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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.
Stamp celebrating  Namj Al Blagmam
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Old inscription,Deyr ul-Zafaran Monastery in Mardin Turkey
Hebrew word in Torah page. English translation is name Israel, patriarch of the Israelites. Son of Isaac and Rebecca, grandson of Abraham, Sarah and Bethuel. Closeup. Selective focus
Vintage paper with Arabic script writing
Ancient open book in arabic. Old arabic manuscripts and texts
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.
Dates back to 1791. Soma, Manisa, Turkey.
Open old christian book in the Ipatievsky Monastery. Kostroma, Russia. May, 2013.
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 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.
Vintage handwriting on old paper, 1880s, 19th Century
Detail from 15th Century Armenian Illuminated Manuscript, on Vellum.  Gold.  Lapis Lazuli
A print from an old 18th century Bible of the flight to Egypt from Bethlehem in the Christmas story, Mary riding on a donkey with the Christ child.  A key story in the Christian faith.
Nepali scriptures details from a buddhist bell in Kathmandu.
Admire the enigmatic allure of Old Slavic writings, preserved with care, narrating stories of a bygone era
Iran - Khuzestan - The stone covered with elamic cuneiform inscriptions at the base of ancient huge Chogha Zanbil ziggurat (around 1250 BC), the largest and best preserved in the world, in the Elamite archeological site Dur Untash
Ancient Traditional Chinese Manchu Script Books - Qing Dynasty
Ancient writing on a piece of paper
Hands of a Tibetan monk with an ancient prayer book while he is reading in the assembly hall of a monastery in Central Tibet.
Zal (with a black beard) celebrates the birth of a son. Persian miniature from the Shahnamah
Open book Holy Bible The Book of ZECKARIAH  for background  and inspiration
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
Title of the Christian Bible's Book of Habakkuk.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Old page of text from a book on the history of Spain
Handwriting from guest book 1916
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