Antique Manuscript

A globe sits at the center of the composition, surrounded by ancient books, maps, and manuscripts, evoking exploration, cartography, and the transmission of knowledge.

A collection of 27 police booking photographs, male and female detainees in typical profile and straight-on poses, some with contemporary manuscript name and dates. The majority cap...

Chromolithograph of Italian manuscripts decorations, second half of the 16th century ornaments.

This is not merely a carpet—it is a royal manuscript in wool, a textile reliquary of forgotten hunts and remembered wisdom.

The Prescott Collection: Printed Books and Manuscripts, English Furniture, Old Master Paintings.

In 1882, the women artists of Doulton Lambeth gifted Henry Doulton with an illuminated manuscript “to take this opportunity of expressing our obligations to you for the origination o...

Provenance: Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) the Bronzina Room at Halton House, Buckinghamshire Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942) Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009) The Trustees of Exbu...

Created by Pauquet Frères in the 19th century and based on ancient French manuscripts, this hand-colored engraving is part of the revered “Modes et Costumes Historiques” series, cele...

Artists began to give the tiny faces of the figures in grotesque decorations strange caricatured expressions, in a direct continuation of the medieval traditions of the drolleries in...

As with all plates in the series, the artist worked from authentic sources in sculpture and manuscript to recreate historically accurate dress and demeanour, offering collectors and ...

At the center of the composition, the bride and groom stand before a tonsured priest holding an open book, likely a liturgical manuscript. The couple is cloaked together under a cere...

Miniature paintings were highly prized in the Mughal court, often used to illustrate manuscripts, document historical events, and celebrate the nobility.

In this tranquil scene, Van Baerle is seated in a garden with a letter or manuscript in hand, suggesting a moment of peaceful contemplation or study.

Ortelius credited him directly, a testament to the quality and importance of the original manuscript. The map was first engraved and printed in Antwerp around 1570–1595, and this par...

Technique: Engraving with manuscript ink Maker: Unknown artist, German-speaking regions, early 18th century

The artist’s skill is equally evident in the accompanying woodcut decorations, which echo the style of medieval manuscript borders and further root the edition in the historic spirit...

She died in 1966 in California of a heart attack while working on a manuscript examining patterns within the texts in the Pyramid of Unas.

The Gothic style first appeared in the early 12th century in northern France and rapidly spread beyond its origins in architecture to sculpture, textiles and painting, including fres...

Here are the different ways the Prophet Mohammed's name is written: Arabic: Muhammad English transliterations: Mohammed, Muhammad, Mohammad, Muhammed, Mohamad, Mohamed, Mahomet (ol...

Antique color prints with handwritten text on the entire surface represent an example of an ancient practice called manuscript on image or illustrated manuscript. This technique was ...

Created by Pauquet Frères in the 19th century and based on historical manuscripts, this print is part of the renowned “Modes et Costumes Historiques” series, celebrated for its detai...

Translated from his manuscript in English, it illustrates the riding school which, in spite of the loss of a vast fortune in England during the Civil War, he managed to build up at A...

This report brings together two separate but stylistically linked manuscript leaves, written in Classical Persian (Farsi) with Sufi-inspired texts.

Cats is depicted seated at his writing desk, pen in hand, with books and manuscripts surrounding him. His composed yet thoughtful expression, modest attire, and scholarly setting all...

Paintings by artists like Bruegel, manuscript illuminations and frescoes give a good insight into life in the Middle Ages and its Gothic furnishings.

The next year he went back to his home town of Bristol, England where it is thought he spent his last years there at the Merchants and Sailors' Almshouse. He also wrote a manuscript ...

Renaissance Frescoes 7. Manuscript Illumination 8. Art History Collectibles 9.

Collected chiefly from old Manuscripts, Lieger-bookes, and other like Records, for the most part, never as yet printed...

The chest was used as a storage cabinet in the men's study for books and manuscripts. It was known in Korean as a Ich'ung Ch'aek-Sang (two-level book chest).

The project was one of the most ambitious 19th-century efforts to document historical dress using visual references from paintings, sculptures, and illuminated manuscripts. The firs...

Huntington Library and Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library; and two British Isles copies only: Oxford University Bodleian Library (both copies).

