- Jesus carrying the cross
Jesus carrying his cross - Jesus Christ
- Jesus on Cross
Jesus on Cross - Job and his comforters
- John Ball, Priest
We give another representation from the picture of John Ball, the priest who was concerned in Wat Tyler’s rebellion, taken from a MS. of Froissart’s Chronicle, in the Bibliothèque Impériale at Paris. The whole picture is interesting; the background is a church, in whose churchyard are three tall crosses. Ball is preaching from the pulpit of his saddle to the crowd of insurgents who occupy the left side of the picture. - John Wesley
John Wesley, Methodist minister - Joseph bewails his fathers death
Joseph bewails his fathers death Genesis 50:1 - Joseph cast into Prison
Joseph cast into Prison Genesis 39:20 - Joseph Embracing Benjamin
- Joseph in the Chariot
- Joseph interprets Pharaoh's Dream
Joseph interprets Pharaoh's Dream Genesis 41:25 - Joseph interprets the Dreams of the Butler and Baker
Joseph interprets the Dreams of the Butler and Baker Genesis 40:12 - Joseph let down into the pit
Joseph let down into the pit Genesis 37:23 - Joseph made known to his brethren
Joseph made known to his brethren Genesis 45:2 - Joseph sold by his brethren
- Joseph sold to the Ishmaelites
Joseph sold to the Ishmaelites Genesis 37:27 - Joseph's Coat brought to Jacob
Joseph's Coat brought to Jacob Genesis 37:33 - Joseph's Dream
Joseph's Dream Genesis 37:5-7 - June 24th - Saint john the Baptist
June 24th - Saint john the Baptist - June 29 - Saint Peter and Saint Paul
June 29 - Saint Peter and Saint Paul - Justin Martyr
Justin Martyr was a native of Neapolis, in Samaria, and was born A.D. 103. Died in the year 139 Being commanded as usual to deny their faith, and sacrifice to the pagan idols, they absolutely refused to do eeither. On their refusal, they were condemned to be first scourged and then beheaded; which sentence was executed with all imagined severity. - Kali
Kali - Kali dancing on Siva
Kali dancing on Siva - Kalki
Kalki - Kamadeva
Kamadeva - Kartikeya
Kartikeya - Krishna holding up Mount Govardhana
Krishna holding up Mount Govardhana - Krishna slaying Bakasura
Krishna slaying Bakasura - Laindon Church, Essex
At the west end of Laindon Church, Essex, there is a unique erection of timber, of which we here give a representation. It has been modernised in appearance by the insertion of windows and doors; and there are no architectural details of a character to reveal with certainty its date, but in its mode of construction—the massive timbers being placed close together—and in its general appearance, there is an air of considerable antiquity. It is improbable that a house would be erected in such a situation after the Reformation, and it accords generally with the descriptions of a recluse house. - Lakhsmi
Lakhsmi - Leper giving thanks
Luke 17 15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16 He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. - Manasa
Manasa - Meeting of Joseph and his father
Meeting of Joseph and his father Genesis 46:29 - Melchezideks Offering
- Menorah
Menorah - Modern Jewish Rams Horn
Jewish Rabbis refer their use to Genesis. xxii. 13 - Monkeys constructing the bridge at Lanka
Monkeys constructing the bridge at Lanka - Moses at the burning bush
- Moses receiving the tablets of the Law
- Moses striking the rock
- Most Holy Trinity
Most Holy Trinity - New Testament
New Testament - ninth Sunday in ordiary time
ninth Sunday in ordiary time - Noahs Offering
- Old Testament
- Ordinary
Ordinary - Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday - Panchanana
Panchanana - Parvati worhipping the Linga
Parvati worhipping the Linga - Pilgrims Returning from Church
Pilgrims Returning from Church - Polycarpus
Polycarpus, died in the year 170 Polycarpus, hearing that he was sought after, escaped, but was dicovered by a child. From this circumstance, and having dreamed that his bed suddenly became on fire, and was consumed in a moment, he concluded that it was God's will that he should seal his faith with martyrdom. - Pope Joan
From Joh. Wolfii Lect. Memorab. (Lavingæ, 1600.) It will be seen by the curious woodcut from Baptista Mantuanus, that he consigned Pope Joan to the jaws of hell, notwithstanding her choice. The verses accompanying this picture are:— “Hic pendebat adhuc sexum mentita virile Fœmina, cui triplici Phrygiam diademate mitram Extollebat apex: et pontificalis adulter.” It need hardly be stated that the whole story of Pope Joan is fabulous, and rests on not the slightest historical foundation. It was probably a Greek invention to throw discredit on the papal hierarchy, first circulated more than two hundred years after the date of the supposed Pope. Even Martin Polonus (A. D. 1282), who is the first to give the details, does so merely on popular report. - Pope, Cardinal, and Bishop
A woodcut of the fifteenth century, from a manuscript life of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, in the British Museum; the subject is the presentation of the pilgrim earl to the pope, and it enables us to bring into one view the costumes of pope, cardinal, and bishop. - Radha worshipping Krishna as Kali
Radha worshipping Krishna as Kali - Ravana
Ravana - Saint Bernard
When about twenty years of age he entered the monastery at Citeaux with five of his brothers. His genius might have secured ecclesiastical preferment, but he chose to dig ditches, plant fields and govern a monastery. He entered the cloister at Citeaux because the monks were few and poor, and when it became crowded because of his fame, and its rule became lax because of the crowds, he left the cloister to found a home of his own. The abbot selected twelve monks, following the number of apostles, and at their head placed young Bernard. He led the twelve to the valley of Wormwood, and there, in a cheerless forest, he established the monastery of Clairvaux, or Clear Valley. His rule was fiercely severe because he himself loved hardships and rough fare. "It in no way befits religion," he writes, "to seek remedies for the body, nor is it good for health either. You may now and then take some cheap herb,--such as poor men may,--and this is done sometimes. But to buy drugs, to hunt up doctors, to take doses, is unbecoming to religion and hostile to purity." His success in winning men to the monastic life was almost phenomenal. It was said that "mothers hid their sons, wives their husbands, and companions their friends, lest they be persuaded by his eloquent message to enter the cloister." "He was avoided like a plague," says one. - Saint Dominic
Dominic de Guzman, 1170-1221 A.D. Half-way between Osma and Aranda in Old Castile, Spain, is a little village known as "the fortunate Calahorra." Here was the castle of the Guzmans, where Dominic was born. His family was of high `rank` and character, a noble house of warriors, statesmen and saints. If we accept the legends, his greatness was foreshadowed. Before his birth, his mother dreamed she saw her son under the figure of a black-and-white dog, with a torch in his mouth. "A true dream," says Milman, "for he will scent out heresy and apply the torch to the faggots;" but, as will be seen later, this observation does not rest on undisputed evidence. - Saints in the costume of the sixth century
Saints in the costume of the sixth century - Samuel anointing David
- Sarasvati
Sarasvati