Abbey Gallery

Malmesbury BB95_10457

MARKET SQUARE, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. A rooftop view looking over Market Square, showing the market cross (c.1500) and the abbey ruins. The abbey was the setting for man's first flight attempt in the form of a monk named Elmer who threw himself from the abbey tower and subsequently broke both his legs in c. 1000. Photographed in 1864 by W Hanks

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Saint Bonaventure (San Bonaventura) (1217-1274) receiving the purple cardinalice A high

JLJ4600203 Saint Bonaventure (San Bonaventura) (1217-1274) receiving the purple cardinalice A high official of the Vatican brings the cardinal's bar to the monk occupies the menagery activities in the abbey. Painting by Albert Pierre Dawant (1852-1923) 1897 Sun. 1,4x2,12 m Rouen, musee des beaux arts by Dawant, Albert Pierre (1852-1923); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France; (add.info.: Saint Bonaventure (San Bonaventura) (1217-1274) receiving the purple cardinalice A high official of the Vatican brings the cardinal's bar to the monk occupies the menagery activities in the abbey. Painting by Albert Pierre Dawant (1852-1923) 1897 Sun. 1,4x2,12 m Rouen, musee des beaux arts); Photo A© Photo Josse; French, out of copyright

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St. Michaels Mount

St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall, England. Edward the Confessor granted it to the Benedictine monks, who built an Abbey and a Priory on the summit

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