Ancient Manuscript Pages

A collection of vintage text pages featuring Latin script. Includes inhabited initials and various manuscript styles, with a historical and scholarly aesthetic.

Text Page. Unknown

Calendar Page; Paris, France; 1544; Tempera colors and gold paint on uterine parchment; Leaf: 14.3 x 8.1 cm (5 5,8 x 3 3,16 in.)

TAURO - LAPIDARIO DEL DIARIO DE MARIA - 1253 - MANUSCRITO HI 15. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Manuscript of the Zubdat al-Tawarikh (Cream of Histories). Turkey, first half of 17th century. Manuscripts. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Pedigree and coat of arms Brandes family. Draughtsman: Jan Brandes. Dating: 1778 - 1792. Measurements: h 195 mm × w 155 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Study on a marine horizon from a Jewish manuscript, 15th Century.

Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral Treasure Museum. Altar book

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS S XI. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Text in gold on purple background in gold and paint frame.. 900 - 999. Manuscripts, Illuminations. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Lectionaries

Canon Table Page. Unknown

Bellum Gallicum; Bellum Civile; Bellum Alexrinum; Bellum Africanum; Bellum Hispaniense.

MS B.R.20- CANTIGA STA MARIA Nº 321-F27R-TEXTO-ESTROFA EN VERSO GALAICO PORTUGUES- S XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

Leaning

Italy, Turin, National Library, Codex Teodoretus Profeti

Miniature from the Exultet (Easter Proclamation) of Bari, 11th Century.

Decorated Text Page.

MS HI1-FOL 8- COPIA DEL LIBRO DEL SABER DE ASTRONOMIA-1276 EJEMPLAR DE JUAN HONORATO DE 1562. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Canon Table Page. Unknown

Cartography, 16th century. The Rose of Agulha, representing the Cardinal points. From The Art of Navigation by Luis Pimentel, 1681.

A capital letter, miniature from Historia Langobardorum (History of the Lombards) Book 5, by Paolo Diacono, Italy 9th Century.

Calendar Page. Unknown

Europe, England. Lindisfarne Gospels. 698 AD. England.

BIBLIA SACRA ANO 920-VISIGOTICA. Location: CATEDRAL-ARCHIVO. LEON. SPAIN.

Canon Table Page; Pontigny (probably), France; about 1170; Pen and black ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 43.5 x 31.4 cm (17 1,8 x 12 3,8 in.)

Portrait of Frederik Hendrik Stuart and his family tree, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1604 print Family tree of the English royal family that is awarded the portrait of Frederik Hendrik Stuart, Prince of Wales. In the box a fourteen -line caption, in two columns, in Latin, and a coat of arms. Cologne paper engraving family lineage, pedigree, genealogical tree or table

Tunisia, Central Western Tunisia, Le Kef, Al-Ghriba Synagogue, once the center of the town Jewish community, interior

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS-CRONICA BIZANTINA F182 V. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Herba oculus domini, folio 27R of 14th century manuscript Liber herbarius una cum rationibus conficiendi medicamenta by O. Rizzardo

Syriac version of the Pentateuch, 1926. Artist: Unknown

CODICE EMILIANENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 396R - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Miniatura del Hagadá de Sarajevo, manuscrito iluminado, 1350. Consell Superior d'Investigacions Científiques (CSIC).

Decorated Text Page.

BIBLIA DE ALBA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPANIEN.

BIBLIA DE SAN JUAN DE LA PENA S XI. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

ESCRITURA VISIGODA. SIGLO X. Miscelania Patrística. Escritura visigótica sobre pergamino con iniciales decoradas con figuras humanas y zoomórficas. Podria proceder de algún antiguo monasterio d'Urgell. Archivo Capitular de la Seu d'Urgell. Cataluña.

Jupiter (); Zodiacal Sign of Scorpio. Unknown

World Map With Jerusalem In The Centre - From 'Chroniques De St. Denis' c.1275 French School(- ) Vellum Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve, Paris, France

LATIN MANUSCRIPT: SIGNATURE 9605. COMPLUTO LATINO TREATY. SHEET 38 RO. "CURSUS LUNAE ..." MEDIEVAL DOCUMENT. (EXHIBITION THE SCIENTIFIC LEGACY OF AL-ANDALUS) (LOCATION: NATIONAL LIBRARY).

Diagram for Wednesday; Ulm, Germany; shortly after 1464; Watercolor and ink on paper bound between original wood boards covered with original pigskin; Leaf: 30.6 x 22.1 cm (12 1,16 x 8 11,16 in.)