He holds an open palm-leaf manuscript in both hands, with multiple leaves visible, a common form of textual transmission in pre-modern India.

This print orginates from 'A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English' published by Churchill, 1744.

Its prototype likely came from the altar table of Chinese origin, and it was traditionally used in the temples for reading and studying Buddhism manuscripts during Goryeo period. In ...

The final plate is devoted to typographic ornament, including initials, scrolls, borders, and grotesques that were used in fine German book printing and manuscript illumination. Her...

Third Print: Includes manuscript paintings and textile designs, rich with symmetrical and interlacing patterns that are iconic to Islamic art.

This technique replicates the effect of gold leaf commonly used in Byzantine manuscripts and mosaics, enhancing the luxurious and regal feel typical of Byzantine art.

Historically, egg whites, known as glair, and sometimes egg yolk were indeed used in illumination and painting, particularly in manuscripts, to give colors a brighter appearance and ...

The volume is illustrated in the style of a medieval manuscript. Copy in perfect conditions. Original contemporary hard cover brown leather with golden decorations on plates and on s...

The print is unmounted and retains generous margins. Contemporary manuscript annotation in Dutch adds historical value and uniqueness.

When David died at the age of 89, he left a large part of his archive of personal papers, letters and manuscripts to the Bodleian library in Oxford.

Chivalry in Devotion Knight and Lady Heraldic Prayer Plates c 1400 These two exquisitely hand-coloured costume plates come from the landmark 1845 edition of Costumes Historiques des...

Historically, egg whites, known as glair, and sometimes egg yolk were indeed used in illumination and painting, particularly in manuscripts, to give colors a brighter appearance and ...

It serves as a testament to the detailed study of period manuscripts, paintings, and artifacts that has allowed for such accurate historical reconstructions.

The sofa is upholstered in a fabric with a High Period pattern of animals in foliage like the initial letters of medieval manuscripts. Very nice decorative furniture. Probably from S...

Each print showcases a unique aspect of Renaissance aesthetics, including painted ceiling decorations, manuscript initials, wall frescoes, mosaic patterns, and classical architectura...

Pitara chests were traditionally used to store a families treasures – from jewellery, manuscripts and silks to family heirlooms, and often containing secret compartments.

Ornamental floral sprays, curling arabesques, and gently rendered vines appear like faint script from an ancient manuscript—etched not in ink, but in the softest of knots.

Ethereal and gracefully timeworn, this hand-knotted wool antique Turkish Oushak rug emerges as a faded manuscript of Anatolian artistry—its threads whispering tales of bygone eras.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The motto in Anglo-Norman, a dialect of Old Norman French spoken by the medieval ruling class in England, appears in the late 14th century Middle Eng...

Bathed in the golden hush of time, this hand-knotted wool antique Turkish Oushak rug unfolds like a forgotten verse from an Anatolian manuscript—its every thread humming with the ele...

Historically, egg whites, known as glair, and sometimes egg yolk were indeed used in illumination and painting, particularly in manuscripts, to give colors a brighter appearance and ...

Historically, egg whites, known as glair, and sometimes egg yolk were indeed used in illumination and painting, particularly in manuscripts, to give colors a brighter appearance and ...

Historically, egg whites, known as glair, and sometimes egg yolk were indeed used in illumination and painting, particularly in manuscripts, to give colors a brighter appearance and ...

Historically, egg whites, known as glair, and sometimes egg yolk were indeed used in illumination and painting, particularly in manuscripts, to give colors a brighter appearance and ...

Historically, egg whites, known as glair, and sometimes egg yolk were indeed used in illumination and painting, particularly in manuscripts, to give colors a brighter appearance and ...

Historically, egg whites, known as glair, and sometimes egg yolk were indeed used in illumination and painting, particularly in manuscripts, to give colors a brighter appearance and ...

Historically, egg whites, known as glair, and sometimes egg yolk were indeed used in illumination and painting, particularly in manuscripts, to give colors a brighter appearance and ...

Historically, egg whites, known as glair, and sometimes egg yolk were indeed used in illumination and painting, particularly in manuscripts, to give colors a brighter appearance and ...

Historically, egg whites, known as glair, and sometimes egg yolk were indeed used in illumination and painting, particularly in manuscripts, to give colors a brighter appearance and ...