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Noah
Noah is considered one of the patriarchs in the Jewish Scriptures or one of the founding fathers of what became the religion of Judaism. His story begins in Genesis 6 and consists of three elements: the evil of the earth; the flood narrative...
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Weighing the Heart, Book of the Dead
Weighing of the heart scene, with Ammit, the 'Devourer of the Damned' sitting, from the Egyptian Book of the Dead of Hunefer, Egypt, 19th Dynasty.
The British Museum, London.
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The Book of Ballymote
fol. 170r of the Book of Ballymote (AD 1390), part of the Auraicept na n-Éces, explaining the Ogham script. the page shows varianst of Ogham, nrs. 43 to 77 of 92 in total, including shield ogham (nr. 73).
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Byzantine Book Cover with Icon
A Byzantine book cover with an ivory icon of the crucifixion. Gilded silver with crystal, glass and sapphire cabochons. Constantinople, 11th century.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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The Book of the Three Virtues
Illustration from Christine de Pizan's The Book of the Three Virtues (1405 CE). Boston Public Library.
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English Horn-book
A 17th century CE horn-book, a commonly used teaching tool from the 16th century CE onwards. The text (here with the alphabet and an extract of the Lord's Prayer) is protected by a thin layer of horn. (British Museum, London)
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The Book of the City of Ladies
Illumination from Christine de Pizan's The Book of the City of Ladies (1405 CE).
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Fr.607, f.2
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The Sketch Book by Washington Irving
Title page of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., by Washington Irving, New York, 1864.
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Page from The Book of Margery Kempe
A page from The Book of Margery Kempe, probably copied from the original c. 1440 CE. This work was first dictated by Margery Kempe (c. 1373 - c. 1438 CE) in the mid 15th Century CE and may be the oldest surviving English biography. This...
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Coffin Decorated with the Book of Two Ways
Rectangular wooden inner coffin of Sen, dating to c. 1850 BCE. The coffin sides are inscribed in ink with religious writings now known as the Coffin Texts. On the floor of the coffin is a composition called the 'Book of Two Ways,' a guide...