EditorialIsrael Border Police at the entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, a tangled knot of several chapels, monasteries and shrines, in Jerusalem on Aug. 22, 2022. (Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)
EditorialIsrael Border Police at the entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, a tangled knot of several chapels, monasteries and shrines, in Jerusalem on Aug. 22, 2022. (Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)
EditorialIsrael Border Police at the entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, a tangled knot of several chapels, monasteries and shrines, in Jerusalem on Aug. 22, 2022. (Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)
EditorialIsrael Border Police at the entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, a tangled knot of several chapels, monasteries and shrines, in Jerusalem on Aug. 22, 2022. (Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)
EditorialIsrael Border Police at the entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, a tangled knot of several chapels, monasteries and shrines, in Jerusalem on Aug. 22, 2022. (Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)
EditorialIsrael Border Police at the entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, a tangled knot of several chapels, monasteries and shrines, in Jerusalem on Aug. 22, 2022. (Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)
EditorialIsrael Border Police at the entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, a tangled knot of several chapels, monasteries and shrines, in Jerusalem on Aug. 22, 2022. (Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)
EditorialSo called reliquary letter " A" of Charlemagne, workshop of Abbot Begon III. According to legend, Charlemagne gave reliquaries with letters of the alphabet to all monasteries he patronized. Two angels with censers. Gold, gilded silver, enamel...
EditorialTwo Knights Templar are shown in battle garb (175), armed and wearing chainmail armor beneath his robes, and in house wear (176), or monastery robes.
EditorialChristian worshippers gather in the Greek Orthodox monastery of Saint Sabbas (Mar Saba), overlooking the Kidron valley, Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestinian Territory - 18 Dec 2022
EditorialPalestinians work at the archaeological site of Hilarion Monastery or Tell Umm al-Amer, Gaza city, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territory - 16 Feb 2022
EditorialThe so-called " Turkish bed, " 1707, made for the Emperor's suite of the Abbey St. Florian. Monasteries and abbeys in Austria always reserved a suite of rooms for an eventual visit by the Emperor. The Turkish design com-memorates Imperial vic...
EditorialA map of the kingdom of Aragon which includes administrative subdivisions by provinces, cities, towns, archbishoprics, bishoprics, monasteries, sanctuaries, rivers and mountain ranges. Nova et Accurata REGNI ARRAGONI? cum Confinibus Descriptio. [Zarag...
EditorialKaisersaal, the " Emperor's Hall" in the Benedictine Abbey of St. Lambrecht, Styria. Austrian monasteries usually had a suite of rooms for the eventual visit of an Emperor.
EditorialHEXHAM ABBEY, is a place of Christian worship dedicated to St Andrew and located in the town of Hexham, Northumberland, in northeast England. Since the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1537, the Abbey has been the parish church of Hexham. UK.
EditorialCeiling in the tower of Franzensfeste Palace in Laxen-burg, Austria. Emperor Franz II had a Neo-Gothic palace built in the park of Laxenburg near Vienna, 1798-1801. Furniture and panelled ceilings came from other castles and monasteries. See also 40-02...
EditorialRoom in Franzensfeste Palace in Laxenburg, Austria. Emperor Franz II had a Neo-Gothic palace built in the park of Laxenburg near Vienna, 1798-1801. Furniture and panelled ceilings came from other castles, palaces and monasteries. See also 14-03-04 / 26.
EditorialThe Greek Orthodox monastery of Saint Sabbas (Mar Saba), overlooking the Kidron valley,, Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestinian Territory - 27 Sep 2021