Monastery Pins and Buttons
Description: The Tigers Nest monastery, Bhutan, built into the cliffside. Legend has it that Guru Padmasambhava, the tantric mystic who brought Buddhism to Bhutan in 757, flew there on the back of a flying tigress. The original monastery was destroyed by fire in1998 and has been reconstructed
Description: Atisha was the abbot of Vikramashila monastery in northern India, one of the mahaviharas (great monasteries) that granted the learned degree of pandita, here indicated by his yellow hat. In 1042, he traveled to Tibet at the invitation of the western Tibetan king Yeshe ‘Od to help purify Buddhist practices there. Atisha’s authority was rooted in his lineage, an unbroken chain of pupil-guru relationships going back to the Buddha himself. This portrait of Atisha, among the oldest preserved, shows him as an enlightened being with golden skin and a halo, seated on an elaborate jeweled throne. His right hand is held in the teaching gesture and he holds a bound palm-leaf manuscript in his left.
Description: The Meteora Monasteries in Greece are a stunning UNESCO World Heritage site, perched atop towering rock pillars, where centuries-old monasteries blend breathtaking natural beauty with spiritual serenity, offering a glimpse into a mystical past of monastic life and architectural marvels.
Agios Stephanos Monastery in the Meteora Monastery complex in Greece Pin
by Constantinos Iliopoulos Photography
$3.25
Description: Saint Francis is one of most venerated religious figures in history. Pope Gregory IX canonized Frances in 1228. Along with St Catherine of Siena, he is Patron Saint of Italy & Patron Saint of Animals, ecology and the natural environment. Catholic & Anglican Churches Bless animals on his feast day. He went to Egypt to end the conflict of the Crusades. Devoted to The Blessed Sacrament, the Holy Eucharist in the Sacrifice of the Mass & arranged the first Nativity Scene in 1223.
Description: Saint Francis is one of most venerated religious figures in history. Pope Gregory IX canonized Frances in 1228. Along with St Catherine of Siena, he is Patron Saint of Italy & Patron Saint of Animals, ecology and the natural environment. Catholic & Anglican Churches Bless animals on his feast day. He went to Egypt to end the conflict of the Crusades. Devoted to The Blessed Sacrament, the Holy Eucharist in the Sacrifice of the Mass & arranged the first Nativity Scene in 1223.
Description: An illuminated E from a middle ages text. Since at the time the work of copying or translating took years of effort, it was little more trouble to richly decorate manuscripts. It also signified the value of the work. Each illuminated initial became a master piece in its own right. There is one curly feature of this one.. Prior to the middle ages there was no difference between Is and Js. Js were introduced at that time. This letter comes from the book of Jonah and was the initial to his name.
Description: An illuminated Y from a middle ages text. Since at the time the work of copying or translating took years of effort, it was little more trouble to richly decorate manuscripts. It also signified the value of the work. Each illuminated initial became a master piece in its own right
Description: An illuminated U from a middle ages text. Since at the time the work of copying or translating took years of effort, it was little more trouble to richly decorate manuscripts. It also signified the value of the work. Each illuminated initial became a master piece in its own right
