Monks (39 Subjects)
The Holy Community of Mount Athos.
Interior of the court of a Greek monastery.
Interior of an Abyssinian library, in the Monastery of Souriani on the Natron Lakes.
The Choregic Monument of Lysicrates in the court of the Capucine convent in Athens.
Ascetic monk from the monastery of Voulcano.
Meteroa and Pindus (1825), by Louis Dupré.
Russian hermit monk. Born Doeskie (squirrel). View of Yaroslavl and Vologda. Branch of cedar tree.
The crypt of the Capuchin Convent in Valetta, Malta.
Monks of the Capuchin order in Malta.
A Capuchin monk offers O'Hara flowers, as the party arrives at Messina.
Monk at the monastery of Hosios Loukas.
Armenian monks.
Trappist monk, drawing based on Le Zouave Trappiste painting by Horace Vernet.
View of the Monastery of Saint John “the Theologian”, Patmos. The encounter of the author with a local monk, who inquired whether Voltaire was still alive.
The interior of the Apocalypse Cave, Patmos.
Monks of the Monastery of Profitis Ilias, Santorini.
The bell tower at the Monastery of Profitis Ilias, Santorini.
The Upper (Rear) Monastery of St. John the Theologian, Preveli, Crete.
The courtyard of the Upper (Rear) Monastery of St. John the Theologian, Preveli, Crete.
The hegumenos of Preveli Monastery, Crete.
Orthodox monk.
Orthodox monk.
Orthodox nun.
The choregic monument of Lysicrates, which served for some time as library of the Capuchin Order.
Orthodox monks.
A. Adam von Schliben. B. Wolffgang Bachelbel. C. Salomon Schweigger. D. Bernhard von Herberstein and four Franciscan monks.
The monastery of Penteli.
Choregic monument of Lysicrates in Athens: An attempt to restore the upper part of this building and to explain the manner which the tripod was originally placed on it.
Greek Orthodox inhabitants of Jerusalem. An Orthodox priest.
Interior view of the Roman amphitheatre of Pula. Due to an epidemics among the livestock of the region, the consumption of lamb and mutton has been forbidden. Shepherds of Slavic ethnicity have sought refuge within the amphitheatre, with their herds. A monk of the order of Saint Anthony, patron of animals according to several traditions, is giving his blessing and sprinkling the sheep with holy water; this terrifies the flock and causes the dogs to bark at the monk. On the right, some weapons, which Slav inhabitants of the area always carry with them, according to the author.