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Ancient Inscriptions and Tombstones

Engravings of inscriptions from tombstones and buildings, reflecting historical significance and architectural styles.

Roman writing in Stone Epheus Roman ancient city, Turkey
Roman writing in Stone Epheus Roman ancient city, Turkey
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Praefectus annonae (Prefect of the Provisions). Roman imperial offficial charged with the supervision of the grain supply to the city of Rome. The inscription, base on the reconstruction of an ancient manuscript, was placed for the prefect C. iunius Favianus, from the African wheat and oil traders (afrari), into the statio annonae. National Roman Museum (Baths of Diocletian). Rome, Italy.
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memorial plaque to Joan Crespí Peraire, route of the Germanies in Palma, guided by Gaspar Valero i Martí, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.
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Runestone
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Lazio Roma Rome S. Paolo61. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture fragments, tomb sculpture fragments, sculptural fragments, inscribed tomb markers, sculpture, fresco painting, mosaics Specific Location: Basilica Antiquities: Architectural sculpture fragments, tomb sculpture fragments, sculpture fragments General Notes: the "tomb markers" need to be sorted and catalogued German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Historic stone sign; Pompeii, Italy
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LAPIDA CONMEMORATIVA CON UN POEMA DE ANTONIO MACHADO. Location: ERMITA DE SAN SATURIO. Soria. SPAIN.
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Mortuary plaque with inscription in Roman capital letters. Via de los Sepulcros. Pompeii, Italy.
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Rock drawings of the Bronze Age in Bronze Age in Sweden in Sweden near the port city of Oskarshamn, the drawings show ships and footprints. Rock Carvings in Sweden, Here Nearby The Small Town Oskashamn. The Bronze Age Rock Carving Shows Ships and Footprints.
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ABRIGO DE LA ENFERMERIA I (109/3-1R): DETALLE SECTOR A: FIGURAS 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 Y 20.
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Milestone, Shrine of Hercules, archaeological site of the ancient Roman city of Alba Fucens, Massa d'Albe, Abruzzo, Italy. Roman civilisation.
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Memorial plaque for Ernest Hemingway's visit to Triberg, Triberg Waterfalls, Black Forest, Germany, Europe
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National Museum in Warsaw. A stone plaque on the main hall (on the right) of the museum's donations; Ry, Jan (1889-1939); 1938 (1938-00-00-1938-00-00);
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Praefectus annonae (Prefect of the Provisions). Roman imperial offficial charged with the supervision of the grain supply to the city of Rome. The inscription, base on the reconstruction of an ancient manuscript, was placed for the prefect C. iunius Favianus, from the African wheat and oil traders (afrari), into the statio annonae. National Roman Museum (Baths of Diocletian). Rome, Italy.
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Jewish gravestone of the 18th century, historical Jewish cemetery, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
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Lazio Roma Albano Laziale Museo Civico Archeologico5. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture, exterior (neoclassical); wall panels and painted ceiling Antiquities: Roman inscriptions, relief, sculpture, sarcophagi, brickstamps on bi-pedale fragments, cippi Object Notes: Bibliographic material housed in Center Library German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Interior of the Domkerk (Domplein) in Utrecht: Floorstones in the choir with weapon and text in memory of the Koenraad II and Hendrik V.
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Historic engravings and graffiti. Riemvasmaak. Northern Cape. South Africa.
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Steinerne's book Lobile tombstone
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Facade stone with text The first stone ... .G. Seesink ... 1810, facing brick first_stone building part stone paint, minced meat Rectangular flat text in bas-relief On the corners round star-rosette Slate DEN EERS .. STONE LOCATED. BY .G. Seesink DEN 16 March ANNO 1810 Rotterdam Hoogvliet Dorpsstraat Originating from Hoogvliet Dorpsstraat 115.
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Two tiles next to each other in wooden frame, blue on white, outlined in blue: 1646 and HANIBAL, tile picture material ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed painted Eight nail holes Two tiles next to each other. Bottom of column of two tiles wide in the decoration over two tiles 16 46 below: HANIBAL in which the N is shown in mirror image Rotterdam Hanibal Hannibal Hailing from dr. E Wiersum archivist of Rotterdam and the Hoogheemraadschap Schieland.
