religious articles

Altar hanging

Metal and fabric thread brocade, metallic fringe with metal sequin and appliqued [orphey] on red velvet lined with silk or linen. Orphey is a cloudburst with swan feeding 3 cygnets. Courtesy of First Parish in Brookline

A chalice., Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemia

[Obsession]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Ukiyo-e print title page illustration showing a snake wrapped around a memorial tablet (ihai) for a Buddhist altar; the snake represents obsessive jealously that continues after death. Illus. in: Hyaku monogata... More

Alphonse Legros - Les donneurs d'eau bénite

The woman's face has been changed considerably, and the work around the hair and veil has been removed. The robe has been worked on, expecially the sleeves. There is additional work in the upper left orner and ... More

Alphonse Legros - Les donneurs d'eau bénite

A woman with her hair arranged in a floating veil advances between four donors of holy water, eager to extend their holy-water sprinklers to her; in the background to the left, a devoted woman seated; behind he... More

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Turkestan. Nachalo nadpisi okaimliaiushche...

Photograph shows decorative inscription on ritual cauldron in mausoleum built in 1399 in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, by order of Uzbek national hero Emir Timur Kuragan for religious leader and poet Akhmed Yassavi. I... More

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Turkestan. Nachalo nadpisi okaimliaiushche...

Photograph shows decorative inscription on ritual cauldron in mausoleum built in 1399 in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, by order of Uzbek national hero Emir Timur Kuragan for religious leader and poet Akhmed Yassavi. I... More

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Turkestan. Mechet sviatago Sultana Akhmeda...

Photograph shows decorative inscription on ritual cauldron in mausoleum built in 1399 in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, by order of Uzbek national hero Emir Timur Kuragan for religious leader and poet Akhmed Yassavi. I... More

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Turkestan. Nachalo nadpisi okaimliaiushche...

Photograph shows decorative inscription on ritual cauldron in mausoleum built in 1399 in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, by order of Uzbek national hero Emir Timur Kuragan for religious leader and poet Akhmed Yassavi. I... More

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Turkestan. Mechet sviatago Sultana Akhmeda...

Photograph shows candlestick in mausoleum built in 1399 in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, by order of Uzbek national hero Emir Timur Kuragan for religious leader and poet Akhmed Yassavi. Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom... More

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Turkestan. Mechet sviatago Sultana Akhmeda...

Photograph shows decorative inscription on ritual cauldron in mausoleum built in 1399 in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, by order of Uzbek national hero Emir Timur Kuragan for religious leader and poet Akhmed Yassavi. I... More

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Turkestan. Nachalo nadpisi okaimliaiushche...

Photograph shows decorative inscription on ritual cauldron in mausoleum built in 1399 in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, by order of Uzbek national hero Emir Timur Kuragan for religious leader and poet Akhmed Yassavi. I... More

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Turkestan. Mechet sviatago Sultana Akhmeda...

Photograph shows decorative inscription on ritual cauldron in mausoleum built in 1399 in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, by order of Uzbek national hero Emir Timur Kuragan for religious leader and poet Akhmed Yassavi. I... More

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Turkestan. Mechet sviatago Sultana Akhmeda...

Photograph shows decorative inscription on ritual cauldron in mausoleum built in 1399 in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, by order of Uzbek national hero Emir Timur Kuragan for religious leader and poet Akhmed Yassavi. I... More

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Turkestan. Mechet sviatago Sultana Akhmeda...

Photograph shows candlestick in mausoleum built in 1399 in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, by order of Uzbek national hero Emir Timur Kuragan for religious leader and poet Akhmed Yassavi. Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom... More

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Turkestan. Nachalo nadpisi okaimliaiushche...

Photograph shows decorative inscription on ritual cauldron in mausoleum built in 1399 in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, by order of Uzbek national hero Emir Timur Kuragan for religious leader and poet Akhmed Yassavi. I... More

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Turkestan. Nachalo nadpisi okaimliaiushche...

Photograph shows decorative inscription on ritual cauldron in mausoleum built in 1399 in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, by order of Uzbek national hero Emir Timur Kuragan for religious leader and poet Akhmed Yassavi. I... More

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Turkestan. Kotel (sakaia) pozhertvovannyi ...

Photograph shows two-ton ritual cauldron composed of seven metals to symbolize hospitality and unity in mausoleum built in 1399 in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, by order of Uzbek national hero Emir Timur Kuragan for r... More

Antigüedades mexicanas, que existen en el Museo Nacional de México, 18...

Ark of the Covenant

Returning the Ark to the Israelites

The Late Hon. Erastus Corning / / photographed by E.S.M. Haines, Alban...

Half-length portrait of Erastus Corning, facing slightly left; an alms plate; and evicted family on street. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1872 April 27, p. 824.

Pio Nono prayer books, the standard Catholic prayer books, beautifully...

