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Ancient medieval book in a church
Beautiful historic mayor's office located within the Ambronay town hall, also called Blains castle. This elegant space is characterized by its rich wooden furniture, intricate carvings, and classic architectural details. The room features tall bookshelves filled with volumes. Photo taken in Ambronay, in Ain department, in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region in France.
Hand lettered vellum from a 1490 edition of the Book of Hours.
Hofburg Brixen Bressanone, Italy
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.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Codex Calixtino inside the Church of the Collegiate Church of Santillana del Mar, Cantabria, Spain
Ancient books, actually; I was hesitant to even touch them, much less open them and thumb through the pages. The bookstore owner assured me it was okay. When I did I felt overwhelmed with their antiquity. All were written in Latin, so I had no idea what I was reading, but just knowing how old they were spoke volumes.
Beautiful historic mayor's office located within the Ambronay town hall, also called Blains castle. This elegant space is characterized by its rich wooden furniture, intricate carvings, and classic architectural details. The room features tall bookshelves filled with volumes. Photo taken in Ambronay, in Ain department, in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region in France.
TURIN, ITALY - CIRCA MAY 2021: antique Medieval manuscript with ancient calligraphy.
Row of old books
Pages from a several century old book that was hand written with expressive lettering.
A close up view of a hand written manuscript from circa 1500, on display at the MET Cloisters in New York City.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Toro, Spain, April 06, 2024: Old book to read mass from the interior of the Collegiate Church of Toro
Ancient books, actually; I was hesitant to even touch them, much less open them and thumb through the pages. The bookstore owner assured me it was okay. When I did I felt overwhelmed with their antiquity. All were written in Latin, so I had no idea what I was reading, but just knowing how old they were spoke volumes.
Stack of antique books with classical binding
Copenhagen, Denmark Jan 17, 2023 The original Gutenberg Bible on display in the Danish Royal Library, or Black Diamond Library.
Bookshelf with old books. Library
A row of antique books with leather hardcover, isolated on a white background
400 year old antique books in a library. Photo was taken at avaible light, for accurate representation of the atmosphere inside.
Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Illustrated manuscript of the Beatus of Girona
Classic used book seller stand seen along the banks of the Seine River in Paris France
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.
The old library. Close up of historical books.
Ancient codex book written in Latin with musical score of Gregorian chant, Ad laudes, et per horas. In the Cathedral of Astorga, Spain
Campaign inscriptions in Pompeii at House of Aulus Trebius Valens\n( Lucreti ) Valentis fili
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.
Stack of antique books
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BREVIARY of the Vallombrosan abbey of San Salvi, Florence --Manuscript on parchment; ff. ii + 475. 6.1-2 in. x 4 in. xv cent. (after A.D. 1433). - - Upper cover (Add Ms 41050).jpg
BREVIARY, Pars Hiemalis, of Paris use; with a calendar and ther later additions. Music on a stave of four red lines. Manuscript on parchment- - Upper cover (Add Ms 37399).jpg
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-Breviary for the use of Toledo- Manuscript on parchment - Lower cover (Davis656).jpg
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BREVIARY, of Cologne use, as appears from the Calendar, from the offices in honour of St. Peter, the Three Kin", and St. Heribert (see below, artt. 1, 4, 6, 7), and from the rubric "Sciendim - Upper cover (Add Ms 38003).jpg
-A Manuscript Catalogue of the books of the royal library of the kings of England, now in the British Museum.- - - Flap, partial image. (Tab.1281.b.1. ).jpg
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-A Manuscript Catalogue of the books of the royal library of the kings of England, now in the British Museum.- - - Lower cover (partial image) (Tab.1281.b.1. ).jpg
SUMMA super Gratiani decretum; beginning, "Operis cuiuslibet prius sunt indaganda principia." At the beginning and end are glosses in a different hand, apparently French. -Manuscript on parc - (Add Ms 24659).jpg
GASPARINI BARZIZII, Pergamensis, philosophi et Oratorio, Epistolæ ad exercitationem accommodatæ, et Missiva;-Guiniforti Barzizii, -filii Gasparini,- juris civilis et artium doctoris, ac duca - Upper cover (Add Ms 14786).jpg
MISCELLANEOUS theological tracts 1-9, as follows--(1) "Officium de corpore Ihesu Christi"- a copy of the bull of Urban IV -11 Aug. 1264-, ...Vellum ms. - Upper cover (Add Ms 41196).jpg
HORae Beatæ Mariee Virginis et Officia varia, scil.- "Off-iciu-m b-ea-te marie uirginis secundum consuetudinem romane ecclesie," f. 1; "Officium defunctorum," f. 103; "Septem psalmi peniten - Upper cover (Add Ms 23774).jpg
Pistole di Luca de Pulci al Magnifico Lorenzo de Medici - Upper cover (c64d17).jpg
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GOSPEL according to St. Luke, in Latin, in the vulgate version, with the Glossa Ordinaria (of Walafridus Strabus) and Interlinearis (of Auselin of Laon). Preceded by the usual argument "Luca - Upper cover (Add Ms 35167).jpg
Bible (The 'Moutier-Grandval Bible') -This one-volume Bible of the entire Vulgate as revised by Alcuin of York (d. 804) is one of three surviving illustrated copies produced in Tours at the - Upper cover (Add MS 10546).jpg
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