When Alethe arrived at a suitable age, she was taught, like other children of the priestesses, to take a share in the service and ceremonies of the shrines.
Alethe, Priestess of Isis. The Epicurean, by Thomas Moore.
Category: Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical dresses and antiques. Medieval, Byzantine.
British priestesses. Roman era 3rd century.
Selections Of The Ancient Costume Of Great Britain And Ireland, from the 7th to the 16th century by Charles Hamilton Smith.
England medieval clothing 1200 to 1300.
England medieval clothing 1200 to 1300. From left: Physician, Gentleman, Bishop, King, Queen, Costume of a Lady, Nobleman, Rustic. From the book: Pictures and short extracts from The National and Domestic… Read More
Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Thomas Becket was Lord Chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; canonised by Alexander III on 21st February 1173.
Imam from Turkey in 19th century.
Imam from Turkey in 19th century. Ottoman Empire. Iman. Turquie.
Chinese monks costumes. Bonzes chinois.
Chinese monks costumes. Bonzes chinois, 1834. Gallery: Asian costumes by Auguste Wahlen. Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world.
China Jesuit missionary costume.
China Jesuit missionary costume, 1843. Jésuite missionnaire à la Chine. Gallery: Asian costumes by Auguste Wahlen. Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world. Associated with: The Rise… Read More
South African medicine man. Living Races of Mankind 1902.
Living Races of Mankind. A popular illustrated account of the customs, habits, pursuits, feasts, and ceremonies of the races of mankind throughout the world by Henry Neville Hutchinson
Apache medicine shirts. The medicine-men of the Apache.
Apache medicine shirts. The medicine-men of the Apache by John Gregory Bourke. Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology.
Apache Ghost dance. Ceremonial head gear.
Apache Ghost dance. Ceremonial head gear. Annual Ethnology Report of the US Government. Lithographed by Sackett & Wilhelms. Printed in New York: c.1897. Read more: History of the Indian Tribes… Read More