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Digitally restored from a late 19th Century encyclopedia.
High resolution photograph of a detail from a portrait of an Turkish ottoman Janissary  soldier carrying red flag 16th Century
bits and pieces of antique French handwriting / calligraphy, letters, documents and ephemera from the 19th Century, isolated over a white  background, cut out retro journaling or collage design elements
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
Feather pen and vintage parchment with ink stains, closeup. Space for text
Vintage book of 1829: safe and unmistakable means of exterminating mosquitoes, german language
old handwritten testament on desktop
Overhead view of an open-wide journal with a figure drawing on one of its pages, on top of old scattered letters and papers from the beginning of the 20th century.
Detail shot of an old and historic Islamic scientist is working in his studio writing, reading and exploring.
Vintage paper with Arabic script writing
A selective of a hand writing a letter on an old paper
Old Victorian newspaper page, Home, Theatre news, Scraps, 1870s, 19th Century
Old books, papers, ink pen and inkpot. Retro style photo in sepia tone.
write a card with a quill and an inkwell
Very old inkwell next to original 16th century manuscript
Glass inkwell with gold pattern (gold craquelure). In the inkwell is a glass pen holder. White sheet of paper and an old fashioned wooden pen holder in the foreground. Light background. Plenty of space for text.
Zouave and Turk soldiers.Engraving aged 1864.
An ancient written scroll of parchment with an ancient pen
Navigational equipment old map and papers with a candle on a desk of a historical wooden vintage ship on the captain's desk. Adventure and travel concept. Travel, geography, navigation concept. Pirates Equipment, accessories
Leather Book Label , Italian, Monte Sancto, Dante, Petrercha
Vintage fountain pen and empty sheet of paper on a wooden table background
Physical map of the lands of the bible dated 1875. Original map by Harper & Brothers, New York digital image and restoration by Nicholas Belton.
A candle, a piece of paper, an old chest, and a feather lying on a table.
Ancient Traditional Chinese Manchu Script Books - Qing Dynasty
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 handwritten testament on desktop
Runic divination by stones made of Celtic language on old table
Vinatge handwriting on old blue paper background, Petit journal pour rire, french 19th Century
antique accessories, old letters and fashion drawings from 1911. vintage nostalgic background
Image shot in studio of old fashioned quill pan.
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