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XIII century illuminated code from Virgil's Aeneid, National Library in Naples, Italy.
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021: An historic manuscript, hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
Upper part of the interior of the cloister of famous Ambronay Abbey illuminated at dusk. This photo was taken at the Notre Dame d'Ambronay Abbey famous local monument in the French village of Ambronay, in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Church of the Jacobins cloister, Toulouse, France
Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Illustrated manuscript of the Beatus of Girona
The splendid cloister of the Franciscan convent of San Salvatore in Ognissanti, or simply Chiesa di Ognissanti (Church of All Saints), in the historic heart of Florence. Inside the church, built starting from 1251 and completed in 1637 in Baroque style, there are some artistic masterpieces by Giotto, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Sandro Botticelli. In this church there is the tomb of Sandro Botticelli. Since 1982 the historic center of Florence has been declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. Image in high definition format.
The Sack of Baltimore took place in 1631, when the village of Baltimore, West Cork, Ireland, was attacked by Ottoman Empire slavers from the Barbary Coast of North Africa – Dutchmen, Algerians and Ottoman Turks. From an 1886 antique book \
Old manuscript in Burgos cathedral
A closeup of an illuminated medieval manuscript on a parchment with the historical Gregorian chant
Crémieu, France: Medieval Convent of Augustins Courtyard
Zieg Island, Ethiopia - July 03, 2016: Murals in Ura Kida Nem Reth Church on Zieg Island, Lake Tana, Ethiopia.
Interior of the Cathedrale Notre Dame de Laon which sits atop a hill overlooking the town of Laon in north east France. There are several very large churches in France, but this is the biggie.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Cloister of Ambronay Abbey interior view. This color photo was taken outdoor in the small village of Ambronay near Bugey mountains, in Ain departement, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region in France, in Europe, shot during a cloudy autumn day.
Engraving from 1884 featuring the Japanese Buddhist monk from the 13th century, Nichiren. He was miraculously saved from death by a shining light.
Milan - The icon Jesus reproves the Scribes and Pharisees in the church Chiesa dei Santi Nereo e Achilleo by Iulian Rosu.
Paintings in the interior of a wooden church Archangels Mihail and Gavril from Rozavlea. It belongs to a collection of Wooden Churches of Maramures, Romania
Famous astronomical clock and calendar, originally from 1425, in Lund Cathedral. \nLund Cathedral in Skåne, Sweden was opened in 1145 AD at a time when Skåne was a part of Denmark (until 1658). Denmark - and thus Lund - was catholic up until the protestant reformation in 1536. The cathedral was built in romanesque style.
A closeup of a book in the National Library of Madrid
Veliky Novgorod, Russia - August 27, 2022: Antique Russian orthodox icon. The Battle of the Men of Novgorod with the Men of Suzdal, 15th century
16th-century artwork in glazed terracotta in the Franciscan sanctuary of La Verna
The Chinese Goddess of Mercy delivering a soul from purgatory with a lotus flower. The goddess is called Guanyin, Quan Yin, or Kuan Yin.
Elijah destroys with fire the soldiers sent by Ahaziah in the old book The Bible in Pictures, by G. Doreh, 1897
Lund Cathedral Astronomical Clock with St. Lawrence and the gridiron, Lund, May 22, 2023
Upper part of the interior of the cloister of famous Ambronay Abbey illuminated at dusk. This photo was taken at the Notre Dame d'Ambronay Abbey famous local monument in the French village of Ambronay, in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region.
London - The tiled mosaic of Old testament scenes with the patriarchs, Melchizedek, Moses and Abraham in church All Saints by Matthew Digby Wyatt (1820 - 1877).
Exterior medieval architecture in the Oviedo Cathedral, Spain. Official name: Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Saviour
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