Text with red and blue initials. Three charts.. 1401 - 1500. Dati, Gregorio, 1362-1436. text. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Numbers 1, 1294

CODICE MATRITENSIS. Author: SAHAGUN BERNARDINO DE. Location: ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Canon Table Page. Unknown

Text panel from History No. 3 on the honorary gate of Emperor Maximilian I by Dürer's workshop, carved on pearwood in 1515, displaying decorative lettering and historical inscriptions.

Calendar Page; Vienna, Austria; about 1420 - 1430; Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 41.9 x 31 cm (16 1,2 x 12 3,16 in.)

Marriage Contract. Date/Period: 1790. Ceremonial Art-Paper & Parchment. Ink and paint on parchment Ink and paint on parchment. Height: 716 mm (28.18 in); Width: 562 mm (22.12 in). Author: UNKNOWN ARTIST.

Inheritance documents from Hostalrich. Catalan-Aragonese school- 1374. Manuscript. Medieval civil law. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Vic. Vic Episcopal Museum.

Chronik des Constanzer Concils, f. 455, 1460, Germany (Swabia)

The Henry Grace a Dieu (Great Harry), from Anthony Anthony's Roll of the Navy, 1546. The ship was built at 1,500 tons and had 186 guns in 1514. It was rebuilt in 1539-40 as a 1,000 ton ship with 122 guns. From The Island Race, a 20th century book that covers the history of the British Isles from the pre-Roman times to the Victorian era. Written by Sir Winston Churchill and abridged by Timothy Baker.

Armenisches illuminiertes Manuskript Armenian illuminated manuscript , 17th century, Constantinople, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 22897102

TABLA DE CANONES DE UNA BIBLIA DEL SIGLO X.

The Nuremberg Mahzor (Prayer book, according to Eastern Ashkenazi rite). Date/Period: 1331. Manuscript. Handwritten on parchment; brown and red ink, tempera, gold and silver leaf; square and semi-cursive Ashkenazic script Handwritten on parchment; brown and red ink, tempera, gold and silver leaf; square and semi-cursive Ashkenazic script. Author: Jacob. Mattanyah.

Canon Table Page; Pontigny (probably), France; about 1170; Pen and black ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 43.5 x 31.4 cm (17 1,8 x 12 3,8 in.)

Page from De signis coeli by pseudo Bede, Latin manuscript, Cassinese Codex by Piuma, 9th Century.

CODICE EMILIANENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 56V - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Canon table with decorative arches.. 865 - 899. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Arches

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS - CRONICA BIZANTINA F 68 V-BAUTISMO DEL REY BORIS - MANUSCRITO SIGLO XII. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

CODICE MATRITENSIS-S XVI-CODICE POSCOLOMBINO. Author: SAHAGUN BERNARDINO DE. Location: ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Canterbury Tales: Merchant's Tale (Ellesmere Chaucer), ca. 1400, Artist Unknown, Illuminated manuscript, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA

Canon Table Page. Unknown

Text Page.

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS F 145- HISTORIA DE LOS EMPERADORES BIZANTINOS DESDE EL AÑO 811 AL 1057. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

BIBLIA DE AVILA S XIII - FOLIO 350V SIG VIT 15-1. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Cartography, France, 12th century . Northern France, from the world map ""Isidore"", Manuscript, 1130-1135 ca.

Grahas (Seizers), Six Folios From a Book of Charms. Nepal, 16th century. Manuscripts. Opaque watercolor and ink on paper

HªMATRIT-BIZANF111 V-ARABES TOMAN TASO-LEON- ATTALEO MANDA SAQUEO DE TESALONICA. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

CODICE ALBELDENSE-TOLEDO SEDE DE LOS CONCILIOS-MS D.I.2-F142 R - SIGLO X- MINIATURA PRERROMANICA. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Canon Table Page. Unknown

Biblia Hispalense. 10th c. Board of rules. 13/1. 271. Preromanesque art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

Islamic treatise on surgery 12th Century

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Miniature from Ebbo Gospels, from the Abbey of Hautvillers, 820-830, France.

MS N.III.17-ARBOR DIVISIONES MEDICINAE. LATE 12th CENTURY. Author: GALENO DE PERGAMO (129-201) GALENUS. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Sarajevo Haggadah, illuminated manuscript, 1350.

Red Book of Montserrat. 14th c. - 16th c. SPAIN. Monistrol de Montserrat. Monastery of Montserrat. World Map. Virgin of Montserrat's confraternity. Gothic art. Miniature Painting.

