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The Report of Wenamun, Page 1
Papyrus Moscow 120, page 1
Held in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.
Image source: M. Коростовцев: Путeшecтвиe Ун-Амуна в Библ. 1960
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The Report of Wenamun, Page 2
Papyrus Moscow 120, page 2, c. 1090-1075 BCE
Held in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.
Image source: M. Коростовцев: Путeшecтвиe Ун-Амуна в Библ. 1960
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Book of Kells
The Book of Kells (c. 800) is an illuminated manuscript of the four gospels of the Christian New Testament, currently housed at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. The work is the most famous of the medieval illuminated manuscripts for the...
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Page of Bradford's 'Of Plymouth Plantation
Page from William Bradford's manuscript 'Of Plymouth Plantation' Illustration from page 102 of "Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript...
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Newspaper Front Page Declaring the Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
A U.S. newspaper front page declaring the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty was signed by all parties involved in WWI except the USSR on 28 June 1919.
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Title Page of Canterbury Tales
The title page from a 1542 edition of Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (1343 - 1400 CE). This edition was edited by William Thynne (c. 16th Century - 1546 CE) and is one of the most valuable surviving manuscripts, containing also The...
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Title Page of the Handbook of the Christian Soldier by Erasmus
The title page of the 1555 CE edition of Handbook of the Christian Soldier (Enchiridion Militis Christiani) by the Netherlandish Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1469-1536 CE). (Skokloster Castle, Sweden)
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Title Page of Two Treatises of Government
Title page of Two Treatises of Government by the English philosopher John Locke (1632-1704), first published in 1689.
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First Page of the Gospel of John from Tyndale's New Testament
The first page of the Gospel of John from the New Testament of William Tyndale (c. 1494-1536), published in 1526, the first English translation of the New Testament from the original languages.
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Title Page, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
The title page of A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797). The book, first published in 1792, called for greater educational opportunities for women and equality with men. (Library of Congress)
