Benedictine bookplate for a prize given to Francis Edmund Joseph Lane Fox (1872-1908) while a pupil at St Benedict's College, Fort Augustus, signed by Prior Jerome Vaughan (who left the abbey a couple of years later.) Lane Fox died at Ryde of TB

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Coming soon on my website, the latest in the 'carte-de-visite of the week' series is another one with a Middle Eastern connection - can anyone guess the monastery?
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Does anyone know of an Arabic translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict?

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Delighted to read this five-page review of my biography of artist Joseph Pike (1883-1956) in the Ampleforth Journal #artbooks #bookillustration #catholicart #benedictines #catholicrevival #pencilart #topography #monasteries #monastichistory #publishing https://bit.ly/2rwpmt6