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Monks at Play

The Klosterarchiv Einsiedeln (found via Mrs Deane) is a collection of beautiful old glass-plate photographs put online by a Swiss Benedictine Abbey. I don't speak German but there definitely seems to be a subsection scattered through the site, which you might call Monks Mucking About:

There are so many other beautiful and mysterious images on this site that I wish I could post the whole lot really.


Posted by on September 16, 2007 3:00 PM |

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Robbers caught by ravens! Great story, thanks.

Posted by: Emma | February 23, 2008 5:17 PM

Eiesiendehln--check out the legend of st. Meinrad and the two ravens.

Posted by: terik ororke | February 15, 2008 3:14 AM

This is the best thing I've seen in far too long. I am completely enchanted. Thank you for melting my cold cold heart.

Posted by: M | September 16, 2007 9:55 PM

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