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Clergy


Clergy: Popes, Cardinals, Bishops and Priests



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The Third Estate, the clergy and the nobility shouldering the national debt. French Revolution. Engraving; 1789.
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The Third Estate, the clergy and the nobility shouldering the national debt. Fre...

France (symbolized by a globe) is carried by the Third Estate with nobility and clergy on either side. The beehive represents the three united orders. French Revolution. Engraving; 1789.
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France (symbolized by a globe) is carried by the Third Estate with nobility and...

"The Zenith of French Glory - the Pinnacle of Liberty.(Louis XVI) Religion, Justice, Loyalty and all the Bugbears of Unenlightend Minds, Farewell!" by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey on February 12, 1793. Etching; 354 x 250 mm.
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"The Zenith of French Glory - the Pinnacle of Liberty.(Louis XVI) Religion, Just...

Martin Luther (1483-1546) preaching to the faithful and receiving communion. Panel from the altar of Torslunde church, Denmark. 1561.
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) preaching to the faithful and receiving communion. Pan...

The Abbot's house of Shalu Monastery near Shigatse lies, like the monastery, far from any other settlement in one of Tibet's high valleys. It is decorated with bushes festooned with the traditional prayer flags. See 05-01-03/30-40
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The Abbot's house of Shalu Monastery near Shigatse lies, like the monastery...

A Tibetan monk plays with a cat in the entrance to the Funeral Temple of the fifth Panchen Lama. Tashilhunpo Monastery, Shigatse. See 05-01-03/41-55
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A Tibetan monk plays with a cat in the entrance to the Funeral Temple of...

Sacrificial platform,Sit Shamsi.High place and altar, dedicated by Shilhak-Inshushinak, King of Elam. Two priests performing the cremony of the rising sun. Detail, bronze model, 1150 BCE, from Susa, Iran. 60 x 40 cm Sb 2743 See also 08-02-03/12, 08-02-09/22
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Sacrificial platform,Sit Shamsi.High place and altar, dedicated by Shilhak-In...

Sacrificial platform,Sit Shamsi.High place and altar, dedicated by Shilhak-Inshushinak, King of Elam. Two priests performing the cremony of the rising sun. Detail, bronze model, 1150 BCE, from Susa, Iran. 60 x 40 cm Sb 2743 See also 08- 20-90/22. 08-02-03/11
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Sacrificial platform,Sit Shamsi.High place and altar, dedicated by Shilhak-In...

"Sit Shamsi", the ceremony of sunrise. Bronze model of a high place, dedicated by Inshushinak,King of Elam. Detail: two naked priests crouch between two altars. From Susa. Bronze, 60 x 40 cm Sb 2743 See also 08-02-03/11.12
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"Sit Shamsi", the ceremony of sunrise. Bronze model of a high place, dedica...

Male head from Petra. Parthian influence in the Phrygian cap,the four rows of tight curls and the thick,curly beard arranged in spirals. The sculpture may be the head of a Nabataean priest. Limestone,1st CE.
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Male head from Petra. Parthian influence in the Phrygian cap,the four ro...

Vast burial place with many chambers underneath the Church of Gallicantu. A contested tradition designates this site of palace of Kaiphas, the tomb is supposed to have been a prison. Jerusalem, Israel
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Vast burial place with many chambers underneath the Church of Gallicantu. A...

Vast burial place with many chambers underneath the Church of Gallicantu. A contested tradition designates this site of palace of Kaiphas, the tomb is supposed to have been a prison. Jerusalem, Israel
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Vast burial place with many chambers underneath the Church of Gallicantu. A...