Texts Collection

Jean Henri Fabre (1823-1915) French entomologist who wrote a series of texts known as the Souvenirs Entomologiques

MATTHEW: VI, 28-30.....consider the lilies of the field....... Text decorated with white lilies

Madocs Voyage / America
Prince Madoc Ab Owain Gwynedd of Wales is said to have landed at Mobile Bay, Alabama in the 12th century, based on medieval texts and a Cherokee tale of people called Welsh

Horse-drawn milk cart with driver. Churn on the cart
The milkman is from Malvern Worcs Link Farm Diary and his name is E Betteridge - both texts visible of the cart. Date: circa 1905

Proverbs Xxii: 1
PROVERBS XXII:1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches: and loving favour rather than silver & gold

Arator De Actibus Apostolorum (Fragment)
Parchment leaf containing several texts in different hands. Probably originally from a copy of Arator's Acts of the Apostles or De Actibus Apostolorum

Unknown Texts (Fragment)
Bifolium from an unknown work or works, possibly relating to canon law, parchment. Date: 14th - circa 15th Century

Missale Romanum
A picture of the Missale Romanum, the liturgical book of the Roman Rite that contains the texts and rubrics for the celebration of the Mass

Modern Egyptian doorway with writing in Arabic. Date: 1840

Ancient Egypt. Judgement of the Dead. Book of the Death. Funerary papyri. 3rd-1st BC. Egyptian Museum. Turin. Italy

William Tyndale translating the Bible into English from Hebrew and Greek texts. Date: circa 1520s

The Form of the Tabernacle
According to Jewish texts, the tabernacle was the portable sanctuary created by Moses as a place of worship during the period of wandering that came before their arrival in the Promised Land

Religious verse 1882
Religious verse, Trust ye in the Lord for ever for in the lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. 1882

Religious verse 1887
Religious verse, Walking in the far of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Christ. 1887

Religious verse 1889
Religious verse, For the sunshine and the rain, for the dew and for the shower, for the yellow ripened grain, and the golden harvest hour, we bless thee O our God. by Mrs Crewson. 1889

Religious verse 1885
Religious verse, Wait on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart. psalm xxvii 1885

AT EVENING TIME IT SHALL BE LIGHT and other texts

I WILL MAKE KNOWN MINE WORDS UNTO YOU and other texts

I AM THE ROSE OF SHARON and other texts Date: 1875

Religious verse 1900
Religious verse, Thou Lord in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish

PSALM LXXXIX 8. 9
PSALM LXXXIX 8.9 Illustrated with a view of a ship upon a calm sea and a bouquet of sea weeds and shells Date: 1886

Puritan demonstrations against monarchy, 1643
Puritan demonstrations in London against the monarchy. Their actions included pulling down the cross at Cheapside and burning Catholic texts where the cross had stood. Date: May 1643

Red Book of Montserrat. 14th century. Monastery of Montserra
Red Book of Montserrat. Manuscript collection of devotional texts and medieval songs. 14th century. Library. Monastery of Montserrat. Catalonia. Spain. 1st manuscript

Japan - A group of three Ainos, the aborigines
Lantern slide of a group of three Ainos, the aborigines. The Ainu (also called Aynu, Aino and in historical texts Ezo), are indigenous people or groups in Japan and Russia

Three schoolboys apply themselves and become Oxford scholars
Three schoolboys apply themselves, becoming first class Oxford scholars. They then lend their acquired wisdom to become a Bishop, a Physician and a great warrior! Date: 1898

Reading the Puranas (ancient Hindu texts) - India
Reading the Puranas, ancient Hindu texts which eulogise various deities, primarily the divine Trimurti God in Hinduism through divine stories

Derby Railway Servants Orphanage - Dining Hall
Girls setting tables at the Railway Servants Orphanage, Derby. A frieze on the walls contains religious texts. Date: circa 1910

Studying with an Islamic Scholar, Umayyad Mosque, Damascus
Young boys and girls studying with an Islamic Scholar beneath the arches of the Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus or formerly the Basilica of Saint John the Baptist

Benito Arias Montano (15271598). Spanish orientalist. Samu
Benito Arias Montano (or Benedictus Arias Montanus) (15271598) was a Spanish orientalist and editor of the Antwerp Polyglot. Samuel book. Set of two books of the Bible from a historical character

Julius Eggeling
JULIUS EGGELING Professor of Sanskrit, responsible for translating many ancient Indian texts. Date: 1842 - 1918

Bible Texts - 9
I HAVE LOVED THE HABITATION OF THY HOUSE and other texts Date: 1875

Bible Texts - 4
BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL and other texts Date: 1875

Bible Texts - 2
THE LABOURER IS WORTHY OF HIS REWARD and other texts Date: 1875

Bernhard Tauchnitz
BERNHARD baron TAUCHNITZ German publisher, famous for his low-cost reprints of texts in English etc. popular with railway travelers. Date: 1846 - 1895

A group of Tibetan Musicians. Date: circa 1904

Title page of the first Latvian Bible. From: Ta Swehta Grahmata jeb Deewa Swehtais Wahrds : kas Preeksch un pehz ta Kunga Jesus Kristus swehtas Peedsimschanas no teem swehteem Deewa-Zilwekeem

Richard Burton (Leighton
RICHARD BURTON Traveller in Arabia and translator of the Arabian Nights and other exotic texts. Date: 1821-1890

Salvation Army Womens Night Shelter, East London
The dormitory of the Salvation Army night shelter for women, opened in 1889 at 194 Hanbury Street, Whitechapel in the East End of London

An Ottoman Library
An Ottoman Medressa Library with reading seats and wooden book supports

The Holy Carpet, before its journey to Mecca
A Holy Carpet, embroidered with texts from the Koran, photographed shortly before its journey to Mecca from Cairo where it was woven

Matthew Vii: 12
MATTHEW VII: 12 The golden rule: Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them

Philippians Iv: 5-6
PHILIPPIANS IV: 5-6 The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but every thing by Prayer... Text decorated with passion flowers

JOHN XV: 1, 2 I am the true vine and my father is the husbandman... Text decorated with grape vine and grapes & fruiting and flowering passion flower vine

Romans Xii: 11
ROMANS : XII, 11 Not slothful in business; Fervent in spirit; Serving the Lord

Colossians Iii: 17
COLOSSIANS III:17 Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him

Psalm Cxlv: 9
PSALM CXLV: 9 The Lord is good to all; And his tender mercies are over all his works

Cheapside Puritan Demo
Puritan demonstrations in London against the monarchy. Their actions included pulling down the cross at Cheapside and burning Catholic texts where the cross had stood

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