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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.
Antique photograph of The King of Annam Than-Tai, Vietnam, 19th Century. Thành Thái He reigned as emperor for 18 years, from 1889 to 1907.
JAIPUR, INDIA - OCT 11, 2017 - Scenes from the Ramayana in antique manuscript,  Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Dates back to 1791. Soma, Manisa, Turkey.
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Blenheim Palace is a monumental stately home situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the seat of the Dukes of Marlborough. The palace, one of England's largest houses, was built between 1705 and circa 1724. UNESCO recognised the palace as a World Heritage Site in 1987.
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
Pompeii Woman preparing for concert with harp and kithara 30-40 AD
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
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.
Zal (with a black beard) celebrates the birth of a son. Persian miniature from the Shahnamah
Vintage photograph of Salon at Balmoral, Scotland, 19th Century
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.
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.
Jodhpur, India - January 7, 2020: Exterior detail of wall decoration in famous Mehrangarh Fort, Rajasthan state
Roman fresco showing flower dealers. Cherubs represent the flower dealers, and the flowers are being carried in baskets over one cherub's shoulder and on the back of a goat. This fresco is from the triclinium (dining room) of the House of the Vettii in Pompeii\n\nAn ancient Fourth-Pompeian-Style Roman wall painting in the House of the Vettii or Casa dei Vettii or Domus Vettiorum. Excavated 1894-1895\n\nThe brothers Aulus Vettius Restitutus and Aulus Vettius Conviva commissioned their Fresco decorations from one of the leading artists; workshops so that their home would be not only a comfortable residence but also a status symbol. Cupids and their female equivalents ( psyches ) engaged in a number of different activities
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 painted wall at Huayan Temple, a Buddhist temple located in Datong, Shanxi, China. It is an artistic complex of ancient Chinese architecture, sculpture, frescoes and inscriptions, as well as a cultural synthesis of religion and politics.
A closeup of an illuminated medieval manuscript on a  parchment with the historical Gregorian chant
Vintage photograph of Salon of Camille Flammarion's house, Rue Cassini, Paris, 1890s
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
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Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Illustrated manuscript of the Beatus of Girona
Pompeii young woman with wax tablet and stylus Sappho 55-79 AD
Mural
Hisham's Palace in Jericho
isfahan, iran - may 11, 2017 - a painting left over from ancient times on the interior walls of chehel sotun Palace in Isfahan
Painting From The 1700's In The Bundi Palace In Rajasthan, India
Later 15th Century Illustration of Aq-Qoyunlu (White Sheep) Turkmen transporting ceramics from China to Turkey, Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul Turkey, public domain
Vintage photograph of The Waterloo Chamber, Windsor Castle, 19th Century
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