Items matching religion taken from Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)

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religion: unfounded and unquestioned belief in the authority of a priest; martyrs and saints.

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Pictures from The Everyday Book and Table Book, by William Hone, 1826, London.

The illustrations are probably by George Cruikshank.

There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for William Hone and another for George Cruikshank.

The book has been scanned entirely and low-resolution page images of the full book are online hosted by Google.

Ancient Representation of the Nativity

Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)

A picture for Christmas, taken from the entry for December 24th. “This introduction of the ox and the ass warming the infant in the crib with their breath, is a fanciful construction by catholic write [...]

Keywords: christmas, religion, astrology, animals, people christmas

Places shown: Bethlehem; Judea; Palestine

Added: 2006-01-09

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Palm Sunday Procession

Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)

“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

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-03-16

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St. Simon Stylites, Hermit of the Pillar

Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)

(page 35)

Saint Simon, partly bald but with a long flowing beard, kneels barefoot on the top of a pillar and holds up a cross. He is wearing sackcloth.

Keywords: people, crosses, religion, bare feet, clouds, pillars, beards

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-01-09

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5th November: Guy Fawkes

Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)

Boys carry a stuffed dummy, a straw-stuffed effigy of Guy Fawkes, through a town; the figure is arranged on a chair supported by two poles, a litter. In the background people watch, or raise their hat [...]

Keywords: people, children, street scenes, religion

Places shown: England

Added: 2007-08-31

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