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The various scripts within this image have not been translated, but these examples of early writing date from the 15th century. The surrounding text translates as follows: Page title: Paleography I. Content: Psalms of the Trinity Lavra of XV century. (Semi-uncial) Source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedic Dictionary. The Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedic Dictionary is a large set of volumes produced in Russia at the end of the 19th century. A probable date of publication for this page is 1892.
August 31 2023 - Tokmok in Kyrgyzstan: Old Burana tower located on famous Silk road
Veliky Novgorod, Russia - August 27, 2022: Antique Russian orthodox icon. The Battle of the Men of Novgorod with the Men of Suzdal, 15th century
Great Wall of China Pattern Design ​on RMB CHINA YUAN
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
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Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Photography from 19th century
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
Originally built in 1778, Emin Minaret stands at Munnar Village, 2 km east of Turpan. It was built under the leadership of the then Turpan’s Duke – Eein Hoja to repay the central government of the Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1912) for the grace and to express his sincerity towards the God.
Antique worn sheet from an ancient a 19th century bible. The text is written in old slavic language: Confession of sins in the name of our father Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria...
Capriana Monastery Pattern Design on Moldova Banknote
Open old christian book in the Ipatievsky Monastery. Kostroma, Russia. May, 2013.
Roman tower in Cairo
The Gospel of 16 century in Suzdal museum (Russia)
Brick making village, Vinh Long province
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Medieval towers in Bologna
The Kaiyuan Temple Tower in Dingxian County is an octagonal pavilion building with eleven levels. On the outside of the tower, each floor has doors in four front directions and painted blind windows in four side directions. The inner structure of the tower is that the outer tower body surrounds the inner tower body, and the stairs spiral through the inner tower body to the top of the tower body. The tower body is connected by the inner and outer layers, which are connected by corridors, forming a unique structure of a tower within the tower. In the exterior of the tower, the ground floor mezzanine is made of double eaves, the bottom eaves are made of bricks, the upper floor is made of brick-carved imitation wood three-bucket arches and painted, and the upper part is made of overlapping eaves to form a platform of the tower body. The ceilings of the verandahs on the second and third floors are made of carved tiles and painted with exquisite craftsmanship. There are niches on the two walls of the tower, and there are murals and statues in the niches. On the walls of the corridor, there are many inscriptions and inscriptions by celebrities from past dynasties, which are precious calligraphy materials.
Saint Peter parish, Bailiwick of Jersey, Channel Islands: Beaumont Tower, a.k.a. St Aubin's Third Tower - a small stand alone fort built in granite - the westernmost of three Conway round coastal towers built in the 18th century to defend St Aubin's Bay on the English Channel from French incursions - St. Aubin's Bay Promenade.
Close-up of architectural details on a historic white tower with arched recesses and a green-roofed turret with a yellow flag.
Iraq, 1975. The Ziggurat of Aqarquf. Also: tourists.
Antique photograph of the Entrance to the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, 19th Century
The Sack of Baltimore took place in 1631, when the village of Baltimore, West Cork, Ireland, was attacked by Ottoman Empire slavers from the Barbary Coast of North Africa – Dutchmen, Algerians and Ottoman Turks. From an 1886 antique book \
Antalya, Turkey - July 15, 2023: Lycian Monumental Stone inscription in Ancient city of Xanthos
Ancient scriptures at Temple of Kalabsha at Aswan, Egypt. The temple is an ancient Egyptian temple that was originally located 50 Km south of Aswan and relocated after the Aswan High Dam was built
Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia - June 06, 2023: Part of old white wall with windows of Round Tower. It was built by Swedes in 1547-1550 as a part of the medieval town wall in Vyborg
Mang Thit Ancient Brick Village is located along the Co Chien River, Mekong Delta, Vinh Long Province
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