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Palermo - Mosaic of Nativity on ceiling from Church of Santa Maria dell' Ammiraglio or La Martorana from 12. cent. Monument is the wonderful example of middle Byzantine church type.
Old Christian (Coptic) Paintings in Ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Yeha village in Northern Ethiopia. Virgin Mary with Little Jesus and Apostles and Angels around. SEE my other photos from Ethiopia:
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
Basilica di Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, Southern Italy, Galatina, Apulia: Interiors fresco details
Ancient colourful window in the medieval church. Nativity scene in the stained glass
Ysleta Pueblo, TX: A wooden retablo featuring the Holy Family inside Ysleta Mission, which is in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo in the municipality of El Paso.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Orthodox icons
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
Karanlk Kilise, or the Dark Church, was a monastic compound built in the 11th century.  It is decorated with scenes from the New Testament:  Christ Pantocrator, Nativity, Adoration of the Magi, First Bath, Last Supper, Betrayal of Judas, Crucifixion, Anastasis. The  frescoes, depicting scenes from the New Testament, are the best preserved in all of Cappadocia and a fine example of 11th-century Byzantine art.   Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey.
Vienna - The fresco of Joyful mystery of the Rosary in the Votivkirche church by brothers Carl and Franz Jobst (sc. half of 19. cent.).
The Romanesque basilica towering over Orcival is one of the most impressive churches in the Auvergne. With its octagonal tower and broad stone arches, 12th-century Notre-Dame is as imposing as a castle. It was built over holy tombs laid waste by Norman invaders and today houses the 12th-century Virgin of Orcival icon, the focus of Ascension Day pilgrimages since the 6th century. Inside, take time to admire carved capitals on top of the graceful stone pillars, and the shadowy crypt.
Detail of a 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.
1989 old Positive Film scanned, statue close-up, Hofburg Brixen Bressanone, Italy.
Open old christian book in the Ipatievsky Monastery. Kostroma, Russia. May, 2013.
Holy Mary with child, detail of old church ceiling, Germany, Langenzenn, Franconia
Antique nativity set from Germany.  Figurines of the nativity scene.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Zurich - The fresco of Tree Magi in the church Pfarrkirche Liebfrauen by Fritz Kunz from end of 19. cent.
Karanlk Kilise, or the Dark Church, was a monastic compound built in the 11th century.  It is decorated with scenes from the New Testament:  Christ Pantocrator, Nativity, Adoration of the Magi, First Bath, Last Supper, Betrayal of Judas, Crucifixion, Anastasis. The  frescoes, depicting scenes from the New Testament, are the best preserved in all of Cappadocia and a fine example of 11th-century Byzantine art.   Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey.
Exeter, United Kingdom - October 16, 2011: British Used Christmas Postage Stamp showing Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus in religious nativity scene, printed and issued in 1984
Antique photo and old Retro Vintage Style Positive Film scanned, 1980s  Church of St. Martin, Zillis, Switzerland.
A closeup of a book in the National Library of Madrid
In the town of Göreme in the Cappadocia region of Turkey, in the early days of Christianity, the clergy and believers around them built houses and churches. The life of Jesus Christ is explained by drawing frescoes on the inner walls of the churches.
Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Illustrated manuscript of the Beatus of Girona
The frescoes depict intricate religious scenes, capturing the essence of spiritual devotion
The lithography of Nativity in Missale Romanum by unknown artist with the initials F.M.S from end of 19. cent. and printed by Typis Friderici Pustet.
Orthodox religion
GREECE - CIRCA 1970: A stamp printed in Greece from the \
1989 old Positive Film scanned, close-up Frescos in Cloister of Duomo Bressanone, Hofburg Brixen Bressanone, Italy.
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