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Memorial wall tablet to Mary Nicholas who helped King Charles II to escape capture, Church of Saint Peter, Manningford Bruce, Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England, UK
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ABRIGO DE LA ENFERMERIA I (109/3-1R): DETALLE SECTOR A: FIGURAS 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Y 10.
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Madrid, May 1909. Inscription engraved on a stone in the redoubt of the Alijares camp, which commemorates the attack carried out on it by HM King Don Alfonso XIII, on the night of May 3 to 4.
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Aigues-Mortes, Gard, Occitania, France. Plaque memorializing the return of the church's cross by St. Louis and his knights, from 1270 CE. (Editorial Use Only)
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Plaque commemorating Dr. D. M. Geiger, Geiger Lookout, Nevada , Plaques, Geiger, D. M.. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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Picardie, St Valery sur Somme, France
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Lintel recording the piety and mercy of God in Tripolitania. Tripolitania is a historic region and former province of Libya.
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Becher, Novum organum, 1674
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Detailed information board with historical writing on a façade in Riedenburg, Riedenburg, Bavaria, Germany
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Sant Francesc. siglo XIV.Mallorca.Islas Baleares. España.
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Inscription: "In Wangen bleibt man haengen" (One gets stuck in Wangen!), town of Wangen im Allgaeu, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
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Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address inscribed on a wall of the Lincoln Memorial, an American national monument built to honour the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, at night. Dated 21st Century
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Kamose's stele regarding military victories on last Hyksos king to rule considerable parts of Egypt, generally referred to as Apophis I
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Den The Hague, Hondius, Hendrick (I), Mechelen, Hogenberg, Nicolaas, Procession of Charles V with the Pope in Bologna after his coronation as emperor, 1530, Sheet with the dedication to Charles V, dedication, The Hague, Second sheet with the dedication to Charles V. Procession of Charles V with Pope Clement VII in Bologna after his coronation as emperor, 24 February 1530., print, news print, propaganda print, album sheet, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 330 mm, width 300 mm, 1500 - 1539-09-23, print maker, printmaker, 1530 - 1536, second quarter 16th century, first quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1573-06-09 - 1650-10-25, publisher
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Tombstone of Dikerika Klasina van Ootmarsum-van Binnendijk. .
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Miaara jewish cemetery, Marrakesh, Morocco.
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PORTADA DEL MANUSCRITO ORIGINAL DE ESTEFANIA LA DESDICHADA - 1604. Author: LOPE DE VEGA (1562-1635). Location: ACADEMIA DE LA LENGUA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Siege from Groningen, plate from Bom manufactured or in a bomb shot the city. The siege of Groningen; Plaatje from Bom manufactured or put the city in a bomb. Picture with hole in the middle. Front: inscription. Reverse: Blank.
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Slab. A banker. Roman period. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy.
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Fascist inscription, boccioleto, Italy.
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Albania. Byllis. Founded by the Illirians in the 4th century B.C. Stone inscriptions near the theater.
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PETROGLIFO GUANCHE - INSCRIPCION DE ALFABETO LIBICO-BEREBER - S XV. Location: JULAN, EL. FRONTERA. El Hierro. SPAIN.
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Roman legal tablet. 5 BC. Bronze. It deals about the oath of the town of Conobaria to serve emperor Augustus and his descendants. From Cabezas de San Juan (Seville province, Andalusia, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
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Pizarro Home, conquerors of South America, Trujillo, Caceres, Spain
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Tombstone of Dikerika Klasina from Ootmarsum-van Binnendijk, Willem Ganter, c. 1903 - Before 1908 cabinet photograph  Rotterdam photographic support. cardboard  grave, tomb and other grave-forms and grave-markers
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Memorial stone near Klingenberg memorial stone near Klingenberg
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England, London, Horse Guards' Road. A memorial in Horse Guards' Road to the victims of the terrorist attack in Kuta on the island of Bali, Indonesia, that claimed 202 lives from people around the world in 2002.
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Old graffiti names carved on wall, University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, England, UK
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PLACA CONMEMORATIVA - DETALLE DEL MONUMENTO A CRISTOBAL COLON - conj nº 184500. Location: EXTERIOR. GUADALUPE. Antillas.
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The year 1859 and B carved in viaduct at Tullinge station.
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Belgium, Bruges, Church of Our Lady memorial stone, treasury section
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Hebrew and Aramaic Inscriptions on a Mosaic Floor Synagogue at Ein Gedi. 6th century CE. Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem. Israel.
