FEB. 14:  MONASTICISM

The Monastic Life:

Antony and the Demons, again:

The Monastery at Mt. Sinai:

The ascetic's dilemma:  renounce the world, or try to change it?

Benedict of Nursia, early sixth century (15th-century image)

Monasteries as centers of technological innovation:  the water system at Christ Church, Canterbury (12th century)