spiritual life

Theodor de Bry - [The tomb of the weroans]

An Algonquian burial house showing bodies on a raised platform and a priest squatting by a fire beneath the platform. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wi... More

Theodor de Bry - [The dances at their great feasts]

Native men and women dancing around a circle defined by posts with carved faces, three Native women stand together in the center of circle. Illus. in: Admiranda narratio, fida tamen, de commodis et incolarvm ri... More

The Natives of Florida worship the column erected by the commander on ...

Chief Athore with René Laudonnière, commander of the second French expedition to Florida, standing by column erected by Jean Ribaut during first expedition, showing Natives worshiping the column and many offeri... More

[Native American burial or memorial ceremony with man standing by shel...

Illus. in: Voyages et descouvertures faites en la Nouvelle France, depuis l'année 1615 ... / Samuel de Champlain. Paris : C. Collet, 1619, leaf 110 recto.

John Ogilby - Gvinea. John Ogilby

[Native American mortuary customs: row of Indians carrying bodies over...

Illus. in: Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains, comparées aux moeurs des premiers temps / Joseph Francois Lafitau. Paris : Saugrain l'aîné [etc.], 1724, v. 2, pl. 22, opp. p. 456.

Le transport du grand soleil

Native porters transporting the tribal leader whom they worshipped as the sun. Illus. in: Histoire de la Louisiane, contenant la découverte de ce vaste pays; sa description géographique; un voyage dans les terr... More

The Reception of Captain Cook, in Hapaee / Webber del. ; Goldar, sc.

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

The Natche, a ceremony in honour of the Kings son in Tongataboo [i.e. ...

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

A Human sacrifice in a Morai in Otaheite [i.e. Tahiti] / Webber, J. de...

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

The Body of Tee, a chief, as preserved after death in Otaheite / Webbe...

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

An Offering before Captain Cook in the Sandwich Islands / Webber del. ...

Captain James Cook and four of his men with natives.

Miyamōde, Eishi Hosoda

Print shows a woman walking with a young woman or maid, returning from a visit to a shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Ha... More

Yatsushi kōshohei

Print shows a Chinese sage as a woman holding a pipe, sitting in front of a screen. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Kogata N... More

Shinpan kinryūsan niōmon no zu

Print shows a crowd of pilgrims near gate to the Kinryūzan Temple. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Oban Nishikie.... More

Shinpan kameido tenmangū keidai no zu

Print shows many people crossing the bridge to, and on the grounds of, the Kameido Tenmangū Shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. ... More

[A man or monk seated, facing front, sleeping or meditating]

Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[A man or monk seated at a table, leaning on his arms, possibly asleep...

Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[A man or monk seated, seen from behind, holding a short dagger(?) in ...

Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Yokkaichi, Katsushika Hokusai

Print shows two women travelers smoking pipes, sitting in baskets on a horse, with a male attendant, at a shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... More

Fujisawa, Katsushika Hokusai

Print shows two travelers, a man and a women or both women, and a porter at a shrine on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Ne no hi no komatsubiki

Print shows two women, one presenting pine boughs to a man holding a fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Kogata Nishikie Su... More

Tatsu ueno sannō

Print shows a married woman, full-length, and her servant holding a parasol, walking in a temple garden; page patterned with blossoms.

Washi myōjin, Yajima Gogaku

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing a young man holding a rake with slips of paper attached as a portable shrine or possibly prayer offerings to Buddha; page patterned with blossoms. Title and other desc... More

Enterrement d'une femme Nègre ; Convoi funèbre d'un fils de roi Nègre ...

Illustrations showing men and women carrying palanquin with the body of a black woman inside church for burial and the funeral procession for the son of a black king. Illus. in: Voyage pittoresque et historique... More

Mariage de nègres d'une maison riche ; Convoi funèbre de nègrillons / ...

Illustrations showing the wedding ceremony of a wealthy black couple and a funeral procession for two black children, with one body being carried in a sedan chair, the other carried by a man. Illus. in: Voyage ... More

The pipe dance and the tomahawk dance / F. Barinsou ; painted at the t...

Native men performing the pipe dance and the tomahawk dance. Illus. in: The aboriginal port-folio : a collection of portraits of the most celebrated chiefs of the North American Indians / by J.O. Lewis. Philade... More

Nagata no baba sannōgū Andō Hiroshige

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōto meishi : Famous views of the capital. Format: horizontal Oban Nishikie. Forms ... More

Hon. & Rev. B.R. Wilson of Monrovia, Liberia, died Oct. 9, 1864 / Phot...

Photograph shows portrait of B.R. Wilson, Methodist missionary to Liberia. Title from item.

Concomely's tomb, Astoria / drawn by A.T. Agate ; W.E. Tucker sc.

A carved and painted, raised, Native burial platform. Illus. in: Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / By Charles Wilkes... In five volumes, with t... More

The tabernacle in the wilderness, and plan of the encampment. Exod. XI...

