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Page from a 15th Century Book of Hours, written in France on vellum, showing Joseph and Mary taking Jesus to Egypt. (Fragment 19) From the Reed Rare Books Collection in Dunedin, New Zealand.
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Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Historical ancient manuscript Holy Quran
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
11th century copy of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle located in the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom in London, UK.
A closeup of an illuminated medieval manuscript on a  parchment with the historical Gregorian chant
Top view of open holy bible
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
Taberna delle quattro divinità or\nHouse of Venus and the Four Gods (Apollo, Jupiter, Mercury and Diana).\nPartly excavated in 1911 - Looking north towards entrance doorway on north side of Via dell’Abbondanza
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
An antique copy of the Hebrew scriptures and New Testament Bible from the 1800's.  Detail shot of the Lord's Prayer as taught to his disciples.
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.
Old Victorian newspaper page, 1880s 19th Century, Rural notes, Legal, Theatres, Pastimes
Historic Quran from ottoman era in Doha, Qatar
Very old book from 1720 about pharmacies
Hand lettered vellum from a 1490 edition of the Book of Hours.
Pompeii young woman with wax tablet and stylus Sappho 55-79 AD
Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Illustrated manuscript of the Beatus of Girona
An ancient statue of a young man from ancient Greece presumed to be a  philosopher or poet, severe and sad. Small reproduction of original
Philosopher Aristotle Sculpture Isolated on Black Background
Hofburg Brixen Bressanone, Italy
Detail from 15th Century Armenian Illuminated Manuscript, on Vellum.  Gold.  Lapis Lazuli
Leather Book Label , Italian, Monte Sancto, Dante, Petrercha
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Head in medaillon. Roman fresco from the Casa dei Vettii (VI 15,1) in Pompeii.
Open old christian book in the Ipatievsky Monastery. Kostroma, Russia. May, 2013.
Front view close up of the marble statue of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, isolated on a black background. The statue is located outside the Academy of Athens, and was completed in 1885 by Leonidas Drosis.
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.
Book Open to Title Page: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
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