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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
Aged, 200 years old letter from ottoman empire
Arthur Rimbaud Poem on Stone Wall: Voyelles
Ostroh, Ukraine, June 3, 2022. The text of the prayer Our Father in ancient Greek and in Old Slavonic in an ancient book
Top view of open holy bible
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
11th century copy of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle located in the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom in London, UK.
Pile of old papers with almost illegible handwriting. The paper and writing are more than eighty year old
Old love letters World War II
The Ancient Phœnician manuscript. The most first Alphabet in The World, The Middle East, c.1500–1200 B.C. || A sample of the Semitic text of the First Day of Creation (The Book of Genesis 1:1-5), the consonantal proto-writing [from right to left]: «In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness upon the face of the deep. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light…». — Real Ancient papyrus with applied the Ancient Phœnician Letters, sheet of parchment, Ragged scroll, handmade paper, textured canvas.
Vintage paper with Arabic script writing
open antiquebook with old undefined text isolated on white background
Vintage book ownership plate, This book is the property of.. 1890s, Victorian 19th Century
Old sheet of paper with handwritten random Greek words
Overhead view of a vintage journal open-wide with a calligraphy dedication on one of its pages,  on top of old scattered letters from the beginning of the 20th century.
Old vintage manuscript writing in cursive
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Manuscript, drawings, inscriptions by Leonardo Da Vinci in the old book The Codice Sul Volo, by E. Rouveyre , 1940
Old fashioned handwriting
Ancient writing on a piece of paper
Old Victorian newspaper page, Home, Theatre news, Scraps, 1870s, 19th Century
Elizabethan encoded text with an encryption cypher in a letter.
An old Victorian document dated 1878 containing instructions on how to make claret jelly.
Old handwritten letter
Old italian book with handwritten words on cover and old fountain pen. Colors and noise post-processed.
Embark on a journey of linguistic exploration as you delve into the intricate details of printed Greek language through mesmerizing macro photography
Detail of an old medieval  manuscript in sepia, shallow depth of field
Manuscript, drawings, inscriptions by Leonardo Da Vinci in the old book The Codice Sul Volo, by E. Rouveyre , 1893
Old recipes
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