madrid, 1845. From gay to grave: a specimen of the Spanish clergy, who never appear in public without the capa, which, as it has no cape, is, in fact, a long black gown

Section H: Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child, from The Triumph of Christ, 1836

Soldiers gathered in front of a church with priests and a crucifix, mid-19th century

Saint kneeling before a vision of the Virgin Mary. Creator: Unknown
Saint kneeling before a vision of the Virgin Mary

A woman kneels to kiss the foot of Pope Pius VII, with a crowd behind her at left, 1814-50

Coronation of Pope Pius VI, 1801. Creator: Antonio Poggioli
Coronation of Pope Pius VI, 1801

Palm Sunday, procession in the Sala Regia, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Palm Sunday, procession in the Sala Regia, 1844. Easter in Rome:blessing and distributing palm or olive branches...in commemoration of what the Jews did when Jesus entered into Jerusalem

Christ Disputing in the Temple, 1568-77. 1568-77. Creator: Orazio de Sanctis
Christ Disputing in the Temple, 1568-77

The procession of the casket of St. Genevieve, with clerics and laymen marching in six rows; in the foreground the Archbishop of Paris is carried in a chair, the Chasse in the row above him

Elijah challenging the prophet to a sacrifice, ca. 1729. ca. 1729
Elijah challenging the prophet to a sacrifice, ca. 1729. [Sacrifices d Elie et des Prophetes de Baal, (The Sacrifice of Elijah and the Prophets of Baal)]

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Council of Trent, 1565. 1565
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Council of Trent, 1565

Catacombs, Convento dei Cappucini, Palermo, ca. 1895. Creator: Eugenio Interguglielmi
Catacombs, Convento dei Cappucini, Palermo, ca. 1895

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