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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.
Hofburg Brixen Bressanone, Italy
Hand lettered vellum from a 1490 edition of the Book of Hours.
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
11th century copy of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle located in the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom in London, UK.
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
Palermo, Italy - June  18, 2021. An antique book of Gregorian sings, exposed in the Palermo Cathedral
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
Open ancient handwritten book with pictures lies on a wooden table. Near the book inkwell with quill pen. Vintage still life.
Codex Calixtino inside the Church of the Collegiate Church of Santillana del Mar, Cantabria, Spain
Ancient medieval book in a church
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.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Modern lear jet sketch design in da Vinci style
Old page of a medieval latin script
Text carved in sandstone 17th century Germany 1704
Old vintage manuscript writing in cursive
Top view of open holy bible
Aged handwritten manuscript text. Calligraphy on old paper, vintage background
Pages from a several century old book that was hand written with expressive lettering.
Manuscript, drawings, inscriptions by Leonardo Da Vinci in the old book The Codice Sul Volo, by E. Rouveyre , 1940
Ancient China Traditional Chinese Print Books
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Toro, Spain, April 06, 2024: Old book to read mass from the interior of the Collegiate Church of Toro
A close up view of a hand written manuscript from circa 1500, on display at the MET Cloisters in New York City.
Old Victorian newspaper page, 1880s, 19th Century
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.
Campaign inscriptions in Pompeii at House of Aulus Trebius Valens\n( Lucreti ) Valentis fili
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