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Plant portraits
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Monks receiving alms from a king. Engraving by T. King.
Reference: 28899i- Books
Monks and magicians : religious biographies in Asia / edited by Phyllis Granoff and Koichi Shinohara.
Date: 1988- Pictures
Monks at their devotions listening to a sermon. Etching by J.M. Galván Candela, 1875, after A. Magnasco.
Magnasco, Alessandro, 1667?-1749.Date: [1875]Reference: 2498623i- Pictures
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Monks carrying a corpse in a religious funeral procession, passers-by pay respect. Coloured aquatint.
Date: 2 October 1846Reference: 17324i- Pictures
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Monks singing the Liturgy of the Hours; one monk doing penance. Etching by J.J. de Boissieu, 1795.
Boissieu, Jean-Jacques de, 1736-1810.Date: 1795Reference: 29908i