Illustrative Religious Narratives

Black and white illustrations portraying religious themes, rituals, and narratives, emphasizing historical context and moral tales.

A man possessed by the devil because of jealousy. Date: circa 1900s
A man possessed by the devil because of jealousy. Date: circa 1900s
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Louisa Mabreé, a French midwife being executed in a cage full of cats above a fire. Coloured aquatint.
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'Crossing the River of Death', c1910. Creator: Unknown.
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Five images of magic tuuks, Anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1790 Five glasses with images of a magician who pulls out tricks, in a wooden stress. On all images, the magician has a red staff and shoulder bag and a blue jacket. The glass on the left: the magician stands on a staircase and blows on a flute from which white and blue strings come. The glass to the right: the magician throws play cards in the air. The middle glass: the magician points to another man. This lifts his hat off the table. A turd appears under the hat. The glass to the right: the magician holds a burning stick in front of his bare buttocks. On the far right: a woman in a long skirt addresses the magician angry and gestures with her arm. Netherlands oak (wood). glass Five glasses with images of a magician who pulls out tricks, in a wooden stress. On all images, the magician has a red staff and shoulder bag and a blue jacket. The glass on the left: the magician stands on a staircase and blows on a flute from which white and
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He scares a peasant who discovers him in a bag of cherry stones.
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Scriptures Projected On A Male Bust
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Miniatura de la biblia Sacra, pergamino procedentes de la catedra de Vic.
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Christ Bound to the Column early 17th century Spanish. Christ Bound to the Column. Spanish. early 17th century. Wood and ivory. Sculpture-Miniature
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Illustration depicting John Ball (priest) (c. 1338-1381), English radical priest and leader of 1381 Peasants' Revolt
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Magic poster - Chung Ling Soo Marvellous Chinese Conjurer
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IGLESIA DE SAN PEDRO O SAINT-PIERRE. INTERIOR. ORTHEZ, FRANCIA.
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Belshazzarfeller's feast - Illustration shows John D. Rockefeller as Belshazzar sitting on a throne above a group of capitalists and politicians enjoying a feast of such dishes as "Draw Back Bon-Bons, Fruits of Monopoly, and Rebate Plums". The festivities are interrupted by a hand appearing from above holding "The Big Stick" and writing the words "Rate Legislation". Political Cartoon, 1905
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Spanish Civil War Nationalist propaganda illustration, showing a sorrowful nationalist soldier kneeling in a desecrated catholic church. Painted by Carlos Sáenz de Tejada y de Lezama (1897 - 1958).
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Scriptures Projected On A Male Bust
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Papist indulgence peddlers in the jaws of Hell. From a satiric Reformation hand-bill, Germany. 16th century.
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Black and White Illustration; King David playing on bells, from the medieval manuscript MS Roy 2 B vii
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A Spanish magician performs a magic ritual, conjuring up the powers of darkness to do his wishes with the aid of ancient spells Date: Middle ages
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Christmas singer in a Russian village, Russia, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, around 1890, Record Date Not Stated
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France. Brittany. Finistere. Daoulas. Daoulas Abbey. Exhibition To die, what a story. Memento mori (Remember that you are going to die) Vanity with skull, shins and tears of Christ. Popular image. 18th century wood engraving.
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Song Vinh Church. Stained glass. Gold, jewlery and money. Vietnam.
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LA NATIVIDAD - FINALES DEL SIGLO XV - OLEO/TABLA - 101,5 x 65,5 cm - ESCUELA CASTELLANA. Author: BARTOLOME CASTRO (-1507). Location: MUSEO LAZARO GALDIANO-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. INFANT JESUS. VIRGIN MARY. SAN JOSE ESPOSO DE LA VIRGEN MARIA.
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Death Poses for a Photo, Skeletons
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'Christian - the Valley of the Shadow of Death', c1910. Creator: Unknown.
