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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
Old koran page
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
Golden Heraldry Pattern Design on Banknote
Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Illustrated manuscript of the Beatus of Girona
11th century copy of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle located in the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom in London, UK.
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.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Old Victorian newspaper page, 1880s 19th Century
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.
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.
A closeup of an illuminated medieval manuscript on a  parchment with the historical Gregorian chant
old fresco of an angel with violin, unfinished restored
Hand lettered vellum from a 1490 edition of the Book of Hours.
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, an old mural in Keldby Church, Denmark, October 10, 2022
Text carved in sandstone 17th century Germany 1704
Drollery on the lower margin of a medieval manuscript, showing a dragon
Codex Calixtino inside the Church of the Collegiate Church of Santillana del Mar, Cantabria, Spain
Colorful Medieval Bayeux Tapestry Bayeux Normandy France. Created 11th century right after Battle Hastings 1066 AD showing Norman Conquest England. Shows English King Harold
Leather Book Label , Italian, Monte Sancto, Dante, Petrercha
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
Hofburg Brixen Bressanone, Italy
Detail from 15th Century Armenian Illuminated Manuscript, on Vellum.  Gold.  Lapis Lazuli
Pompeii young woman with wax tablet and stylus Sappho 55-79 AD
Detail of a letter on a page from a 14th Century Latin Vulgate Bible, written in England on vellum.  The capital letter is illuminated with gold and decorated with white tracery. (Fragment 13) From the Reed Rare Books Collection in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Pattern Design on Mongolian Banknote
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