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  • Monastery of St. Catherine beneath Mount Sinai. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

    • Roberts, David, 1796-1864.
    Date
    [1849]
    Reference
    36153i
    Part of
    The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia
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  • Medieval religious houses, Scotland : with an appendix on the houses in the Isle of Man / by Ian B. Cowan and David E. Easson ; with a foreword by David Knowles ; and maps by R. Neville Hadcock.

    • Cowan, Ian Borthwick.
    Date
    1976
    • Books
  • Mountains with the monastery of St. Saba. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843.

    • Roberts, David, 1796-1864.
    Date
    [1843]
    Reference
    36347i
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    The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia
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  • Klostermedizin / H.H. Lauer.

    • Lauer, Hans H. (Hans Hugo)
    Date
    1991
    • Books
  • Worshippers in the chapel of the Greek monastery of St. Saba. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843.

    • Roberts, David, 1796-1864.
    Date
    [1843]
    Reference
    36360i
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    The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia
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  • Regensburg (Ratisbon), Bavaria, Germany: bird's eye view of the town with an ornamental frame showing scenes from the plague. Etching by J.A. Fridrich with printed text.

    • Fridrich, Jacob Andreas, 1684-1751.
    Date
    1714
    Reference
    22405i
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  • Bede House (or Brother's Hospital), Stamford, Lincolnshire: architectural design plans and key. Transfer lithograph by J.R. Jobbins, 1857, after F.T. Dollman.

    • Dollman, Francis T. (Francis Thomas), 1812-1899.
    Date
    May 1857
    Reference
    22853i
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  • Notitia monastica, or, An account of all the abbies, priories, and houses of friers, heretofore in England and Wales : and also of all the colleges and hospitals founded before A.D.MDXL / Published by John Tanner.

    • Tanner, Thomas, 1674-1735.
    Date
    1744
    • Books
  • The monastery and hospice, Montserrat, Spain: lame and hungry pilgrims queuing for food. Line engraving by F.B. Lorieux, 1806, after Legier (or Ligier).

    • Legier.
    Date
    [1806]
    Reference
    18397i
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  • The abbey of Pfäfers, St. Gallen, Switzerland: panoramic view. Line engraving by F.D. Née, 1784, after J.J.F. Le Barbier.

    • Lebarbier, Jean Jacques François, 1738-1826.
    Date
    1784
    Reference
    22068i
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