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Muslim woman in Mostar, Herzegovina, Austro-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy, today Bosnia-Herzegovina, Historical, around 1900, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original Muslim woman at Mostar, Austro-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy, today Bosnia-Herzegovina, Historical, around 1900, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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The Tacuinum (sometimes Taccuinum) Sanitatis is a medieval handbook on health and wellbeing, based on the Taqwim al-sihha ('Maintenance of Health'), an eleventh-century Arab medical treatise by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad. Ibn Butln was a Christian physician born in Baghdad and who died in 1068. He sets forth the six elements necessary to maintain daily health: food and drink, air and the environment, activity and rest, sleep and wakefulness, secretions and excretions of humours, changes or states of mind (happiness, anger, shame, etc). According to Ibn Butln, illnesses are the result of changes in the balance of some of these elements, therefore he recommended a life in harmony with nature in order to maintain or recover one’s health. Ibn Butln also teaches us to enjoy each season of the year, the consequences of each type of climate, wind and snow. He points out the importance of spiritual wellbeing and mentions, for example, the benefits of listening to music, dancing or ha
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Cartoon - Our Lady of the Snow Rostap (1866-1949)
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Saint Mark (Saint Marc) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Saint Mark (Saint Marc), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 6 x 4 5/8 in. (15.2 x 11.7 cm). For his narrative of the life of Christ, Tissot created a harmony” of the Gospels, combining the separate accounts of Jesus’ life attributed to the apostles Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These four New Testament texts differ from one another in theological emphasis and tone. A harmony, a literary form traced to the second-century Christian writer Tatian, seeks to reconcile the differences among the four Gospels and to piece together one continuous chronology of Jesus’ life, verse by verse. Tissot created his own distinctive narrative through this synthesizing process, producing five chapters” derived from the Gospel sources: the Holy Childhood, the Ministry, Holy Week, the Passion, and the Resurrection. He paid homage to the individual Gospel writers by painting a portrait of each. Very occasionally,
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Saint Helier church. Stained glass. Chalice. Eucharist celebration. Bleuzeville. France.
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Reading the Bible, N.C. Wyeth
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Fagin in the condemned cell Date: First published: 1836-37
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Korean sketches in the style of Kisan's genre by James Scarth Gale (1863-1937) Canadian Presbyterian missionary, educator and Bible translator in Korea. Dated 19th Century
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Cartoon of Mahatma Gandhi with salt shaker in hand, Gujarat, India, Asia, 1930 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -
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'Christian sees the cross', c1910. Creator: Unknown.
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Tarot Card 18 - La Lune (The Moon).
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A Watchman in China, circa 1800 - The watchman will strike upon a piece of bamboo in their left hand to denote the time and mark their own vigilance
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Jurisprudence, torture and punishment in medieval China, severed heads that were displayed, often in cages or on skewers to deter the population or to demonstrate power, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th-century original, exact date of presentation unknown, historical
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Historic photo, guardian angel, ca. 1915
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Thursday Evening (Holy Thursday) James Tissot (1836-1902 French)
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Catalunya. Fiestas y tradiciones populares. Cuaresma, período litúrgico del calendario cristiano anterior a la fiesta de la Pascua. Grabado coloreado del siglo XIX.
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Anefo photo collection. Damnary of the crash nativity scene for the pope. November 30, 1961
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Jurisprudence, torture and punishment in medieval China, burning a person's eyes with lime, a small amount of undissolved lime is placed in cotton cloths and placed close to the organs of vision, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th century original, exact date of presentation unknown, historical
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The Legend of Saint Dunstan and the Devil; Black and White Illustration from William Hone's Everyday Book
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Saint Jerome (born circa 347. died 420). Aka Saint Heirom. Christian Priest and Apologist. best known for translating the Vulgate. From Crabbe's Historical Dictionary. 1825. Historical. colored. digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original
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freemasonry, symbols, strict observance, symbol of the second degree (fellow), copper engraving, Germany, 18th century,
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Jurisprudence, torture and punishment in medieval China, the scene shows officials examining a dead person in a coffin Man is placed in a coffin and pierced through the throat with a sword, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th century original, exact date of depiction unknown, historical
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Churches in Naumburg (Saale), Flying males in art, 1903, Saxony-Anhalt, Naumburg, Blick über Naumburg, Fliegender Mann, Germany
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The Later Lê Dynasty (Vietnamese: Nhà Hậu Lê), sometimes referred to as the Lê Dynasty (the earlier Lê Dynasty ruled only for a brief period) was the longest-ruling dynasty of Vietnam, ruling the country from 1428 to 1788, with a brief interruption. The dynasty officially began in 1428 with the coronation of Lê Lợi after he drove the Ming army from Vietnam. In 1527, the Mạc Dynasty usurped the throne; when the Lê Dynasty was restored in 1533, they still had to compete for power with the Mạc Dynasty during the period known as Southern and Northern Dynasties. The restored Lê emperors held no real power, and by the time the Mạc Dynasty was confined to only a small area in 1592 and finally eradicated in 1677, actual power was in the hands of the Nguyen Lords in the South and the Trịnh Lords in the North, both ruling in the name of the Lê emperor while fighting each other. Their rule officially ended in 1788, when the peasant uprising of the Ty Sơn brothers defeated both the Trịnh and the
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'Grace for a Child', 1883. Creator: Unknown.
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Cartoon - Religious Freedom-Translated from the Russian. John Collins (1917-2007)
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Burma/Myanmar: The Buddhist hell ngaye or naraka as represented in Burmese folk art, from The Thirty Seven Nats, Sir Richard Carnac Temple, 1906
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1980s THANKSGIVING MONTAGE TURKEY HANDS PRAYER PUMPKINS GOURDS PILGRIM STATUE USA
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Czech Republic, Boskovice. Sign of pub in the Jewish quarter