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Page of the 42-line Gutenberg Bible printed in 1455
Hand lettered vellum from a 1490 edition of the Book of Hours.
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
Christian Bible open to the poetic Ecclesiastes 3:1 declaring that to everything there is a season: a time to be born and a time to die.
Copenhagen, Denmark Jan 17, 2023 The original Gutenberg Bible on display in the Danish Royal Library, or Black Diamond Library.
Hofburg Brixen Bressanone, Italy
Open Bible
11th century copy of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle located in the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom in London, UK.
John Chapter 15 verse 18 Holy Bible
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.
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.
Famous stanza about the despair and futility of prison life, from The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde. From a pre-1942 edition of The Works of Oscar Wilde (the writer, playwright and wit who lived from 1854 to 1900): The vilest deeds like poison weeds,/ Bloom well in prison-air;/ It is only what is good in Man/ That wastes and withers there:/ Pale Anguish keeps the heavy gate,/ And the Warder is Despair.
Vienna, Austria - May 20, 2017: An ancient tome with miniature illustration, open inside a display case of the Austrian National Library, famous historic library of Vienna, on may 20, 2017
Toro, Spain, April 06, 2024: Old book to read mass from the interior of the Collegiate Church of Toro
Ancient manuscript in codex, texture
Holy Bible, Genesis 1:3. And God said let there be light, and there was light. Close-up. Concept of enlightenment, as maybe he wasn‘t referring to light as such.
the lords prayer from an antique bible
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
A close up view of a hand written manuscript from circa 1500, on display at the MET Cloisters in New York City.
Text carved in sandstone 17th century Germany 1704
William Tyndale's 1538 New Testament with Latin Text next to English Translation. Photographed at the Dunedin Public Library, New Zealand and used with permission from curators of  the Reed Collection.
Simulated medieval manuscript in gothic blackletter with illuminated drop cap at the beginning, making a frame of text around space for your copy.
A closeup of ancient text pages with calligraphy.
Dublin, Ireland - July 16, 1986: 1980s old Positive Film scanned, Latin inscription concerning Jonathan Swift in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland.
New York, NY, USA - January 20, 2013: Gutenberg Bible: The New York Public Library. The Gutenberg Bible was the first major book printed in the West using movable type.
Lord close up
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
The first chapter of Don Quixote
A passage from Ephesians 2, highlighting verses 18-19.
Page of the Christian Bible open to Mark 13:24, heralding the coming of Jesus.
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