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Detail of an old medieval  manuscript in sepia, shallow depth of field
Myanmar alphabet on stone
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
Old Victorian newspaper page, 1880s, 19th Century
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
A closeup of an illuminated medieval manuscript on a  parchment with the historical Gregorian chant
Ancient greek script
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
One of the longest and most elaborate surviving graffiti texts from the town, and may be the only known love poem from one woman to another from the Latin world.\nScratched into the wall of the hallway of house six (b) of insula nine, in region nine of the town\n\nPOEM : O utinam liceat collo complexa tenere\u2028braciola et teneris oscula ferre label(l)is\u2028i nunc, ventis tua gaudia, pupula, crede\u2028crede mihi levis est natura virorum\u2028saepe ego cu(m) media vigilare(m) perdita nocte\u2028haec mecum medita(n)s: multos Fortuna quos supstulit alte,\u2028hos modo proiectos subito praecipitesque premit.\u2028sic Venus ut subito coiunxit corpora amantum\u2028dividit lux et se...\nTranslation : Oh, if only I could hold your little arms wrapped around my neck\u2028and press kisses to your tender little lips.\u2028Go then, little doll, trust your happiness to the winds.\u2028Believe me, the nature of men[c] is fickle.\u2028Often I would lie awake, lost in the middle of the night,\u2028Thinking to myself: many whom Fortune has lifted up high,\u2028those, suddenly hurled away/abandoned and falling headlong, she then oppresses.\u2028So too, after Venus has unexpectedly joined the bodies of lovers,\u2028daylight divides them and...\nPhoto composition
Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Illustrated manuscript of the Beatus of Girona
Old page of text from a book on the history of Spain
Wooden printing plate of Tibetan Buddhist scriptures, part close-up
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Song Dynasty Book on Forensic Skills, Witness to a Prosecution.
Hand lettered vellum from a 1490 edition of the Book of Hours.
Drawing of a card pinned to antique paper texture full frame.
Ancient statues on the antique text. Ancient Greek and Roman, empire of Alexander, Roman Empire background. Background on the theme of ancient culture, archeology and history.
Old Victorian newspaper page, New Music, London Illustrated News, 1881
Calligraphic handwritten excerpt from Bible on a grunge paper.
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Elizabethan encoded text with an encryption cypher in a letter.
Text carved in sandstone 17th century Germany 1704
Old page of a medieval latin script
Close-up of an old notebook cover (approx. 1900) with nice floral ornaments frame.
Ancient manuscript in codex, texture
Old Victorian newspaper page, Sea serpent, 1870, 19th Century
A possible first century Greek Manuscript of the New Testament, published as a facsimile by Constantine Simonides in 1861. Simonides was a convicted forger and although this facsimile was denounced as a forgery, it has never been proven.
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.
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