An infant dies, surrounded by mourners. Engraving.

Rizpah protecting the bodies of her murdered sons Armoni and Mephibosheth. Watercolour after J.M.W. Turner.

God appears radiantly behind a black cloud as Moses swings an incense burner; four people are washing their feet and hands in preparation. Etching.

Sarah is ritually laid to rest in a sepulchral cavern. Wood engraving by Smith after J. Martin.

The funeral of Abraham. Engraving by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.

The presentation of the Virgin. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G.A. Sirani.

Judaic rituals in the Old Testament. Engraving.

Elkanah and Hannah discuss the weaning of Samuel. Mezzotint by G. Graham, 1815.

Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Etching by A. Tardieu after Guilbaut.

Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Dambrun, 1793, after J.M. Moreau.

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Mask, ritual and fertility

The intermediate life of spirits

Roma antiqua & recens, or the conformity of antient and modern ceremonies, shewing from indisputable testimonies, that the ceremonies of the Church of Rome are borrowed from the pagans. Translated from the French.

A fair and impartial enquiry into the rise, propagation, doctrine, discipline, practice, and ceremonies of the Church of Rome: in a series of familiar dialogues between a father and a son. By John Fellows, Author of the History of the Holy Bible in Verse; and Grace Triumphant, a Poem.

The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David.

The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of The Church of England; together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches.

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Roma antiqua & recens, or the conformity of antient and modern ceremonies, shewing from indisputable testimonies, that the ceremonies of the Church of Rome are borrowed from the pagans. Translated from the French.

A fair and impartial enquiry into the rise, propagation, doctrine, discipline, practice, and ceremonies of the Church of Rome: in a series of familiar dialogues between a father and a son. By John Fellows, Author of the History of the Holy Bible in Verse; and Grace Triumphant, a Poem.

The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David.

The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David.

The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of The Church of England; together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches.

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Mask, ritual and fertility

The intermediate life of spirits

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Catalogue

Roma antiqua & recens, or the conformity of antient and modern ceremonies, shewing from indisputable testimonies, that the ceremonies of the Church of Rome are borrowed from the pagans. Translated from the French.

A fair and impartial enquiry into the rise, propagation, doctrine, discipline, practice, and ceremonies of the Church of Rome: in a series of familiar dialogues between a father and a son. By John Fellows, Author of the History of the Holy Bible in Verse; and Grace Triumphant, a Poem.

The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David.

The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David.

The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of The Church of England; together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches.