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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.
Basilica di Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, Southern Italy, Galatina, Apulia: Interiors fresco details
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
old fresco of an angel with violin, unfinished restored
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021: An historic manuscript, hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
An artist painting frescos in the church.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Galatina, Apulia (Italy): a composition made of details from the XVth century frescoes painted on the walls of the Basilica of St. Catherine of Alexandria.
Detail shot of an old and historic Islamic scientist is working in his studio writing, reading and exploring.
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
Open old christian book in the Ipatievsky Monastery. Kostroma, Russia. May, 2013.
The House of the Tragic Poet ( also called The Homeric House or The Iliadic House ) is a Roman house in Pompeii, Italy dating to the 2nd century BC. The house is famous for its elaborate mosaic floors and frescoes depicting scenes from Greek mythology.
Medieval Book of Armenia.Fragment of the manuscript.Vaspurakan ,15-16 centuries.
The oldest part of the church - the nave - dates back to around year 1250 and is the only part of the original building, about year 1300 the 8 arches were build in and in 1350 the first frescoes were painted on the chancel arch at the choir, they portraits the four evangelists. Then 150 years later the church was white-washed and decorated by the much so mysterious Elmelundemestrer. In the beginning of the 16th century the old choir was replaced with the one present today and the tower was build.\nThe frescoes was covered for many years but then in 1932-34 they were brought back into the light. Due to the massive layer of dust the frescoes had been protected from the white-wash and in order to bring them forward the restorer only had to dry-out the church and knock/peel of the outer coat of white-wash.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
San Michele, Venice, Italy - October 8th 2022: San Michele is a small island in the Venetian lagoon where the cemetery for the city is placed. The picture shows the the yard in connection to the church and chapels which are part of the cemetery activities.
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Religious art in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy: Fresco detail
Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Illustrated manuscript of the Beatus of Girona
Ancient frescoes on the interior walls of the Church of the Annunciation (Italian: Chiesa di Santa Maria Annunciata), a Catholic church in the town of Bienno. The numerous frescos date back to the sixteenth century with works by Giovanni Pietro da Cemmo and Girolamo Romani, known as Romanino.
Musical angels, San Giovanni a Carbonara church, Naples, Italy
Barceloan - The fresco The miracle at the wedding at Cana in church Santuario Maria Auxiliadora i Sant Josep by Fidel Trias Pages and Raimon Roca
Freshly restored frescos in a church ceiling in Sankt Mariæ Kirke – The Church of Our Lady – is part of a former Carmelite Priory and the church is from 1430. Today it is a normal Danish church.
Old manuscript in Burgos cathedral
Head in medaillon. Roman fresco from the Casa dei Vettii (VI 15,1) in Pompeii.
Medieval Book of Armenia.Fragment of the manuscript.Vaspurakan ,15-16 centuries.
1989 old Positive Film scanned, Intrior of Church of St. Gian - Reformierte Kirche San Gian, Celerina Schlarignar, Switzerland.
Illustration of a scribe from a Title Page in a Facsimile of William Tyndale's 1525 edition of the English New Testament. From the Reed Rare Books Collection in Dunedin, New Zealand.
14th century frescoes in the Upper Basilica of St Francis in Assisi
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