Hiking Monks
Scheyern, Upper Bavaria: Benedictine Monastery. Monastery library. Baroque circular (rotulus): depiction of hiking monks, the monastery in the background. Baroque death circular: tradition of sending a messenger with a rotulus (circuit in roll form) to monasteries which were part of a prayer fraternization - not only to announce the death of the monk but also to introduce the monastery visually
Picture No
10246934
Media ID
46050909
Size
2303px x 3543px
(1.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans/brandstaetter images
Date
1700
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1700 Announce Benedictine Circuit Depiction Fraternization Hiking Introduce Messenger Monasteries Monks Scheyern Sending Visually
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