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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.
Mongolian Wrestling Pattern Design on Mongolian Banknote
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
Colorful Medieval Bayeux Tapestry Bayeux Normandy France. Created 11th century right after Battle Hastings 1066 AD showing Norman Conquest England. Shows Battle and deaths in lower panel
Vintage photograph of Chapel of St George at Windsor Castle, 19th Century
Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Illustrated manuscript of the Beatus of Girona
Basilica of Santa Croce details- Florence
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.
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Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Peter Visits Cornelius (Acts 10, 25-26). Copper engraving by Carl Schuler, published c. 1850.
A closeup of a book in the National Library of Madrid
Replica of an icelandic old text.
High resolution photograph of a detail from a portrait of an Turkish ottoman Janissary  soldier carrying red flag 16th Century
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
Old manuscript in Burgos cathedral
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Veliky Novgorod, Russia - August 27, 2022: Antique Russian orthodox icon. The Battle of the Men of Novgorod with the Men of Suzdal, 15th century
A fresco on the wall of the 14th Century Azwa Mariam Monastery, depicting a scene from the Bible.
Durham, UK - 12 July, 2023: The shrine of St Cuthbert in Durham Cathedral, County Durham, England
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Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8). Copper engraving by Carl Schuler, published c. 1850.
JAIPUR, INDIA - OCT 11, 2017 - Scenes from the Ramayana in antique manuscript,  Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Solomon's judgment of harlots for the baby in the old book The Bible in Pictures, by G. Doreh, 1897
This is a 300 year old antique hand written Turkish Koran. All pages in the book are intact. All noise and defects were left in the photo  because the paper is handmade and textured. The pages are drawn with handmade ink and 24k gold. This is one photo in a series of 20.
medieval story telling painted on a white wall in Arhus cathedral, Denmark, June 21, 2015
This vintage engraving from a 15th century manuscript depicts the epic battle for Jerusalem led by Charlemagne, King of Franks (742 - 814) in the Crusades of the Middle Ages. He is often regarded as the Father of Europe. Engraved by an unknown artist, it was published in an 1878 history of the Middle Ages and is now in the public domain.
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