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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.
Hands holding ancient bible with illustration.See my other pics of africa:
Papyrus with inscriptions from the burial of pharaohs, kept in the Cairo Museum
Old Victorian newspaper page, 1880s, 19th Century
A close-up shot of the old antique ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and drawings on papyrus
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.
in a monastery library with books, collection and archive of old books and literature
Top view of open holy bible
Myanmar alphabet on stone
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
Hampshire, UK - September 17, 2021:  An historic manuscript,  hundreds of years old, handwritten in Norman French.
Old vintage handwriting, original, 1825, name, William Wigson, 19th Century ephemera
Cursive writing on papyrus. Charta Boriana.
Egyptian goddess Isis carved on a sarcophagus.
very old and Ancient holy Bible in Amharic language in the UNESCO monastery Ura Kidane Mehret, Zeghe peninsula, near Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.
Vintage paper with Arabic script writing
Jerusalem, Israel - December 8, 2013: A Bible written in ancient Geez language in the in Ethiopian Patriarchate in Jerusalem.
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
Two papyrus scrolls, one rolled open with space for your own text, one closed
11th century copy of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle located in the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom in London, UK.
Aged handwritten manuscript text. Calligraphy on old paper, vintage background
Representation of ancient gods over kind of papyrus paper
Detail with initial letter and musical notation from illuminated antiphonary manuscript from Ferarra
Old page of text from a book on the history of Spain
Detail shot of an old and historic Islamic scientist is working in his studio writing, reading and exploring.
The Longmen Grottoes, located on bothsides of the Yi River to the south of the ancient capital of Luoyang, Henan province, comprise more than 2,300 caves and niches carved into the steep limestone cliffs over a 1km long stretch. These contain almost 110,000 Buddhist stone statues, more than 60 stupas and 2,800 inscriptions carved on steles. The grottoes and niches of Longmen contain the largest and most impressive collection of Chinese art of the late Northern Wei and Tang Dynasties (316-907). These works, entirely devoted to the Buddhist religion, represent the high point of Chinese stone carving. Here is the beautifl stone carvings of all kinds of Buddist figures.
Open old christian book in the Ipatievsky Monastery. Kostroma, Russia. May, 2013.
Simulated medieval manuscript in gothic blackletter with illuminated drop cap at the beginning, making a frame of text around space for your copy.
Ancient Script on a Scroll - 2000 years old
Ancient Arabic writing wrapped on a wooden stick
Free Images: "bestof:P52 verso.jpg The verso of Rylands Library Papyrus P52 from the Gospel of John Papyrus preserved at the John Rylands Library Photo courtesy of http //www"
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