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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.
Ancient Mayan (Yucatan) drawings in a cave in Cuba.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
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.
JAIPUR, INDIA - OCT 11, 2017 - Scenes from the Ramayana in antique manuscript,  Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Latin inscription carved on a stone wall, classic style
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.
Number 1 Pattern Design on Banknote
Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Illustrated manuscript of the Beatus of Girona
Campaign inscriptions in Pompeii at House of Aulus Trebius Valens\n( Lucreti ) Valentis fili
Hand lettered vellum from a 1490 edition of the Book of Hours.
The ancient city of Ephesus
The Church of Sergius and Bacchus also known as Abu Serga is one of the oldest Coptic churches in Egypt.
Greek letters carved on a stone on tablet at Miletus.
Old manuscript in Burgos cathedral
Hands of a Tibetan monk with an ancient prayer book while he is reading in the assembly hall of a monastery in Central Tibet.
Background shot of a section of old English text
The ancient town of Madaba in Jordan, southwest of Amman is known for its 6th-century mosaic map of the Holy Land from the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic eras in the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George
medieval book detail close up writing hand script
Islamic Pattern Design on Banknote
A closeup of an illuminated medieval manuscript on a  parchment with the historical Gregorian chant
St. Nicholas Church, located in the Demre district of Antalya, is a historic church. It's a significant pilgrimage site associated with Saint Nicholas, widely known as Santa Claus
Medieval Book of Armenia.Fragment of the manuscript.Vaspurakan ,15-16 centuries.
Old page of text from a book on the history of Spain
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