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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.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Historical ancient manuscript Holy Quran
JAIPUR, INDIA - OCT 11, 2017 - Scenes from the Ramayana in antique manuscript,  Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
11th century copy of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle located in the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom in London, UK.
Open ancient handwritten book with pictures lies on a wooden table. Near the book inkwell with quill pen. Vintage still life.
Text carved in sandstone 17th century Germany 1704
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
Codex Calixtino inside the Church of the Collegiate Church of Santillana del Mar, Cantabria, Spain
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Palermo, Italy - June  18, 2021. An antique book of Gregorian sings, exposed in the Palermo Cathedral
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.
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.
TURIN, ITALY - CIRCA MAY 2021: antique Medieval manuscript with ancient calligraphy.
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.
Hand lettered vellum from a 1490 edition of the Book of Hours.
Old Victorian newspaper page, 1880s 19th Century
Zal (with a black beard) celebrates the birth of a son. Persian miniature from the Shahnamah
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
Ancient medieval book in a church
Hofburg Brixen Bressanone, Italy
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
Golden Heraldry Pattern Design on Banknote
Leather Book Label , Italian, Monte Sancto, Dante, Petrercha
A closeup of an illuminated medieval manuscript on a  parchment with the historical Gregorian chant
old fresco of an angel with violin, unfinished restored
Vienna, Austria - May 20, 2017: An ancient tome with miniature illustration, open inside a display case of the Austrian National Library, famous historic library of Vienna, on may 20, 2017
Pompeii young woman with wax tablet and stylus Sappho 55-79 AD
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