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Ancient open book in arabic. Old arabic manuscripts and texts
High resolution photograph of a detail from a portrait of an Turkish ottoman Janissary  soldier carrying red flag 16th Century
Zal (with a black beard) celebrates the birth of a son. Persian miniature from the Shahnamah
A soiled and damaged  blank certificate with an ornamental border. All identifying details have been removed for you to add your own.
Old handwritten letter
arabic calligraphy
mysterious hand-written French letter, black on white and on a paper background, romantic mail / postage, handwriting, Paris or calligraphy themed background or texture, portrait format, fictive document, my own handwriting
Vintage paper with Arabic script writing
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
One of the longest and most elaborate surviving graffiti texts from the town, and may be the only known love poem from one woman to another from the Latin world.\nScratched into the wall of the hallway of house six (b) of insula nine, in region nine of the town\n\nPOEM : O utinam liceat collo complexa tenere\u2028braciola et teneris oscula ferre label(l)is\u2028i nunc, ventis tua gaudia, pupula, crede\u2028crede mihi levis est natura virorum\u2028saepe ego cu(m) media vigilare(m) perdita nocte\u2028haec mecum medita(n)s: multos Fortuna quos supstulit alte,\u2028hos modo proiectos subito praecipitesque premit.\u2028sic Venus ut subito coiunxit corpora amantum\u2028dividit lux et se...\nTranslation : Oh, if only I could hold your little arms wrapped around my neck\u2028and press kisses to your tender little lips.\u2028Go then, little doll, trust your happiness to the winds.\u2028Believe me, the nature of men[c] is fickle.\u2028Often I would lie awake, lost in the middle of the night,\u2028Thinking to myself: many whom Fortune has lifted up high,\u2028those, suddenly hurled away/abandoned and falling headlong, she then oppresses.\u2028So too, after Venus has unexpectedly joined the bodies of lovers,\u2028daylight divides them and...\nPhoto composition
Detail from 15th Century Armenian Illuminated Manuscript, on Vellum.  Gold.  Lapis Lazuli
Front and back covers of a British tenant’s rent book from the 1970s-1980s with all identifying details removed.
Illustration in 15th Century French Book of Hours, showing Joseph and Mary fleeing to Egypt. Photographed at the Dunedin Public Library, New Zealand and used with permission from curators of  the Reed Collection.
Old Victorian newspaper page, 19th Century
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
National Emblem of Uzbekistan and Islamic Pattern Design on Banknote
Aged, 200 years old letter from ottoman empire
Each fresco tells a unique story, conveying profound spiritual messages and lessons
JAIPUR, INDIA - OCT 11, 2017 - Scenes from the Ramayana in antique manuscript,  Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Vintage engraving features the United States Senate, the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which, along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—constitutes the legislature of the United States.
Veliky Novgorod, Russia - August 27, 2022: Antique Russian orthodox icon. The Battle of the Men of Novgorod with the Men of Suzdal, 15th century
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Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Illustrated manuscript of the Beatus of Girona
Ancient books on white background
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Old Victorian newspaper page, New Music, London Illustrated News, 1881
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
A certificate border on a dirty and creased old paper background.
Detail of a letter on a page from a 14th Century Latin Vulgate Bible, written in England on vellum.  The capital letter is illuminated with gold and decorated with white tracery. (Fragment 13) From the Reed Rare Books Collection in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Close-up of an old notebook cover (printed at the beginning of the 20th century) with a beautiful red ornamental frame. Ideal for Christmas cards, background for prints, websites and many other applications with a classic feel.
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