Complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplace(s) of monks or nuns

Mountains with the monastery of St. Saba. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843.

Monastery of El Escorial, Madrid: Courtyard of the Kings, and the basilica. Coloured etching, 17--.

Monastery of the Royal Military Spanish Order of Mercy, Madrid, Spain: with coat of arms. Coloured pen and ink drawing.

Monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai: interior. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Creak Priory, Norfolk, England: ruins. Etching by Saml. & Nathl. Buck, 1738, after himselves.

A sheet of details of Mount Grace Monastery and Eton College, with a seal and ground plan. Line engraving, 1797.

Travelers receiving alms and food from a Capuchin monastery. Line engraving by J. Moyreau, 1750, after P. Wouvermans.

Wilderness of Engedi, with the monastery of St. Saba, looking toward the Dead Sea. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843.

Hospital, Messina, Sicily, Italy: the central square with a numbered key. Tinted etching by J. Deny, 1783.

Bede House [or Brother's Hospital], Stamford, Lincolnshire: design drawings of the porch with key. Transfer lithograph by J.R. Jobbins, 1857, after F.T. Dollman.

Monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

1 drawing : pen and ink, with watercolour

1 print : lithograph with tint plate, with watercolour and gum arabic.

Monastery of St. Catherine beneath Mount Sinai. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

xxviii, 246 pages, 4 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : 4 map ; 22 cm

Medieval religious houses, Scotland : with an appendix on the houses in the Isle of Man / by Ian B. Cowan and David E. Easson ; with a foreword by David Knowles ; and maps by R. Neville Hadcock.

Klostermedizin / H.H. Lauer.

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Monasteries

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Monastery of the Royal Military Spanish Order of Mercy, Madrid, Spain: with coat of arms. Coloured pen and ink drawing.

Monastery of St. Catherine beneath Mount Sinai. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Medieval religious houses, Scotland : with an appendix on the houses in the Isle of Man / by Ian B. Cowan and David E. Easson ; with a foreword by David Knowles ; and maps by R. Neville Hadcock.

Mountains with the monastery of St. Saba. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843.

Klostermedizin / H.H. Lauer.

Monasteries

Images from the collections

Images referencing Monasteries

Works from the collections

Monastery of the Royal Military Spanish Order of Mercy, Madrid, Spain: with coat of arms. Coloured pen and ink drawing.

Monastery of St. Catherine beneath Mount Sinai. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Medieval religious houses, Scotland : with an appendix on the houses in the Isle of Man / by Ian B. Cowan and David E. Easson ; with a foreword by David Knowles ; and maps by R. Neville Hadcock.

Mountains with the monastery of St. Saba. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843.

Klostermedizin / H.H. Lauer.

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