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  • Buddhist priests
  • Buddhist priests eating, Bangkok, Siam
  • Two Buddhist priests, Canton, China
  • The Alms houses (formerly Priests' College), Cobham, Kent: floor plans. Transfer lithograph by J.R. Jobbins, 1858, after F.T. Dollman.
  • Three Chinese Buddhist priests worshipping at a shrine. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.
  • Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: two Buddhist priests. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: two Buddhist priests. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Praying priests holding their prayer books are led to the gallows. Line engraving.
  • Fangguangyan monastery, Fujian province, China: two Buddhist priests. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870-1871.
  • Fangguangyan monastery, Fujian province, China: two Buddhist priests. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870-1871.
  • Yongquan monastery, Drum Mountain, near Fuzhou, China: Buddhist priests. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Yongquan monastery, Drum Mountain, near Fuzhou, China: Buddhist priests. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Skeletons of priests (?), preserved and standing in rows wearing robes and berettas, depicted in a painting. Photograph.
  • An interrogation room of the Spanish Inquisition with two priests and an accused heretic. Engraving by B. Picart, 1722.
  • The people of China weighed down by the hierarchy of emperor, mandarins and priests. Coloured lithograph by Smith, 1858.
  • The agony in the garden; the apostles slumber while the soldiers and priests approach. Engraving by J. Sadeler, 1582, after M. de Vos.
  • Man striking a causer, or gong, used at certain times by the servants of priests, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • The child Samuel is laid down to sleep and the hushed priests await his prophecies; the elaborate surrounding panel is decorated with florid demons. Engraving.
  • Two priests and their server follow a funeral procession carrying an open coffin into a church. Etching by J. Pesne after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • Apollo: Romans sent to consult the priests of Apollo at Delphi about an attack of the plague. Etching by J. de Longueil, 1769, after J.M. Moreau.
  • A four armed deity and three priests sit facing twelve sacrificial fires and make offerings to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Four priests perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Above, a cat in a priest's habit is hung on the gallows with priests laughing at the sight; below, a blindfolded man is hung and the rope breaks to release him to the ground. Etching by G. Terry.
  • A homeless family pulling a covered wagon up a steep mountain side in Tyrol; on the path they pass two priests in cassocks, carrying crosses. Wood engraving, 1879, after M. Schmid.
  • Four priests holding ritual vessels perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Above, red-figured Greek wine bowl (column krater); below, detail of the decoration showing a procession of four men (priests?), one of them playing the flute. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Four priests consult some writings and perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Vishnu, Lakshmi (?), Brahman, Shiva and two priests perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Trimurty, the three headed Shiva, sitting with eight other priests (?) perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Pier Leone Ghezzi standing before his easel on which is placed an image of the Virgin Mary, and pointing out of the window towards a procession of priests. Etching by W.W. Ryland, 1762, after P.L. Ghezzi.