Antique Sacred Prints

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.

13 prints

Prophet Muhammad (Mahomet), 18th Century Paris Engraving by Daumont, c.1770

Rites of the World · MDCCLXX

Prophet Muhammad (Mahomet), 18th Century Paris Engraving by Daumont, c.1770

1770 · 21.4 × 26.7 cm£390

Print of a Mufti or Sunni Islamic Scholar, an Interpreter of Islamic Law, c.1725

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£330

Orientalist India Engraving, Muslim at Prayer, Daniell & Cochran c.1836

Rites of the World · MDCCCXXXVI

Orientalist India Engraving, Muslim at Prayer, Daniell & Cochran c.1836

1836 · 20 × 28.3 cm£310

Islamic Prayer Lithographs, Muslims Worship Postures, Paris 1888 Set

Rites of the World · MDCCCLXXXVIII

Islamic Prayer Lithographs, Muslims Worship Postures, Paris 1888 Set

1888 · 20.9 × 18.8 cm£250

Antique Print of the Funeral at Constantinople by B. Picart, 1729

Rites of the World · MDCCXXIX

Antique Print of the Funeral at Constantinople by B. Picart, 1729

1729 · 50 × 39.5 cm£245

Islamic Relic Print The Black Stone of Mecca, 1863 Dutch Lithograph

Rites of the World · MDCCCLXIII

Islamic Relic Print The Black Stone of Mecca, 1863 Dutch Lithograph

1863 · 27 × 17.5 cm£245

Ottoman Rituals and Dancers, 1734 Engraving of Turkish Love, Ceremony and Dance

Rites of the World · MDCCXXXIV

Ottoman Rituals and Dancers, 1734 Engraving of Turkish Love, Ceremony and Dance

1734 · 26 × 42 cm£205

Turkish Religious Scholar, Antique Ottoman Costume Lithograph, c.1852

Rites of the World · MDCCCLII

Turkish Religious Scholar, Antique Ottoman Costume Lithograph, c.1852

1852 · 17 × 26.3 cm£205

Islamic Costume Print Pilgrim Attire of Mecca, 1863 Dutch Lithograph

Rites of the World · MDCCCLXIII

Islamic Costume Print Pilgrim Attire of Mecca, 1863 Dutch Lithograph

1863 · 27 × 17.5 cm£195

Islamic Ritual Print Dance of the Dervishes Ceremony, 1863 Dutch Lithograph

Rites of the World · MDCCCLXIII

Islamic Ritual Print Dance of the Dervishes Ceremony, 1863 Dutch Lithograph

1863 · 27 × 17.5 cm£195

Islamic Ritual Print Whirling Dervishes Ceremony Scene V, 1863 Dutch Lithograph

Rites of the World · MDCCCLXIII

Islamic Ritual Print Whirling Dervishes Ceremony Scene V, 1863 Dutch Lithograph

1863 · 27 × 17.5 cm£195

Islamic Sufi Ritual Print The Tschillé and the Dausa, 1863 Dutch Lithograph

Rites of the World · MDCCCLXIII

Islamic Sufi Ritual Print The Tschillé and the Dausa, 1863 Dutch Lithograph

1863 · 27 × 17.5 cm£195

Islamic Landscape Print Mountain of Hira Mecca, 1863 Dutch Lithograph

Rites of the World · MDCCCLXIII

Islamic Landscape Print Mountain of Hira Mecca, 1863 Dutch Lithograph

1863 · 27 × 17.5 cm£185