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Cursive writing on papyrus. Charta Boriana.
Kanji Style Grunge Pattern
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Illustrated manuscript of the Beatus of Girona
Ancient Aztec Stone of the Sun.
JAIPUR, INDIA - OCT 11, 2017 - Scenes from the Ramayana in antique manuscript,  Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Old page of text from a book on the history of Spain
Myanmar alphabet on stone
High angle extreme closeup photo of 300 year old handmade paper with cursive handwriting in French in faded brown ink noting details of farm transactions in 1705, from Burgundy, France.
Ancient manuscript in codex, texture
open old hardback book
Classical Greek  inscription Background
A closeup of an illuminated medieval manuscript on a  parchment with the historical Gregorian chant
Old Victorian newspaper page, Adverts and notices, 1870s
Maya prophecy on ancient parchment
The Longmen Grottoes, located on bothsides of the Yi River to the south of the ancient capital of Luoyang, Henan province, comprise more than 2,300 caves and niches carved into the steep limestone cliffs over a 1km long stretch. These contain almost 110,000 Buddhist stone statues, more than 60 stupas and 2,800 inscriptions carved on steles. The grottoes and niches of Longmen contain the largest and most impressive collection of Chinese art of the late Northern Wei and Tang Dynasties (316-907). These works, entirely devoted to the Buddhist religion, represent the high point of Chinese stone carving. Here is the beautifl stone carvings of all kinds of Buddist figures.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Accurate modern reproduction of the Aztec calendar relief carving known as the Stone of the Sun.
a old book in a display of uzbekistan
The first chapter of Don Quixote
Glagolitic script, oldest known Slavic alphabet stone script known as Bascanska ploca from Croatia
The title of the book is \
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
Old books with vintage bindings from the 1800s
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Hands of a Tibetan monk with an ancient prayer book while he is reading in the assembly hall of a monastery in Central Tibet.
16th century Romanesque paintings depicting Judgment Day, interior of the Romanesque church of Sainte-Marie d'Arties, Val d'Aran, Catalonia
It's a generic Aztec calendar. You can see the original at the Museo Nacional de Antropologia in Mexico City, Mexico. The original calendar is a massive stone slab, carved in the middle of the 15th century. It weighs almost 24 tons, has a diameter of 3.6 meters (12 feet), and a thickness of 1.22 meters (4 feet).
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