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XIII century illuminated code from Virgil's Aeneid, National Library in Naples, Italy.
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Galatina, Apulia (Italy): a composition made of details from the XVth century frescoes painted on the walls of the Basilica of St. Catherine of Alexandria.
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
Saint George and the Dragon, an ancient wall-painting in Aarhus cathederal, Denmark, May 14, 2014
Freshly restored frescos in a church ceiling in Sankt Mariæ Kirke – The Church of Our Lady – is part of a former Carmelite Priory and the church is from 1430. Today it is a normal Danish church.
Mongolian Wrestling Pattern Design on Mongolian Banknote
16th century Romanesque paintings depicting Judgment Day, interior of the Romanesque church of Sainte-Marie d'Arties, Val d'Aran, Catalonia
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.
Low angle view of ceiling of portal hall of historic town hall of Prague, Czech Republic
Drollery on the lower margin of a medieval manuscript, showing a dragon
Saint George and the Princess is a fresco by the Italian master Pisanello, located in the Pellegrini Chapel of the Church of Sant'Anastasia, Verona, northern Italy. It is one of the most notable works of International Gothic painting.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
peace dove, detail of a wooden medieval altar in Langenzenn, Germany, franconia
High resolution photograph of a detail from a portrait of an Turkish ottoman Janissary soldier carrying red flag 16th Century
Saint George and the Dragon, an ancient wall-painting in Aarhus cathederal, Denmark, May 14, 2014
Darjiu Szekelyderzs Romania. 19.sep.2019. Saint Ladislaus wins the bloody duel, girl beheads the Cuman warrior. Fresco detail in the Unitarian fortified church on the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Dates back to 1791. Soma, Manisa, Turkey.
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.
The oldest part of the church - the nave - dates back to around year 1250 and is the only part of the original building, about year 1300 the 8 arches were build in and in 1350 the first frescoes were painted on the chancel arch at the choir, they portraits the four evangelists. Then 150 years later the church was white-washed and decorated by the much so mysterious Elmelundemestrer. In the beginning of the 16th century the old choir was replaced with the one present today and the tower was build.\nThe frescoes was covered for many years but then in 1932-34 they were brought back into the light. Due to the massive layer of dust the frescoes had been protected from the white-wash and in order to bring them forward the restorer only had to dry-out the church and knock/peel of the outer coat of white-wash.
Sant Alberto di Butrio, Italy - May 28, 2020: Abbey (Eremo) of Sant Alberto di Butrio, in Oltrepo Pavese, Pavia province, Lombardy, Italy, medieval religious building. Church interior with paintings
old fresco of an angel with violin, unfinished restored
Engraving from 1884 featuring the Japanese Buddhist monk from the 13th century, Nichiren. He was miraculously saved from death by a shining light.
A closeup of a book in the National Library of Madrid
Human representation, painted joist ceiling of the abbey dwelling of the Abbey of Saint-Hilaire, 15th century, Aude
(Hospice) Dieu de Beaune Hotel, France
Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Illustrated manuscript of the Beatus of Girona
Vintage photograph of Chapel of St George at Windsor Castle, 19th Century
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