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Location of a camp barrack with marker stone, Buchenwald memorial, former concentration camp near Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, Europe
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Title print with text, 1657 print. text sheet The print originally belonged to Liber 22 of the Atlas of Rome by Michiel Hinloopen (Schijnvoet Book 10).  paper etching
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England, Gloucestershire, Moreton-in-Marsh. An old toll board (1905) in the market town of Moreton-in-Marsh listing charges for vehicles and stalls in the town on market and fair days.
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R. Nesbitt, 1855. Register Cliff was a key navigational landmark on the Oregon Trail as it passed along the North Platte River near present Day Guernsey Wyoming. Many emigrants carved their name in the soft sandstone. (Large format sizes available)
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A Monument marking the precise spot where Christopher Columbus' fleet of three ships departed the harbour of Palos de la Frontera on 3 August 1492, with the Rio Tinto River and the opposite bank of the city of Huelva in the background, Southern Spain
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K.R. Jones, 1840. Register Cliff was a key navigational landmark on the Oregon Trail as it passed along the North Platte River near present Day Guernsey Wyoming. Many emigrants carved their name in the soft sandstone. (Large format sizes available)
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Monument erected by the Italians after they took Adowa."To the lead of Adowa March 1896. Revenged today borough the ***** of *****. December 16, 1935. (Photo by Atlantic Photo).
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Article 27 of the Italian Constitution. Rights of the convicted
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Lazio Latina Terracina Museo Archeologico4. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Antiquities: Stone figures, both full-length and busts; ancient altars, sarcophagi, inscriptions and stone fragments from the Temple of Giove Anxur and from the ancient town. Object Notes: Hutzel campaign notes are undated. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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France, Pyrenees Atlantiques, Basque Country, Iraty massif, road of the Col de Burdincurutcheta (mountain pass) (1,135 meters), commemorative plaque for Belgian soldiers of World War II on the wall of Saint-Sauveur chapel
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A stone carved with numbers in the Zapotec language in the ancient city of Monte Alban near Oaxaca, Mexico
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William Paddy 1658. Oldest head-stone in King's Chapel Burial Ground, Tremont and School Streets, Boston, Massachusetts , Tombs & sepulchral monuments, King's Chapel Burying Ground Boston, Mass..  Leon Abdalian Collection
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Museum Of The Order Of St John, Metaphor, London, 2010, Close Up Of Book Exhibit, London, United Kingdom, Architect Unknown
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Lazio Roma Rome SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Museum. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Ceramic fragments, sculptural fragments, fresco fragments, inscribed tomb markers. Houses one of the best collections of Malagan medieval ceramics for casting wall monuments, copies of which are housed in campanile. Specific Location: Museum Antiquities: Ceramic fragments, sculptural fragments, architectural fragments Object Notes: Basilica has separate record and is filed separately. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Inscription inside the church of Saint Vigilius, Spiazzo, Val Rendena, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 16th century.
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Tuscany Grosseto Massa Marittima S. Agostino4. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Includes views of neighboring Cappella di S. Lucia (1348) Architecture, architectural sculpture (14th century, restored 1958), sculpture, stained glass, frescoes, painting, Object Notes: Bibliographic material included and housed in the Center Library German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Entrance of an ancient museum, letters on original marble
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BANQUET TO THE DELEGATES OF THE NATIONAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION held by WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS OF NY at "DELMONICO'S, NY." (HOTEL). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1888. Rare Book Division
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Europe, Spain, Salamanca, sign for store (Aperos y Viandas)
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Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Ferrara Museo Civico di Schifanoia4. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 General Notes: INCOMPLETE RECORD--NEGATIVES PROCESSED, PRINTS FILED German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Memorial stone for road inauguration, Ljungdalen.
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Antarctica, Ross Island, Equipment box from Robert F. Scott's 1910 Antarctic expedition (Editorial Usage Only)
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Reserve Saint Julien, a vineyard just outside the village Saint Emilion in Bordeaux
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Lazio Roma Frascati Villa Tuscolana6. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Eleven exterior views; interior views of hallways, stairs, and chapels, with emphasis on architectural details. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Protestant Church. List of hymns for worship. Paris. France.
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France, Paris 5th district, Pantheon, Voltaire's tombstone
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Marble plaque dedicated to Washington Irving, The Alhambra, Granada, Region of Andalusia, Spain, Europe.
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