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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
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.
A closeup of an illuminated medieval manuscript on a  parchment with the historical Gregorian chant
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.
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
Hofburg Brixen Bressanone, Italy
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
Prague, Czech Republic
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Basilica di Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, Southern Italy, Galatina, Apulia: Interiors fresco details
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.
11th century copy of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle located in the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom in London, UK.
Colorful Medieval Bayeux Tapestry Bayeux Normandy France. Created 11th century right after Battle Hastings 1066 AD showing Norman Conquest England. Shows English King Harold
Coat of Arms of Dragon Pattern Design on Moldovan Currency
Hand lettered vellum from a 1490 edition of the Book of Hours.
Historical ancient manuscript Holy Quran
Girona, Spain - 18 July, 2024: Illustrated manuscript of the Beatus of Girona
Low angle view of ceiling of portal hall of historic town hall of Prague, Czech Republic
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.
Antique sketching of male lion portraits in da Vinci style
Old manuscript in Burgos cathedral
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
kouran page with gold leaf ornamaent
Monastery of Agios Nikolaos Anapavsas, , Meteora, Thessaly, scenes depicting the animals of paradise, painted by Theophanes the Cretan in 1527, Greece
Leaf from 15th Century Armenian Illuminated Manuscript Gospel
Text carved in sandstone 17th century Germany 1704
A possible first century Greek Manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew, published as a facsimile by Constantine Simonides in 1861. Simonides was a convicted forger and although this facsimile was denounced as a forgery, it has never been proven.
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.
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