Print shows an advertisement for the "Pio Nono trade mark" prayer books, showing a bust portrait of Pope Pius IX, right profile. E12336 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Publication date based on copyrigh... More

Very Rev. Father Thomas N. Burke, O.P

11870 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-... More

Statue of Jesus on the cross

Title devised by Library staff. Figure displayed at Centennial 1876 Philadelphia, Pa.

[Incense pot and burner]

Title devised by Library staff. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Dec. 1878. From figure in "Kuwacho [?] Dzushi Ki." From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms ... More

Shinto funeral ornaments

[Incense pot and burner]

Title devised by Library staff. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Dec. '78. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms p... More

[Religious figure, probably a monk, seated, facing slightly left, hold...

Title devised by Library staff. Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (... More

[Religious or funeral ornaments]

The great bronze Buddha of Kamakura

Maori carvings, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Library ...

Max L. Rossvally

Photograph shows Max L. Rossvally, half-length portrait, facing left and also in 10 different scenes of Jewish religious rites: 1. New Year's feast. 2 After reading the Pentateuch. 3. Prostration on day of expi... More

The great bronze Buddha of Kamakura

[Armenian monks and boys with throne of King Senekerim-Hovhannes of Va...

Silver christening cup and bottle tray.

Henri Fantin Latour - Prélude de Lohengrin (1re planche)

In the middle, a winged angel raises the Holy Grail with both hands. The knight is seen from behind, dressed in his armor and his sword is at his side. He is on his knees and his hands are clasped. On the left,... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Prélude de Lohengrin (1re planche)

In the middle, a winged angel raises the Holy Grail with both hands. The knight is seen from behind, dressed in his armor and his sword is at his side. He is on his knees and his hands are clasped. On the left,... More

"Bachelors," near West Union, Custer County, Nebraska.

summary: Please note the cross on the chain worn by the standing bachelor. original size: 6x8

Art object that belonged to Arnold Genthe

Title devised. Photograph by Arnold Genthe of an object in his art collection. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. NUMBER: SIS 0181

Art object that belonged to Arnold Genthe

The Archangel Michael - painting in the Chapel of the Archangel, St. P...

Henri Fantin Latour - Prélude de Lohengrin (2e planche)

In the middle, a winged angel raises the Holy Grail with both hands. The knight is seen from behind, dressed in his armor and his sword is at his side. He is on his knees and his hands are clasped. On the left,... More

[Altar de la Virgen de Guadalupe]

Restrike print shows an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on an altar surrounded by potted plants and candles. Title devised. Attributed to Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Firm) as publisher. Gift; Joyce Bailey; 1979; (DL... More

Tekuo [i.e. Tokea]

Photograph shows Rabbi, wearing prayer shawl, blowing from a small shofar, a ram's horn. Copyright 1901, Mandelkern, N.Y. Title from item.

Hindu goddess Kali the Terrible, Calcutta, India

A car of Jagannath in which the god Krishna rides, Tanjore, India

St Marys Roman Catholic Cathedral, Invercargill - Muir & Moodie

[Sign on wall, adjacent to religious mural]

Prokudin Gorskii: [Religious painting]. Color separation negative

[Bust of Jesus]

Prokudin Gorskii: [Religious candlestick]. Color separation negative

[Religious painting or tapestry showing a bearded man wearing crown an...

Prokudin Gorskii: [Religious painting]. Color separation negative

[Display of religious textiles]

Prokudin Gorskii: [Religious painting]. Color separation negative

[Wood carving of man kneeling]

[Two carved wooden statues of bearded men with a haloes above their he...

Edward S. Curtis - Yuls-Huls-Walking

Yuls-Huls-Walking, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing several necklaces and a Christian medallion. H87091 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Curtis no. 1856-06. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Col... More

Raka Prep. Kirilla. [Kirillo-Belozerskiĭ monastyrʹ, Kirillov, Rossiĭsk...

Buddhist Room, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072635. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Riza, krest i posokh Pr. Aleksandra Svirskago. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠...

Buddhist Room, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass.

Starinnyĭ fonarʹ. V t︠s︡erkvi Rozhdestva Khristova. [Krokhino, Rossiĭs...

Starinnye vrata v t︠s︡erkvi Uspenīi︠a︡ Bozhʹeĭ Materi. Deviatiny. [Ros...

Bilo i doski s nadpisi︠a︡mi o posi︠e︡shchenīi︠a︡kh Chasovni︠a︡ v derev...

Ni︠e︡kotorye T︠S︡arskīe podarki. [Gorit︠s︡kiĭ monastyrʹ, Rossiĭskai︠a︡...

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Riza, krest i posokh Pr. Aleksandra Svirskago...

In album: Views along the Mariinskii Canal and river system, Russian Empire, LOT 10332-A, no. 63. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gener... More

Ni︠e︡kotorye T︠S︡arskīe podarki. [Gorit︠s︡kiĭ monastyrʹ, Rossiĭskai︠a︡...

