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  • Temple of Confucius (Kong Miao), Peking: Hall of Great Accomplishment (or Great Perfection Hall, Dachengdian), interior with altar and tablet to Confucius. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Temple of Confucius (Kong Miao), Peking: Hall of Great Accomplishment (or Great Perfection Hall, Dachengdian), interior with altar and tablet to Confucius. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Interior of the Santa Casa at Loreto and of the altar at its outside; below is a ground plan of the Santa Casa. Woodcut by Federico Sartori.
  • A young woman in distress at an altar being pressed by a cleric to read a passage of the Bible. Engraving by F. Bacon after Solomon Hart.
  • Saint Gaetano kneeling in front of an altar, looking up at the Virgin and Child seated on a cloud. Stipple by Augros after C.A. Chasselat, 1830.
  • St Bartholomew's Priory, London: the interior looking towards the altar with the artist seated in a pew, drawing. Engraving by B. Howlett, 1822, after T. H. Shepherd, 1821.
  • St Bartholomew the Less, Smithfield, London: the interior with a lady and her daughter near the altar, a man half-hidden behind the pews to the left. Engraving.
  • Interior of the Capella della Croce on Mount Verna; with a painting of Saint Francis on the altar. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • Angels in adoration of the Eucharist, which is presented on an altar decorated with the Last Supper. Lithograph by J.G. Schreiner after M. Seitz after H. Hess.
  • What's all this bovine growth hormone controversy all about, anyway? / Alta Dena.
  • What's all this bovine growth hormone controversy all about, anyway? / Alta Dena.
  • A coat of arms depicting an altar, a coffin and skull and crossbones, is flanked by two figures of death; above, a skull crowned with an hourglass. Woodcut by C. van Sichem.
  • A man worshipping at the altar of Isis with a musical instrument and a plate with a snake, he is surrounded by a goose and a pomegranate; representing the month November. Engraving.
  • The Sacred Heart on an altar in an landscape surrounded by flower framework; underneath a hill with the Cross and two Sacred Hearts on its side, surrounded by flower framework. Coloured cut paper work.
  • Above, Jesus Christ and M. Georg Michaelis point to the Bible placed on an altar; below left, a man seeking that he may find; below right, Archimedes stepping out of the bath saying "Eureka". Engraving, 1733.
  • The three theological virtues (Hope, Faith and Charity) are standing near an altar above which the Holy Spirit is hovering, while the the four cardinal virtues (Temperance, Justice, Fortitude and Wisdom) are sitting in the foreground. Engraving.
  • Two roundels: above, a man supported by his wife and children prays before an altar of Aesculapius; below, a garland of medicinal plants, and angels representing pharmacy and botany. Coloured engraving by P. Lenormand, ca. 1830, partly after N. Guérin.
  • Two roundels: above, a man supported by his wife and children prays before an altar of Aesculapius; below, a garland of medicinal plants, and angels representing pharmacy and botany. Coloured engraving by P. Lenormand, ca. 1830, partly after N. Guérin.
  • Two roundels: above, a man supported by his wife and children prays before an altar of Aesculapius; below, a garland of medicinal plants, and angels representing pharmacy and botany. Coloured engraving by P. Lenormand, ca. 1830, partly after N. Guérin.
  • King James VI of Scotland and I of England as a child, kneeling in front of an altar next to the tomb of his father, with his family behind him on the right. Engraving by G. Vertue, ca. 1743, after L. de Vogelaare.
  • King James VI of Scotland and I of England as a child, kneeling in front of an altar next to the tomb of his father, with his family behind him on the right. Engraving by G. Vertue, ca. 1743, after L. de Vogelaare.
  • Four images of the Sacred Heart; left: the Sacred Heart on an altar; middle top: the Sacred Heart; middle bottom the Sacred Heart; right: the Sacred Heart flourishing in a landscape. Left, middle top and right: watercolour; middle bottom: collage and process print.
  • Ferrous-Om, hierro estable en altas dosis con vitaminas ... : Calciocolina, sacaronato de calcio y colina al 22% ... / Laboratorios Om.
  • Ferrous-Om, hierro estable en altas dosis con vitaminas ... : Calciocolina, sacaronato de calcio y colina al 22% ... / Laboratorios Om.
  • Ahora tambien en cápsulas, Bepermina antihelmintico : La calidad tradicional del Campolon + hierro y alta concentración vitamínica : Campolon Compuesto (en capsulas) hepatovitaminoterapia de las anemias / Winthrop.
  • Ahora tambien en cápsulas, Bepermina antihelmintico : La calidad tradicional del Campolon + hierro y alta concentración vitamínica : Campolon Compuesto (en capsulas) hepatovitaminoterapia de las anemias / Winthrop.
  • Antelope Altar, Walpi. The alter in the Antelope Kiva is a mosaic of sand, ceremonially made, in brown, red, white, yellow, green and black. The zigzag lines typifying lightening which brings rain. Around it stand clan emblems, fetishes, priests' jugs and bahos, or paryer-sticks made of two sticks tied together with a bundle of feathers; also bowls of sacred cornmeal and rattles.
  • The words 'alta stagione' [high season] incorporating a pink condom between pink vertical lines; an advertisement for safe sex and the trademark 'OK' quality seal awarded to brand condoms; an Italian version of a series of safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' campaign by Aiuto AIDS Svizzero in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • Worshippers in the chapel of the Greek monastery of St. Saba. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843.
  • A penis putting on a condom and applying lubricant and removing after use wrapped in a tissue; a guide to basic condom sense by AIDS: A Positive Co-ordinated Community Response Society of Jasper. Colour lithograph by Marie Joëlle Driard, 1989.