Chapel V of V
Rites of the World
How European engravers pictured the religions of the world: Bernard Picart's Religious Ceremonies of the 1720s, the Hindu gods of Sonnerat's Voyage of 1806, Ferrario's costume atlas, and the rites of Mexico, Japan, China and the Caribbean.
4 prints

Rites of the World · MDCCLXX
Prophet Muhammad (Mahomet), 18th Century Paris Engraving by Daumont, c.1770
1770 · 21.4 × 26.7 cm$520

Rites of the World · MDCCXXV
Print of a Mufti or Sunni Islamic Scholar, an Interpreter of Islamic Law, c.1725
1725 · 24.5 × 39.5 cm$440

Rites of the World · MDCCXXIX
Antique Print of the Funeral at Constantinople by B. Picart, 1729
1729 · 50 × 39.5 cm$325

Rites of the World · MDCCXXXIV
Ottoman Rituals and Dancers, 1734 Engraving of Turkish Love, Ceremony and Dance
1734 · 26 × 42 cm$270