Items matching monks

Geoffrey Chaucer

This image is from the chapter “Chaucer and the Mediæval Inn.’ and bears the additional caption “From the Harleian MS. 4866, fol. 91.” The portrait of Chaucer, which the affection of his disciple, Tho [...]

Keywords: people, beards, monks

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-01-17

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Myself when young

XXVII Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great Argument About it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went. A white-bearded sage teaches two boys t [...]

Keywords: people, children, bare feet, beards, colour, monks

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Added: 2006-01-20

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Religious Orders

A note on page 90 reads: The names of the orders delineated in the annexed plate, follow in the same succession in which the figures stand; beginning with the nun on the left, and reckoning towards th [...]

Keywords: monks, cathedrals, churches, interiors

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Added: 2006-01-11

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Knight and Hermit

A knight in armour carrying a shield is on foot, leading his horse. He stands by a tree in front of a church or monastery door. A bearded monk beckons him in, pointing towards the open door. In a nic [...]

Keywords: castles, trees, hills, towers, knights, animals, horses, monks, wallpaper, backgrounds

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Added: 2006-01-11

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December

(page 1543)An old tonsured man wearing a monk’s robe and a gown is supping lustily from a giant bowl of liquid. He rides a goat, representing the lasciviousness of the festivals at December.A poem un [...]

Keywords: people, bowls, winter, animals, goats, monks, calendars, months, december, christmas

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Added: 2006-01-09

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November

A portly man sits astride a bearded centaur. The centaur is wearing a helmet and carrying a spear. The mean wears a monk’s tunic and is mopping his tonsured brow. A poem underneath the image: NOVEMBER [...]

Keywords: people, centaurs, spears, monks, calendars, months, november

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Added: 2006-01-09

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Out of the World

“[...] The scene is one which we understand the artist witnessed years ago at the Franciscan monastery at Tivoli. In a whiewashed cell of the monastery a young monk sits playing the harpsichord—one of [...]

Keywords: monks, religion, musical instruments, pianos, music, books

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-03-31

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Frontispiece: Jester and Monk

A woman in a red jester’s outfit, including a jester’s hat with bells, and a black-robed monk wearing sandals, and with a black hood, hold hands as if preparing to dance.

Keywords: people, jesters, monks, sketches, colour

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Added: 2007-05-25

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29.—Arch-Druid in his full Judicial Costume.

A fanciful drawing of an Arch-Druid (archdruid) in his full costume, judicial presumably meaning that he is ready to judge over people. An old and stern-looking man with a long flowing beard wears a r [...]

Keywords: people, beards, bare feet, monks, robes, druids, spooky, christmas

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Added: 2005-12-20

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1146.—Chair (Royal M.S. 14 E, iii.)

“The square-backed chair (Fig. 1146) was frequent in the mansions of the thirteenth century. In the fourteenth, they, and other articles combining household utility and elegance, were modified by the [...]

Keywords: furniture, chairs, people, writing, royalty, monks, scholars, christmas

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-01-19

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1028.—Franciscan, or Grey Friar

The Franciscan monk or friar shown here wears a robe (a habit) and sandals; he carries a small cross on a chain or rosary. [Saint Francis of Assisi] surrendered all, even to the last article of his cl [...]

Keywords: people, robes, religion, monks, costumes

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-12-20

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15.—Group of Arch-Druid and Druids

A group of bearded older men wearing robes sit in disputation or discussion. They are in a forest.

Keywords: people, beards, monks, robes, druids, trees, astrology

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-12-20

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