Items matching easter

Specimen of the Würzburg Missal. Written about 1470 or 1480.

This full-page plate occurs next to the discussion on the invention of printing, and the dramatic effect it to reduce the power of the Church. The plate does not appear to be mentioned in the text. T [...]

Keywords: calligraphy, colour, christmas, easter, gothic letters, religion

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Added: 2008-03-07

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Palm Sunday Procession

“Palm Sunday This is the first Sunday before Easter, and is sometimes called Passiom Sunday. It is denominated Palm Sunday, because on this day the Roman catholic church ordains boughs or branches of [...]

Keywords: religion, people, churches, processions, easter

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Added: 2007-03-16

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Sacred Monogram and Badges of the Apostles

Sacred Monogram, and Badges of the Apostles, from a Volume entitled, Francisci Nigri de Arte Scribendi, Daventrie, 1495. I have made the four signs of the Apostles (the Gospel-writers) available as se [...]

Keywords: symbols, religion, spirit, monograms, christmas, easter, greyscale

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Added: 2008-08-05

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Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane

Matt. 26; 38,39 “Nor as I will, but as Thou wilt.” Here we see Jesus kneeling barefoot on a hill in the garden, confronting a winged angel who bears a cross. Three of Jesus’s apostles slumber in the [...]

Keywords: religion, jesus, doubt, people, bare feet, easter

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Added: 2008-02-04

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