Print shows a temporary tabernacle building surrounded by a curtained wall in a large clearing with tents comprising the "First Division Camp of Judah" on the east side, the "Second Division Camp of Reuben" on ... More

Evangelic measures. Book illustration from Library of Congress

No accession number; "1628F" and "Apr. 47" on verso. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Puck, June.

Girl praying - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a young girl spying on another young girl who is praying in a grove of trees with a church in the background. Title devised by Library staff. Inscribed in lithographic crayon at bottom: M[?] should ... More

Kameido tenmangū keidai, Andō Hiroshige

Print shows men and women crossing bridges from island to island to reach the Tenmangū shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From th... More

Fukagawa hachimangū keidai, Utagawa Kuniteru

Print shows a torii and many people on the grounds of the Tomioka Hachiman shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series:... More

Dancing dervish R.M.H Egypt

Drawing shows an Egyptian man practicing Sufi whirling meditation. Title from item. In: Nile journal, biography VI. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Mokuboji uchigawa gozensaihata

Print shows two women disembarking a small boat and approaching a temple building in the Gozen gardens, with pedestrian bridge over the inlet and pine trees along the shore.

Juan Ortiz watching the dead bodies / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Juan Ortiz keeping guard over Indian bodies on scaffolds. A bear is in the cemetery. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadel... More

Patriarque Maronite Jerusalem / Dumas Ph.

Maronite patriarch, half-length portrait, facing front. Title from item. No. 2132. On verso: Maronite Patriarch. Asia. Syria-Natives. Palestine. Jerusalem.

[Jews' wailing place]

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 102.

Sunday morning mass in camp of 69th N.Y.S.M.

Photograph shows Father Thomas H. Mooney, Chaplain of the 69th Infantry Regiment of the New York State Militia and Irish American soldiers at a Catholic Mass at Fort Cocoran, Arlington Heights, Virginia on June... More

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence A redeemed slave child, 5 years of ...

Photograph shows formerly enslaved child praying on her knees. Title from item. Printed on recto: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by C.S. Lawrence, in the Clerk's office of the District... More

Religioznye obriay i obychai Tadzhikov. Azan vozvieshchenie o vremeni ...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 57. Title from item.

Pogrebal'nye obychai Sredneaziiattsev. Kirgizskie pokhorony

Photograph shows a man on a horse leading a camel on which is a body(?) prepared for burial.

Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnye litsa pri mecheti...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 59. Title from item. "Namazi Idi-Ramazan" translated from Persian as: prayer of Id of Ramadan.

Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnye litsa pri mecheti...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 59. Title from item. "Mutevali" translated from Arabic as: manager.

Pogrebal'nye obychai Sredneaziiattsev. Indieiskie pokhorony

Photograph shows three men laying wood on top of a body lying on a wooden bier. Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 75.

Exterior of the Haram-Ash-Shárif. Wailing place of the Jews / P. Bergh...

Illus. in: Ordnance survey of Jerusalem / by Charles W. Wilson, under the direction of Colonel Sir Henry James, 1865, p. 15b.

Obriady sovershaemye musul'manami pri molitvie (namaz). Siachda

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 58. Title from item. "Namaz" translated from Arabic as: prayer.

Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnyia litsa pri mechet...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 60. Title from item.

Zaravshanskii okrug. G. Samarkand. Evreiskaia molel'nia - (kenisa)

Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 77. "Kenisa" translated from Hebrew as "geniza.'

Obriady sovershaemye musul'manami pri molitvie (namaz). Kaada

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 58. Title from item. "Namaz" translated from Arabic as: prayer.

Religioznye obriady i obychai Tadzhikov. Sekta "Khufie"

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 65. Title from item.

Zaravshanskii okrug. G. Samarkand. Prigotovlenie k molitvie

Photograph shows a Jewish man, wearing a prayer shawl, wrapping his arm in phylactery. Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 77.

Syr-darinskaia oblast'. G. Tashkend. Khatun mechet

Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 114.

Obychai Sredneaziiattsev. Chtenie Korana (Khotli [sic] Kuran)

Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnyia litsa pri mechet...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 60. Title from item.

Religioznye obychai Tadzhikov. Kliatva (ispat.)

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 64. Title from item. "Ispat" translated from Arabic as: proof.

Religioznye obriay i obychai Tadzhikov. Vnutrennost' mecheti sviatogo ...

Photograph shows a group of men seated on the floor of the mausoleum of Sheikh Maslakhatdin (Sheikh Muslihiddin) in Khujand, Tajikistan. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, par... More

Zaravshanskii okrug. G. Samarkand. Chtenie piatiknizhiia

Photograph shows a Jewish man, wearing a prayer shawl, reading the Hebrew bible. Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 77.

Zaravshanskii okrug. G. Samarkand. Kolienopreklonenie

Photograph shows a Jewish man, wearing a prayer shawl, kneeling. Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 77.

Obriady sovershaemye musul'manami pri molitvie (namaz). Dzhal'sa

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 58. Title from item. "Namaz" translated from Arabic as: prayer.

Religioznye obriady i obychai Tadzhikov. Pir (glava)

Obriady sovershaemye musul'manami pri molitvie (namaz). Fatikhai azan

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 58. Title from item. "Namaz" translated from Arabic as: prayer.

