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  • Praying priests holding their prayer books are led to the gallows. Line engraving.
  • Ecclesiastes, chapter XII, on old age. From a family Bible, bound with the Book of Common Prayer, 1607.
  • A selection of text from the Adi Granth. This example was probably transcribed by a Kashmiri scribe in gurmukhi script and used as a prayer book for personal devotions.
  • A couple just married outside a church, a butterfly emblem symbolising a Hindu wedding, and a mosque with a prayer book and two bearded men with the warning of no sex before or outside marriage; an AIDS prevention advertisement for families by GAP-SIRMCE. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Hands in various gestures, including prayer and benediction. Engraving after C. Le Brun.
  • The Virgin Mary with angels and Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Nicholas of Tolentino and Saint Euphemia. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after S. Cantarini.
  • Tomb effigy of William Bradbridge, his wife Alice, and their fourteen children. Brass rubbing.
  • Tomb effigy of William Bradbridge, his wife Alice, and their fourteen children. Brass rubbing.
  • A young woman gazing at the portrait of her beloved and ignoring religion. Lithograph by R.J. Lane, 1824, after G.S. Newton.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi (?) in the wilderness, kneeling and praying. Engraving by M. Burghers.
  • William E. Gladstone in a church, in front of an altar, dressed as Richard III. Engraving, ca. 1880.
  • Saint Mary Magdalen. Engraving by F. Bacon after W. Etty.
  • Saint Odilia. Etching.
  • The election of a parish beadle in England: crowds thronging the entrance to the polling station, including supporters of the rival candidates, Spruggins and Bung, who expect to be elected according to the large number of their dependents. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1836.
  • Chinese manuscript Pi-ts'ang I-shu chu-yu shih-san k'o
  • MS Hebrew A4
  • Saint Odilia. Coloured etching.
  • God enjoys the Creation and creates Eve. Line engraving.
  • Rome: people praying at a catafalque in a church for the souls in purgatory. Coloured lithograph by F. Villain after A.J.-B. Thomas, 1823.
  • The death of Thomas Cranmer at the stake, burned for heresy in 1556. Woodcut.
  • The death of Thomas Cranmer at the stake, burnt for heresy in 1556, with Queen Mary looking on. Etching.
  • A sleepy congregation in a country church with one clergyman reading the serman with the aid of a magnifying glass and the other ogling a sleeping woman. Engraving by W. Hogarth.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi in ecstasy. Etching.
  • Saint Teresa: she is encouraged by Christ to bring aid to Bernardino de Mendoza in purgatory by building a convent on land given to her by Bernardino. Engraving by C. Warren after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Saint Teresa: she is encouraged by Christ to bring aid to Bernardino de Mendoza in purgatory by building a convent on land given to her by Bernardino. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • The Dormition of the Virgin Mary. Chromotypograph.
  • A vicar prays for a dying usurer while his wife receives medical advice. Mezzotint by B. Clowes after W. Dawes, 1768.
  • Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian dressing a chest wound. Oil painting by Antoine de Favray, 1748.
  • Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian dressing a chest wound. Oil painting by Antoine de Favray, 1748.
  • Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian dressing a chest wound. Oil painting by Antoine de Favray, 1748.