Zaprestolʹnyĭ obraz v t︠s︡erkvi Īoanna Bogoslova. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imper...

Starinnyĭ fonarʹ v t︠s︡erkvi Uspenīi︠a︡ Bozhʹeĭ Materi. Deviatiny. [Ro...

Ri︠a︡sny. Khrani︠a︡tsi︠a︡ v riznit︠s︡i︠e︡ Uspenskago sobora. Kostroma

Antimins vremen Imperatrit︠s︡y Elizavety Petrovny, khrani︠a︡shchiĭsi︠a...

Pokrov, podarennyĭ Dimitrīem Ivanovichem Godunovym. [Ipatʹevskīĭ monas...

Freski v okonnykh nishakh i kopīi︠a︡ ikony Sv. Nikolai︠a︡ Chudotvort︠s...

[Altar de la Virgen de Guadalupe]

Restrike print shows an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on an altar surrounded by potted plants and candles. Attributed to Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (Firm) as publisher. Gift; Joyce Bailey; 1979; (DLC/PP-1979:228.007b).

Pokrov shityĭ Inokineĭ Marḟoĭ (Marīeĭ Nagikh). [Uglich]

Dragot︠s︡i︠e︡nnai︠a︡ t︠s︡ata s ikony Ḟedorovskoĭ Bozhʹeĭ Materi. Khran...

Mi︠e︡sto s kamennoĭ plitoĭ, pod kotoroĭ byli obri︠e︡teny moshchi Pr. A...

Doska s nadpisʹi︠u︡ na Spasskoĭ chasovni︠e︡. [Cherdynʹ]

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Skhima Prep. Kn. Anny Kashinskoĭ v Uspenskom ...

In album: Views along the upper Volga River, from Kashin to Makarev, Russian Empire, LOT 10340, no. 248. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Pokrov. Dar Inokini Marḟy. V Blagovi︠e︡shchenskoĭ t︠s︡erkvi Makarʹevsk...

Vtoroĭ pokrov, podarennyĭ Dimitrīem Ivanovichem Godunovym. [Ipatʹevskī...

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Ri︠a︡sny. Khrani︠a︡tsi︠a︡ v riznit︠s︡i︠e︡ Usp...

In album: Views along the upper Volga River, from Kashin to Makarev, Russian Empire, LOT 10340, no. 384. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Ni︠e︡kotorye predmety iz riznit︠s︡y Starit︠s︡kago monastyri︠a︡: Mitra ...

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Pokrov shityĭ Inokineĭ Marḟoĭ (Marīeĭ Nagikh)...

In album: Views along the upper Volga River, from Kashin to Makarev, Russian Empire, LOT 10340, no. 266. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Skhima Prep. Kn. Anny Kashinskoĭ v Uspenskom sobori︠e︡. Kashin

T︠S︡erkovnai︠a︡ utvarʹ. Orshskīĭ Voznesenskīĭ monastyrʹ v 22 verstakh ...

Spasitelʹ v temnit︠s︡i︠e︡. Ri︠e︡znai︠a︡ figura v Uspenskoĭ t︠s︡erkvi g...

Antiminsy. Orshskīĭ Voznesenskīĭ monastyrʹ v 22 verstakh ot Tveri

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Mi︠e︡sto s kamennoĭ plitoĭ, pod kotoroĭ byli ...

In album: Views along the upper Volga River, from Kashin to Makarev, Russian Empire, LOT 10340, no. 251. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

[Oratory with religious articles and sculpture in Edson Bradley reside...

J138926 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.M. Clinedinst.

Vozdukhi. Dar Inokini Marḟy, materi T︠S︡ari︠a︡ Mikhaila Ḟeodorovicha. ...

Ikonostas v chasovni︠e︡ na mi︠e︡sti︠e︡, gdi︠e︡ byl zakli︠u︡chen Mikhai...

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Vozdukh, podarennyĭ Imperatrit︠s︡eĭ Ekaterino...

In album: Views along the upper Volga River, from Kashin to Makarev, Russian Empire, LOT 10340, no. 398. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Dragot︠s︡i︠e︡nnai︠a︡ t︠s︡ata s ikony Ḟedorovs...

In album: Views along the upper Volga River, from Kashin to Makarev, Russian Empire, LOT 10340, no. 383. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Ikonostas t︠s︡erkvi Tikhvinskoĭ Bozhʹeĭ Materi. [Torzhok]

Easter forecast - increasing cloudiness / Kep.

Illustration shows a man and a woman standing on a hilltop observing dark clouds composed of empty religious vestments, bunnies, and chicks drifting across the sky and partially obscuring a disk (the Eucharisti... More

Oklady i krest filigrannoĭ raboty. Orshskīĭ Voznesenskīĭ monastyʹ v 22...

Vozdukh, podarennyĭ Imperatrit︠s︡eĭ Ekaterinoĭ Velikoĭ Preosvi︠a︡shche...