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Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni tÿpus., Abraham Ortelius

Covers northern Asia. Relief shown pictorially. From Abraham Ortelius's atlas: Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm, 1603 ed. Hand col. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes tex More

Ierusalem, cum suburbiis, prout tempore Christi floruit, accurate notatis omnibus insignibus et praecipuè iis locis... /

Relief shown pictorially. German. Titles in Latin and German. Shows Jerusalem during the time of Christ. Includes descriptive text in German. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula

Regions and Seasons: In Greek mythology, the Horae – a group of three rain-giving goddesses – ruled over natural order and the seasons, and through their gift of water from the heavens they brought agricultural More

Plan des catacombes de Syracuse ; intérieur d'une des chambres sépulcrales des catacombes

Syracuse, the main city of classical Sicily, was settled by the Corinthians in the 8th century BCE. By the 2nd century CE, Syracuse was under Roman control, and it was during this time that the first burials to More

[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea ca. 1320-1350 : manuscript chart of the Mediterranean and Black seas on vellum].

Anonymous nautical chart in portolan style probably drawn in Genoa. Covers Mediterranean Sea from the Balearic Islands to the Levantine coast; also covers western part of Black Sea. Oldest original cartographic More

L'arbre des batailles .. [etc.]

A composite manuscript comprised of at least eight distinct pieces. Primary among these are Honoré Bonet’s L’arbre des batailles, John Lydgate’s The churl and the bird, and the anonymous 15th-century poem on E More

Single-leaf fragment of Ars minor incunabula

Public domain illustrated book page scan, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Fragment of Ars minor incunabula

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Ḥaye ha-nefesh. Hebrew Manuscript.

Public domain scan of Hebrew manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.