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS - HISTORIA DE LOS EMPERADORES BIZANTINOS DESDE EL AÑO 811 AL 1057 - CRONICA BIZANTINA - MANUSCRITO DEL SIGLO XII. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript first half 10th century This folio features a number of decorative elements that were meant to assist the reader by rendering the text of the Quran more legible. The kufic letters are written in brown ink, with the words vowels indicated above and below letters in red dots. Other markings in blue, green, and yellow further clarify pronunciation. Rosettes, as in the left margin, mark the end of verses. Sura (chapter) headings are enclosed in gilded, decorative boxes that begin with palmettes in the right hand margin. The parchment support places the Quran in the early Islamic period, since paper came to dominate from the eleventh century on.. Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript 449111

Chronik des Constanzer Concils, f. 408. 1460. Richental, Ulrich von, ca. 1365-1437. text. Manuscripts, Illuminations. Spencer Collection

Decorated Text Page.

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS-CRONICA BIZANTINA- HISTORIA DE LOS EMPERADORES BIZANTINOS DESDE EL AÑO 811 AL 1057. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

SKYLITZER, John (9th century). Madrid Skylitzes 'Synopsis historiarum'. Synopsis of Histories about the reigns of the Byzantine emperors. 12th c. Siege of Messina by arabic troops (842). Manuscript produced in Sicily. Byzantine art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

CODICE MATRITENSE - LOS ARABES CONQUISTAN CRETA -SIGLO XII-XIII - FOLIO 39. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

open old book with text on page

Catalan Atlas: Detail of the Signs of the Zodiac, by Jafunda and Abraham Cresques - 1375. Author: ABRAHAM CRESQUES. Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. France.

CODICE MATRITENSIS. Author: SAHAGUN BERNARDINO DE. Location: ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

"BANQUETE CON EL EMPERADOR BASILIO I Y SU CORTE". Emperador Bizantino de la Dinastía Macedónica que gobernó entre los años 867 y 886. Juan SKYLITZER. "Crónica de los acontecimientos acaecidos entre 811 y 1037". Códice fechado en el s. XII. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. Madrid. España.

CODICE EMILIANENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 127V - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis, and French lavender, Lavandula stoechas. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript.

Surgical instruments, mainly cautery irons. Drawing with watercolour.

HISTORIA MATRITENSIS-CRONICA BIZANTINA F 167- SIGLO XI/XII. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

CODICE EMILIANENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 100V - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

CODICES ROTHSCHILD MISCELLANY MANUSCRITO AÑO 1640 ORACIONES RECITADAS EN SUKKOT ( FIESTA JUDIA ) FASCIMIL EN LA ESCUELA DE FILOLOGIA DEL CSIC.MADRID.

List of color symbols. Artist: Harmen ter Borch. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch. Dating: c. 1659. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 308 mm × w 202 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The full-moon herb Leaves from this herb are used in magic rites on nights of the full moon

HISTORY OF THE INDIES OF NEW SPAIN AND ISLANDS OF TIERRA FIRME 1560/1581 - MOCTEZUMA. Author: DIEGO DURAN DIEGO (1537-1588). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

CODICE MATRITENSE-BULGAROS Y HUNGAROS- HISTORIA DE LOS EMPERADORES BIZANTINOS DESDE EL AÑO 811 AL 1057. Author: SKYLITZES JOHN O SCYLITZA IOANNES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Medieval manuscript illustration showing, Philip II, granting the charter to the University of Paris in 1200. Phillip II, known as Philip Augustus (1165 - 1223), was King of France from 1180 to 1223, a member of the House of Capet. Philip's predecessors had been known as kings of the Franks, but from 1190 onward, Philip became the first French monarch to style himself "King of France." Philip II Augustus played a significant role in education in France. He gave a charter to the University of Par

Book illustration, Watercolor on parchment, 16th century, Russia, Moscow, State History Museum,

CODICE EMILIANENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 104R - REUNION DE OBISPOS DELANTE DEL CODICE - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

MANUSCRITO- PAG ILUSTRADA- TRABAJOS DE OTOÑO-RECOLECCION DE FRUTA Y MIEL-SACRIFICIO. Author: OPPIANO. Location: BIBLIOTECA MARCIANA O DE SAN MARCOS. Venedig. ITALIA.

Florentine Codex (Codice matritensis). Sacrifice. Written in Nahuatl language with the latin alphabet . Madrid, Academy of History. Author: SAHAGUN BERNARDINO DE. Location: ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

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