Sentences with phrase «kept by monks»

Nor do I have any illusions about the «accuracy» of the CET or the written records kept by monks in the 14th C.

Have you tried looking at the crop record in Galicia, or diaries kept by monks at Santiago de Compostela?

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Also noteworthy, in the category of cinema ruled by cultural concerns and actual political events, was Carlos (d. Olivier Assayas), which kept a packed auditorium of critics in their seats for over five hours with a glossy, but intelligent action film version of the 1970s exploits of a terrorist born Illich Ramirez Sanchez, but known internationally as the Jackal, also by the code name Carlos; and Des Hommes et des dieux (Of Gods and Men, Xavier Beauvois), a film, elegantly minimalist in design, based on a real - life encounter between Algerian fundamentalist Islamic terrorists and a community of ascetic Christian monks.

Tigers impounded, abbot on the run, but tourist trap has survived raids before KANCHANABURI, Thailand ---- Thai authorities, assisted by personnel from the Wildlife Friends Foundation of Thailand, on May 30, 2016 began impounding the 137 tigers kept by erstwhile Buddhist monks at the internationally notorious Tiger Temple.

It's a traditional Buddhist temple that was built in 1882 to keep two very precious jade Buddha statues which had been brought from Burma by a monk.

The garden's name, Theatrum Botanicum, refers to the inventories of medicinal plants and herbs kept by medieval monks.