Items matching religion (results page 1)

Frontispiece: When He Comes He will Rule over the Whole World The Lost Boy (1913)

“At last, [Hillel] said: “It is better to hope and to wait patiently for Him than to reckon the day of His coming. For if the reckoning is wrong, and He does not come, then men despair, and no longer [...]

Keywords: religion, people, children, bare feet, people, beards, scholars, interiors, greyscale

Places shown: Jerusalem; Palestine

Added: 2007-05-16

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Frontispiece: When He Comes He will Rule over the Whole World (coloured version) The Lost Boy (1913)

A version of When He Comes He will Rule over the Whole World that I coloured, after finding a picture of the original painting online at an American Antiques Roadshow page.

Keywords: colour, paintings, religion, people

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-16

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The Good Shepherd Bible Symbols (1908)

ernhard Plockhorst’s famous painting shows Jesus as a caucasian male (with a long straight nose), surrounded by sheep. He is barefoot, and carries a lamb, holding also a shepherd’s crook. He is protra [...]

Keywords: religion, portraits, people, sheep, art, colour

Places shown: Palestine

Added: 2010-06-22

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Sitting in the pew The Old Peabody Pew (1907)

This detail from the front cover of the book shows five people sitting in a row during a church service. They are wearing old-fashioned clothing. A floral border of mistletoe surrounds the image.

Keywords: people, churches, religion, interiors, costumes, christmas, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-01-06

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New Testament Title Page Geneva Bible Scans (1581)

Although I already had a photograph of the title page, it’s interesting enough that I wanted to add a 2400dpi scan. Notice the dragon! The New Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ, Conferred diligently [...]

Keywords: title pages, bibles, page images, religion, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-10-26

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Bust of William of Wykeham. 1394. The Lives of British Architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers (1909)

On a corbel in Muniment Room, Winchester College. The photograph shows a stone bust of William of Wykeham, wearing a bishop’s mitre and carrying a bishop’s crook. “Although William of Wykeham can in a [...]

Keywords: portraits, carving, statuary, people, religion, interiors, greyscale

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2007-05-28

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1.—Martyrs suspended by one or both feet, by the arms with heavy weights attached to the feet; crucified; Christian women hung up by the hair Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyrs suspended by one foot. B. Suspended by both feet. C. Raised on the cross head uppermost. D. Nailed to the cross, head downwards. E. Hung up by both arms, heavy weights being attached to the [...]

Keywords: death, torture, nudity, people, punishments, religion, feet, bare feet, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-03-26

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11.—Gaulish Deity. Cernunnos. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Celtic god Cernunnos is crowned with antlers. He is sometimes also called as Herne the Hunter, and may be the Green Man of British folklore. “[...] Under the church of Notre Dame, at Paris, were f [...]

Keywords: spirit, druids, gods, religion, greyscale

Places shown: Paris; Ile-de-France; France

Added: 2005-03-13

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12.—Gaulish Deity. Hesus. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A Celtic war god

Keywords: spirit, druids, gods, religion, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: Paris; Ile-de-France; France

Added: 2005-03-13

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Ecce Ancilla Domini Days With the Victorian Poets (1910)

This is that blessed Mary, pre-elect God’s Virgin. Gone is a great while, and she Dwelt young in Nazareth of Galilee, Unto God’s will she brought devout respect, Profound simplicity of intellect, And [...]

Keywords: religion, paintings, people, saints, mary, annunciation, biblical scenes, art, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-06-23

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2.—Bound hand and foot to stakes and smeared with honey, and so left exposed to the sun, to be tortured by the stings of bees and other insects Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyr suspended by both feet, and a great stone fastened to his neck. B. Sometimes the Blessed Martyrs, after being smeared with honey, were bound [naked] to stakes fixed in the ground, and so exp [...]

Keywords: nudity, torture, people, death, punishments, religion, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-03-26

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3.—Suspended by the thumbs, heavy stones being fastened to the feet; hung up over a slow fire and beaten Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyr suspended by his thumbs, heavy stones being attached to his feet. B. Christians hung up, and a slow fire kindled underneath, so as to suffocate them with the smoke; the victims being scourge [...]

Keywords: nudity, torture, punishments, people, death, religion, feet, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-04-03

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