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It's reminiscent, if anything, of those groups of angels or monks or soldiers in medieval manuscripts in which some of the figures are identical to each other, and others only slightly different--but the repetition seems to be employed for the purpose of visual economy, in order not to divert attention from the picture's central theme, rather than to draw attention to repetition or image-making itself.
The ringing of Chioninji’s bell, Japan’s large st and best known, is televised nationally when resident monks usher in the new year.
Indeed, so sacred are the Ise shrines that, despite the relatively peaceful coexistence of Shinto and Buddhism in Japan, Buddhist monks and nuns were banned from entering the precincts prior to the Meiji Restoration of 1868.
In the monks’ cells upstairs, the frescoes of the man historians call Beato (Blessed) Angelico were intended to be inspirational rather than decorative.
David also founded the Abbey of Holyrood and created several royal burghs (towns with special trading privileges), including Edinburgh and Canongate; the latter was under the jurisdiction of the monks, or “canons,” of Holyrood.