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Drollery on the lower margin of a medieval manuscript, showing a dragon
Facial Features Pattern Design on Banknote
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
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.
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.
Text carved in sandstone 17th century Germany 1704
TURIN, ITALY - CIRCA MAY 2021: antique Medieval manuscript with ancient calligraphy.
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
Hand lettered vellum from a 1490 edition of the Book of Hours.
Leather Book Label , Italian, Monte Sancto, Dante, Petrercha
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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.
Front and back covers of a British tenant’s rent book from the 1970s-1980s with all identifying details removed.
A closeup of an illuminated medieval manuscript on a  parchment with the historical Gregorian chant
Torn-out piece from a newspaper with blank space for your article, advertisement or picture. The text, layout and photo are simulated by the photographer, so this image is free of third-party copyright and may be used for any purpose.
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
Old Victorian newspaper page, 19th Century
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
Campaign inscriptions in Pompeii at House of Aulus Trebius Valens\n( Lucreti ) Valentis fili
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.
Vintage book of 1829: safe and unmistakable means of exterminating mosquitoes, german language
Old manuscript in Burgos cathedral
Wareham, Dorset, England, UK. The old market town of Wareham, on the River Frome, is a quaint medieval town with its own traditional railway station and the little St. Martins in the Walls church that houses an effigy to the famous T.E.Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia.
this is very old Chinese traditional herbal medicine ancient book(Golden Mirror of Medicine),from qing dynasty have more than 200 years(maybe 18th century).the book records the use of acupuncture,herbal medicine and book of changes with chinese script.It is preserved complete by one chinese doctor of my grandfather.
Old Victorian newspaper page, 1880s 19th Century, Rural notes, Legal, Theatres, Pastimes
A closeup of a book in the National Library of Madrid
peace dove, detail of a wooden medieval altar in Langenzenn, Germany, franconia
Page from a 15th Century Book of Hours, written in France on vellum. (Fragment 19) From the Reed Rare Books Collection in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Number 1 Pattern Design on Banknote
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