Convent From Within - Carmelite 1904
Inside a Carmelite covent, portrays the daily life of the nuns belonging to the ancient order, no one is allowed in the convent except a priest to administer the last sacraments at the hour of death. The first prayer of the day in the privacy of the cell. The object banging on the wall between the skull and the crucifix is a stoup containing holy water. the nun's arms are extended in imitation of the arms of Christ on the cross
Picture No
13972809
Media ID
47838045
Size
5355px x 4246px
(7.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph in L'Illustration', 29 October 1904, page 289 and also in Harmsworth Magazine', May 1905, volume xvi, page 425
Date
1904
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