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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.
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Text carved in sandstone 17th century Germany 1704
TURIN, ITALY - CIRCA MAY 2021: antique Medieval manuscript with ancient calligraphy.
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.
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
Ancient greek script
Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Illustrated manuscript of the Beatus of Girona
A soiled and damaged  blank certificate with an ornamental border. All identifying details have been removed for you to add your own.
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.
Campaign inscriptions in Pompeii at House of Aulus Trebius Valens\n( Lucreti ) Valentis fili
Detail with initial letter from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Mother and rhinorecos calf in Renaissance sketch style
Hand lettered vellum from a 1490 edition of the Book of Hours.
The ancient city of Ephesus
Antiphonary choral book in the Monastery of Saint Mary of Carracedo, El Bierzo, Spain
A certificate border on a dirty and creased old paper background.
New Orleans, USA - Dec 11, 2017: Ancient biblical text page opened on public display at the iconic St. Louis Cathedral at the French Quarter. Feature ornate decorative drawings and artful manuscripts.
Greek letters carved on a stone on tablet at Miletus.
Albaicin, Granada, Province of Granada, Andalusia, Spain. April 26, 2023. An ancient bible in the Granada Cathedral.
Ancient books on white background
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.
Turin, Piedmont, Italy - July 10, 2012: Old parchment-bound book (detail of the gilded spine).
Saint-Chef, Isere, France: A close-up of a stone text on the facade of Église Saint-Theudère de Saint-Chef, a romanesque church founded in the 10th or 11th century.
Choir Book about 1380 illumination by Don Simone Camaldolese. Made for monastery probably Tuscany.
St. Nicholas Church, located in the Demre district of Antalya, is a historic church. It's a significant pilgrimage site associated with Saint Nicholas, widely known as Santa Claus
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