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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.
Hands holding ancient bible with illustration.See my other pics of africa:
Milan - The icon The supper of Jesus by Simon the Pharisee in the church Chiesa dei Santi Nereo e Achilleo by Iulian Rosu.
Basilica di Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, Southern Italy, Galatina, Apulia: Interiors fresco details
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.
Yeha, Ethiopia - Feb 10, 2020: an orthodox priest shows a painted holy bible from the 14th century in the Great Temple of the Moon, privy to walia ibex in Yeha, Ethiopia
11th century copy of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle located in the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom in London, UK.
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
14th century frescoes in the Upper Basilica of St Francis in Assisi
Milan - The icon of Jesus and the Samaritan woman in the church Chiesa dei Santi Nereo e Achilleo by Iulian Rosu.
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
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.
An antique copy of the Hebrew scriptures and New Testament Bible from the 1800's.  Detail shot of the ten commandments as given to Moses on Mount Sinai.
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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.
East Doors (Gates of Paradise) by Lorenzo Ghiberti on Florence Baptistery (Battistero di San Giovanni) in Tuscany, Italy. These doors consist of 10 panels depicting scenes from the Old Testament and were commissioned in 1424. Once completed, they were described by Michelangelo as being fit to be the 'gates of paradise'. The doors displayed are now a copy of the original, with those being displayed in a local museum.
Milan - The icon Jesus reproves the Scribes and Pharisees in the church Chiesa dei Santi Nereo e Achilleo by Iulian Rosu.
Antique photo and old Retro Vintage Style Positive Film scanned, 1980s  Church of St. Martin, Zillis, Switzerland.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Pages from a several century old book that was hand written with expressive lettering.
Historic Quran from ottoman era in Doha, Qatar
Old Bible from the 1880s open to the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew with church pews in the distance.
A close up view of a section of one of the tapestries at the MET Cloisters in New York City.
Jason and Pelias, from the House of Jason, or of the Fatal Loves, Pompeii - Casa di Giasone.\nPelias, king of Iolcos, stops on the steps of a temple as he recognises young Jason by his missing sandal.\nPelias fue un rey de Yolco en la mitología griega. Era hijo de Tiro y del dios Poseidón y hermano gemelo de Neleo. Es particularmente conocido por ser el monarca antagonista que envió a Jasón en busca del vellocino de oro, dentro de la historia legendaria de los Argonautas.\nThe House of the Golden Cupids was first excavated between 1903 and 1905. It is situated on the via del Vesuvio, and is believed to have been owned by Gnaeus Poppaeus Habitus, a wealthy local figure.
Prague - The fresco of The wedding at Cana  in church kostel Svateho Cyrila Metodeje probably by Gustav Miksch and Antonin Krisan (19. cent.).
Bible open to the book of St. Matthew.  Close up with beautiful soft heavenly sky in the background.
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.
Hofburg Brixen Bressanone, Italy
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