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Greek Gospel (c. 10th century)
Old page of a medieval latin script
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Top view of open holy bible
Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Illustrated manuscript of the Beatus of Girona
Vintage Greek key pattern, meander or meandros decorative border, in gold on turquoise
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
Hofburg Brixen Bressanone, Italy
very old and Ancient holy Bible in Amharic language in the UNESCO monastery Ura Kidane Mehret, Zeghe peninsula, near Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.
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.
Text carved in sandstone 17th century Germany 1704
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.
Myanmar alphabet on stone
Ancient greek script
A close up view of a hand written manuscript from circa 1500, on display at the MET Cloisters in New York City.
Greek letters carved on a stone on tablet at Miletus.
Elizabethan encoded text with an encryption cypher in a letter.
Pages from a several century old book that was hand written with expressive lettering.
Religious text
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
Detail shot of an old and historic Islamic scientist is working in his studio writing, reading and exploring.
Religious art in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy: Fresco detail
Open old christian book in the Ipatievsky Monastery. Kostroma, Russia. May, 2013.
Aielli, Italy: the \
Ancient Script on a Scroll - 2000 years old
Vintage paper with Arabic script writing
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