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Page of the 42-line Gutenberg Bible printed in 1455
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
An antique copy of the Hebrew scriptures and New Testament Bible from the 1800's.  Detail shot of the Lord's Prayer as taught to his disciples.
Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Illustrated manuscript of the Beatus of Girona
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.
Colorful Medieval Bayeux Tapestry Bayeux Normandy France. Created 11th century right after Battle Hastings 1066 AD showing Norman Conquest England. Shows Battle and deaths in lower panel
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.
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 Victorian newspaper page, 1880s, 19th Century
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
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.
Illustration in 15th Century French Book of Hours, showing Joseph and Mary fleeing to Egypt. Photographed at the Dunedin Public Library, New Zealand and used with permission from curators of  the Reed Collection.
Old paintings on wall in Cave 6, one of the richest of the Yungang sites.  It was constructed between 465 and 494 C.E. by Emperor Xiao Wen. The entire interior of the cave is carved and painted. The walls of the upper stories are host to carvings of standing Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and monks among other celestial figures. Yungang Grottoes, are excellent examples of rock-cut architecture and one of the three most famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites of China. The others are Longmen and Mogao.
Open old christian book in the Ipatievsky Monastery. Kostroma, Russia. May, 2013.
A relief of children and old people
Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8). Copper engraving by Carl Schuler, published c. 1850.
Perugia - The fresco of Martyrdom of St. Peter Martyr in the church Basilica di San Domenico by Cola Petruccioli from end of 14. cent.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Old Victorian newspaper page, 19th Century
Job was a very successful and wealthy family man. He was blameless in the sight of the Lord. The Lord allowed Satan to test Job, knowing that Job would remain faithful to Him. Job lost his family, his wealth, and his health. Even in the midst of his difficulties, he still believed that God was good. He had three friends who tried to counsel him on what he had done to cause God to punish him this way. In the end, God rewarded Job’s faithfulness and restored all that Job had lost twofold.
XIII century illuminated code from Virgil's Aeneid, National Library in Naples, Italy.
Battle in one of the biblical stories in the old book The Bible in Pictures, by G. Doreh, 1897
The Sack of Baltimore took place in 1631, when the village of Baltimore, West Cork, Ireland, was attacked by Ottoman Empire slavers from the Barbary Coast of North Africa – Dutchmen, Algerians and Ottoman Turks. From an 1886 antique book \
Wall paintings of Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Archangel Michael in Haczow - largest wooden Gothic church in Europe and the oldest wooden church in Poland. UNESCO World Heritage
Peter Visits Cornelius (Acts 10, 25-26). Copper engraving by Carl Schuler, published c. 1850.
16th century Romanesque paintings depicting Judgment Day, interior of the Romanesque church of Sainte-Marie d'Arties, Val d'Aran, Catalonia
Old Victorian newspaper page, Sea serpent, 1870, 19th Century
Saint George and the Dragon, an ancient wall-painting in Aarhus cathederal, Denmark, May 14, 2014
This vintage engraving from a 15th century manuscript depicts the epic battle for Jerusalem led by Charlemagne, King of Franks (742 - 814) in the Crusades of the Middle Ages. He is often regarded as the Father of Europe. Engraved by an unknown artist, it was published in an 1878 history of the Middle Ages and is now in the public domain.
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