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New Orleans, USA - Dec 11, 2017: Ancient biblical text page opened on public display at the iconic St. Louis Cathedral at the French Quarter. Feature ornate decorative drawings and artful manuscripts.
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Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Coat of Arms of Dragon Pattern Design on Moldovan Currency
A closeup of an illuminated medieval manuscript on a  parchment with the historical Gregorian chant
Close-up of unusual decorations and mosaic work in the Cathedral of Salerno, Italy
Old manuscript in Burgos cathedral
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.
Hand lettered vellum from a 1490 edition of the Book of Hours.
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
11th century copy of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle located in the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom in London, UK.
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.
Hofburg Brixen Bressanone, Italy
Leaf from 15th Century Armenian Illuminated Manuscript Gospel
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
Text carved in sandstone 17th century Germany 1704
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
A recovered ancient fresco on display at the Aarhus Cathedral in Denmark, used to educate people who could not read, depicting the Christian concept of heaven, earth and hell, top to bottom. \nAarhus Cathedral's walls were originally covered with murals, but during the Reformation, they were whitewashed. Gradually several of the paintings have been been uncovered. Despite the loss, it is the church in Denmark that has the largest area of frescoes.
Monastery of Agios Nikolaos Anapavsas, , Meteora, Thessaly, scenes depicting the animals of paradise, painted by Theophanes the Cretan in 1527, Greece
Pages from a several century old book that was hand written with expressive lettering.
Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Detail of the Tapestry of Creation, Girona Cathedral Museum
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
medieval book detail close up writing hand script
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.
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
Bulgaria - Rila Monastery ( Rilski Manastir).  The Monastery of Saint John of Rila, also known as Rila Monastery is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. It is situated in the southwestern Rila Mountains, 117 km south of the capital Sofia in the deep valley of the Rilska River. It is a site UNESCO
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.
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