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Men (monks?) making and sampling wines, spirits, or other beverages or medicines. Oil painting.
Reference: 45089i
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Two monks in a laboratory trying to find a remedy for one monk's toothache. Watercolour by J. Gregory, 1896.
Gregory, J., active 1896.Date: July 1896Reference: 18208i
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The abbé de Gondi being exorcised by Carthusian monks. Engraving by Ferdinand after N. Thomas.
Thomas, N. (Napoléon)Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 2821863i
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Speaking of monks : religious biography in India and China / Phyllis Granoff and Koichi Shinohara.
Granoff, P. E. (Phyllis Emily), 1947-Date: 1992
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Two fakirs, Hindu or Muslim mendicant monks, holding bells. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 582762i
Part of: Customers, trades, menial employments and handicrafts of Hindustan
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Wandering, begging monks : spiritual authority and the promotion of monasticism in late antiquity / Daniel Caner.
Caner, DanielDate: [2002], ©2002
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Two monks guarding a coffin inside an old building. Etching by W. Greatbach after J. Taylor.
Taylor, J.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 29907i
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Hopîtal des Frères de la Charité, Paris: Anne of Austria visiting the charitable work of the monks. Line engraving by A. Bosse.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676.Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 21639i
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Buddha Sakyamuni: a statue of the god in a temple in China, attended by priests, monks and worshippers. Engraving, 1671.
Date: [1671]Reference: 3010820i
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Convent of St Bernard, Switzerland: a distressed woman in Swiss peasant costume is standing in the snow outside a monastery and pleads to two monks pointing in the distance, the monks are sending out their St. Bernard dog for rescue. Stipple engraving by F. Stone after W. Holl.
Holl, William, 1807-1871.Date: [1843]Reference: 39067i
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The Arab physician Ibn Buṭlān's (d. 1066) Medical manual for the use of monks and country people / by Samira Yousef Jadon.
Jadon, Samira Yousef, 1930-Date: 1968, ©1969
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About the dead bodies of two Buddhist monks preserved in the form of statues at the Dau Pagoda / Nguyen Lan Cuong.
Nguyen Lan Cuong.Date: 1982
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Bones, stones, and Buddhist monks : collected papers on the archaeology, epigraphy, and texts of monastic Buddhism in India / Gregory Schopen.
Schopen, Gregory.Date: [1997], ©1997
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Russo-Japanese War: three pictures of Father Sergius, the chief of a group of monks of the Veskresensky monastery, in his "war" costume. Pen and ink drawing, 1904.
Date: 1904Reference: 23863i
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Easter, 1899 : F. Monk begs to announce that he is providing for Easter consumption several very choice consignments of English lamb direct from the farms at Wallingford, Chichester and Bridewater / F. Monk, London Road, Kingston-on-Thames.
Date: 1899
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Abelard and Eloise confessing their love to his brother monks and her sister nuns. Coloured stipple engraving by Miss Martin after B. Pernotin.
Pernotin, B., active 1786-1799.Reference: 10846i
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Cave paintings; a group of female musicians and dancers and Buddhist monks (?) of Indo-African origin. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 578928i
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John Islip on his death bed surrounded by saints and monks: the Virgin Mary intercedes for him. Etching by James Basire the elder, 1808.
Date: 23 April 1808Reference: 44181i
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Blindfolded victims having their throats cut outside a prison while a group of monks avert their eyes from this scene of horror. Etching with engraving.
Reference: 43509i
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A sick man is seated in an armchair and a doctor is writing his prescription; two monks in the background. Engraving after E. van Heemskerck, 17--.
Heemskerck, Egbert van, 1634 or 1635-1704.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 572291i
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Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child appearing in clouds to three monks. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1764, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
Guercino, 1591-1666.Date: 1764Reference: 11076i
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Gesta Romanorum, or, entertaining stories invented by the monks as a fire-side recreation; and commonly applied in their discourses from the pulpit / translated by Charles Swan.
Date: 1871
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A monastery has been set on fire and the monks are rushing out to be greeted by a crowd of men with axes, swords, and pitchforks. Engraving.
Reference: 29418i
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Head of a monk. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
Bishop, Mary, (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990.Date: 26.2.69 [26 February 1969]Reference: 2868042i
Part of: Adamson Collection
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The monk: a romance. In three volumes. ...
Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818.Date: M.DCC.XCVI [1797]

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Men (monks?) making and sampling wines, spirits, or other beverages or medicines. Oil painting.

Two monks in a laboratory trying to find a remedy for one monk's toothache. Watercolour by J. Gregory, 1896.

The abbé de Gondi being exorcised by Carthusian monks. Engraving by Ferdinand after N. Thomas.

Speaking of monks : religious biography in India and China / Phyllis Granoff and Koichi Shinohara.

Two fakirs, Hindu or Muslim mendicant monks, holding bells. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Wandering, begging monks : spiritual authority and the promotion of monasticism in late antiquity / Daniel Caner.

Two monks guarding a coffin inside an old building. Etching by W. Greatbach after J. Taylor.

Hopîtal des Frères de la Charité, Paris: Anne of Austria visiting the charitable work of the monks. Line engraving by A. Bosse.

Buddha Sakyamuni: a statue of the god in a temple in China, attended by priests, monks and worshippers. Engraving, 1671.

Convent of St Bernard, Switzerland: a distressed woman in Swiss peasant costume is standing in the snow outside a monastery and pleads to two monks pointing in the distance, the monks are sending out their St. Bernard dog for rescue. Stipple engraving by F. Stone after W. Holl.

The Arab physician Ibn Buṭlān's (d. 1066) Medical manual for the use of monks and country people / by Samira Yousef Jadon.

About the dead bodies of two Buddhist monks preserved in the form of statues at the Dau Pagoda / Nguyen Lan Cuong.

Bones, stones, and Buddhist monks : collected papers on the archaeology, epigraphy, and texts of monastic Buddhism in India / Gregory Schopen.

Russo-Japanese War: three pictures of Father Sergius, the chief of a group of monks of the Veskresensky monastery, in his "war" costume. Pen and ink drawing, 1904.

Easter, 1899 : F. Monk begs to announce that he is providing for Easter consumption several very choice consignments of English lamb direct from the farms at Wallingford, Chichester and Bridewater / F. Monk, London Road, Kingston-on-Thames.

Abelard and Eloise confessing their love to his brother monks and her sister nuns. Coloured stipple engraving by Miss Martin after B. Pernotin.

Cave paintings; a group of female musicians and dancers and Buddhist monks (?) of Indo-African origin. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.

John Islip on his death bed surrounded by saints and monks: the Virgin Mary intercedes for him. Etching by James Basire the elder, 1808.

Blindfolded victims having their throats cut outside a prison while a group of monks avert their eyes from this scene of horror. Etching with engraving.

A sick man is seated in an armchair and a doctor is writing his prescription; two monks in the background. Engraving after E. van Heemskerck, 17--.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child appearing in clouds to three monks. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1764, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

Gesta Romanorum, or, entertaining stories invented by the monks as a fire-side recreation; and commonly applied in their discourses from the pulpit / translated by Charles Swan.

A monastery has been set on fire and the monks are rushing out to be greeted by a crowd of men with axes, swords, and pitchforks. Engraving.

Head of a monk. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.

The monk: a romance. In three volumes. ...