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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.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
Vintage book of 1829: safe and unmistakable means of exterminating mosquitoes, german language
Old manuscript in Burgos cathedral
Vintage photograph of the Rhine, Gutenfels and the Pfalz, Germany. Gutenfels Castle (German: Burg Gutenfels), also known as Caub Castle, is a castle 110m above the town of Kaub in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
A closeup of a book in the National Library of Madrid
Text carved in sandstone 17th century Germany 1704
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
The first chapter of Don Quixote
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.
Dates back to 1791. Soma, Manisa, Turkey.
Dresden, Germany. July 16. 2022. The Fürstenzug (Procession of Princes) Porcelain tiles in Dresden Germany. It is a large mosaic of a mounted procession of the rulers of Saxony. The author of the painting is a Dresden artist, historical painter and professor of the local Academy of Fine Arts - Wilhelm Walther (1828–1913). In the years 1906–1907, in order to protect them from destruction, they were transferred to about 25,000 ceramic tiles of Meissen porcelain.
Old Victorian newspaper page, 1880s, 19th Century
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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.
The sea sinks the army of the pharaoh in the old book The Bible in Pictures, by G. Doreh, 1897
Marriage certificate 1891
Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Illustrated manuscript of the Beatus of Girona
Polish king Mieszko I on a 10 zl ten zloty banknote bill macro detail, extreme closeup shot, portrait, face up close. Poland, Polish history, culture and currency, financial system simple concept
Low angle view of ceiling of portal hall of historic town hall of Prague, Czech Republic
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.
Old page of text from a book on the history of Spain
Open old christian book in the Ipatievsky Monastery. Kostroma, Russia. May, 2013.
Capriana Monastery Pattern Design on Moldova Banknote
Choir Book about 1380 illumination by Don Simone Camaldolese. Made for monastery probably Tuscany.
Saint George and the Princess is a fresco by the Italian master Pisanello, located in the Pellegrini Chapel of the Church of Sant'Anastasia, Verona, northern Italy. It is one of the most notable works of International Gothic painting.
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