Zaravshanskii okrug. Mazar sviatago Daniara (Daniila) v okrestnostiakh...

Photograph shows the porch(?) of the shrine. In the background, hills. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 107. Title from item.

Religioznye obychai Tadzhikov. Nagaramond

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 64. Title from item.

Pogrebal'nye obychai Sredneaziiattsev. Tadzhikskie pokhorony

Photograph shows a funeral procession. Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 75.

Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnyia litsa pri mechet...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 60. Title from item.

Religioznye obriady i obychai Tadzhikov. Sekta "Dzhakhrie"

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 65. Title from item.

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Khodzhend. Pievtsy (maddakh)

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 126. Title from item. "Maddakh" translated from Persian as "praiser."

Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnye litsa pri mecheti...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 59. Title from item.

Religioznye obychai Tadzhikov. Provierka reisom viesov (ikhti sab kerd...

Photograph shows a group of men standing in a circle; many are holding scales. Another well-dressed man is sitting on a horse.

Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnye litsa pri mecheti...

Religioznye obychai Tadzhikov. Chaar shambe sure

Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnyia litsa pri mechet...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 60. Title from item.

Pogrebal'nye obychai Sredneaziiattsev. Evreiskie pokhorony

Photograph shows a group of women around a body(?) on a platform. One woman is holding a drum. Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 75.

Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnye litsa pri mecheti...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 59. Title from item. "Ser-khalka" translated from Arabic as: head master.

Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnyia litsa pri mechet...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 60. Title from item.

Zaravshanskii okrug. G. Samarkand. Chtenie psalmov

Photograph shows two Jewish men, wearing a prayer shawls, reading the Hebrew bible(?). Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 77.

Obriady sovershaemye musul'manami pri molitvie (namaz). Takbiri-takhri...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 58. Title from item. "Namaz" translated from Arabic as: prayer.

Tadzhikskie svadebnye obriady. Svaty (zauchi [sic])

Photograph shows a group of men seated on the ground praying(?). Title from item. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 72. "Zauchi [sic]" translated fro... More

Religioznye obriady i obychai Tadzhikov. Sakhikh khani (Chtets predani...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 65. Title from item.

Exterior of the Haram-Ash-Shárif. Detail of masonry at wailing place /...

Illus. in: Ordnance survey of Jerusalem / by Charles W. Wilson, under the direction of Colonel Sir Henry James, 1865, p. 14b.

Creed crusher, or, spiritual mill for pulverizing creed &c., : God dwe...

Includes text and col. ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Front view of San Xavier del Bec [i.e., Bac]

Interior of Chapel of the Merciful Saviour, Santee Agency photographed...

Photograph shows altar in the first Church of Our Merciful Savior, Santee, Nebraska, which was destroyed in a fire in February 1884. Title from item. On mount: "Photographic gems among the Wild Indians of Dakota."

The Rev. Paul Mazakute photographed and published by S.J. Morrow, Yank...

Photograph shows portrait of Reverand Mazakute of the Church of Our Merciful Savior, Santee, Nebraska, the first Dakota Presbyter of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Title from item. On mount: "Photographic gem... More

The Rev. Christian Taopi photographed and published by S.J. Morrow, Ya...

Photograph shows portrait of Reverand Taopi, Santee Sioux and Episcopal Deacon at the Church of Our Merciful Savior, Santee, Nebraska. Title from item. On mount: "Photographic gems among the Wild Indians of Dakota."

Mission house and collegiate Church of the Merciful Saviour, Santee Ag...

Photograph shows the first Church of Our Merciful Savior and mission house, Santee, Nebraska, which was destroyed in a fire in February 1884. Title from item. On mount: "Photographic gems among the Wild Indians... More

From the rising until the setting of the sun the name of the Lord is t...

Print shows (at top) Moses with Ten Commandment tablets and, at bottom, Jacob blessing children. A menorah is in the center and cherubs in each corner. The central text is written in Hebrew. H2464 U.S. Copyrigh... More

A Navaho shaman / Hillers, photo.

A shaman, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, with a blanket backdrop.

Vestal virgin - Print, Library of Congress collection

C10244 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005... More

The sunny South--a negro revival meeting--a seeker "getting religion" ...

Woman lying on floor, surrounded by other people, in revival meeting, Virginia. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1873 Aug. 9, p. 352.

Moses, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Moses, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, holding a short staff in his right hand and the tablet with the ten commandments; rays of light appear to be issuing from his forehead. E9446 U.S. C... More

The first African church, Richmond, Virginia--Interior of the church, ...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 18, 1874 June 27, p. 545.

Indian sun dance--young bucks proving their endurance by self-torture ...

Bishops of the A.M.E. church

G888 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2... More

Shishi (lion) placed in front of shinto temples

Title from item. Japanese text appears on the right, outside the image box. Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. F... More

[Mythological blue Buddhist or Hindu figure, full-length, standing on ...

Title devised by Library staff. Japanese(?) text inscribed to the left of the image. Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray coll... More

[Religious figure, possibly Buddha, standing on a lotus, facing slight...

Title devised by Library staff. Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (... More