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Hands holding ancient bible with illustration.See my other pics of africa:
Ostroh, Ukraine, June 3, 2022. The text of the prayer Our Father in ancient Greek and in Old Slavonic in an ancient book
Old Victorian newspaper page, 1880s, 19th Century
Ancient writing on a piece of paper
Top view of open holy bible
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
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.
Simulated medieval manuscript in gothic blackletter with illuminated drop cap at the beginning, making a frame of text around space for your copy.
Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Illustrated manuscript of the Beatus of Girona
Historical ancient manuscript Holy Quran
Medieval Book of Armenia.Fragment of the manuscript.Vaspurakan ,15-16 centuries.
Orthodox religion
Detail from 15th Century Armenian Illuminated Manuscript, on Vellum.  Gold.  Lapis Lazuli
Old page of text from a book on the history of Spain
Old Christian (Coptic) Paintings in Ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Yeha village in Northern Ethiopia. Virgin Mary with Little Jesus and Apostles and Angels around. SEE my other photos from Ethiopia:
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Historic Quran from ottoman era in Doha, Qatar
Hofburg Brixen Bressanone, Italy
A possible first century Greek Manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew, published as a facsimile by Constantine Simonides in 1861. Simonides was a convicted forger and although this facsimile was denounced as a forgery, it has never been proven.
Orthodox icons
very old and Ancient holy Bible in Amharic language in the UNESCO monastery Ura Kidane Mehret, Zeghe peninsula, near Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.
In the town of Göreme in the Cappadocia region of Turkey, in the early days of Christianity, the clergy and believers around them built houses and churches. The life of Jesus Christ is explained by drawing frescoes on the inner walls of the churches.
Most of the black jews in Israel come from Ethiopia and India
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
The Church of Sergius and Bacchus also known as Abu Serga is one of the oldest Coptic churches in Egypt.
Karanlk Kilise, or the Dark Church, was a monastic compound built in the 11th century.  It is decorated with scenes from the New Testament:  Christ Pantocrator, Nativity, Adoration of the Magi, First Bath, Last Supper, Betrayal of Judas, Crucifixion, Anastasis. The  frescoes, depicting scenes from the New Testament, are the best preserved in all of Cappadocia and a fine example of 11th-century Byzantine art.   Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey.
Calligraphic handwritten excerpt from Bible on a grunge paper.
Orthodox religion
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