EditorialFILE PHOTO: Pietro, brother of Emanuela Orlandi holds a banner with her picture in front of St. Peter square as Pope Benedict XVI leads the angelus prayer
EditorialPeople linger to talk after a prayer at America’s northernmost mosque, the Islamic Community Center of Anchorage, Alaska, March 23, 2022. (Ash Adams/The New York Times)
EditorialSampler, Medium: silk embroidery, linen foundation Technique: cross, counted satin, and eyelet stitches on plain weave, The Lord's Prayer, The Apostle's Creed, the Ten Commandments and other religious verses set in compartments formed by columns and ar...
EditorialSampler, Mary Eyre, Medium: silk and wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation Label: linen embroidered with silk and wool in cross stitch, An embroidered sampler with a scene of two mountains ...
EditorialSampler, Elizabeth Gouger, Medium: silk embroidery, wool foundation Technique: cross and counted satin stitches on plain weave, The Lord's Prayer, baskets of flowers with birds, and signature 'Elizabeth Gouger her work in the XI year of her age 1751.' ...
EditorialSaint John the Baptist Going out into the Wilderness The departure of John the Baptist to the desert, Round stained glass with representation of the departure of John the Baptist to the desert. In the foreground, in the middle, is depicted how John say...
EditorialSaint John the Baptist Going out into the Wilderness The departure of John the Baptist to the desert, Round stained glass with representation of the departure of John the Baptist to the desert. In the foreground, in the middle, is depicted how John say...
EditorialSaint John the Baptist Going out into the Wilderness The departure of John the Baptist to the desert, Round stained glass with representation of the departure of John the Baptist to the desert. In the foreground, in the middle, is depicted how John say...
EditorialBag of velvet belonging to prayer note Eewert Jansz van Bleiswick, Bag of red velvet with lacing, belonging to prayer note Eewert Jansz van Bleiswick., anonymous, Nederlanden, c. 1500 - c. 1530, velvet (fabric weave), calf (leather), h 8 cm d 9 cm.
EditorialCup on foot with Hebrew inscription, Slightly conical foot, on the underside a cut star. Funnel shaped chalice, rounded and faceted on the underside, on which a Hebrew text is engraved in a garland of floral vines, coming from a cornucopia: At the plac...
EditorialCourt of olives, Christ's prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane during the night, Northern Netherlands, c. 1515 - c. 1520, oak (wood), h 39 cm ? w 39 cm ? d 11.5 cm.
EditorialPlate with Christ on the Mount of Olives Plate with Jesus' prayer on the Mount of Olives, Plate of faience with representations from the life of Christ after engravings by Hendrick Goltzius., Agony of Christ, three (or eleven) apostles sleeping, De Roo...
EditorialCase for prayer note Eewert Jansz van Bleiswick, Case for copper, spherical with hinged lid. Belongs to prayer note Eewert Jansz van Bleiswick., anonymous, Nederlanden, c. 1500 - c. 1530, copper (metal), d 6.5 cm.
EditorialSaint John the Baptist Going out into the Wilderness The departure of John the Baptist to the desert, Round stained glass with representation of the departure of John the Baptist to the desert. In the foreground, in the middle, is depicted how John say...
EditorialMail Shirt, dated A.H. 1232/A.D. 1816?17), Indian or Iranian, Iron, copper alloys, leather, as mounted, H. approx. 30 in. (76.2 cm); as mounted, W. approx. 21 in. (53.5 cm); laid flat, L. 34 in. (86.3 cm); laid flat, W. 78 3/4 in. (200 cm), Mail, The s...