Written Collection (#2)

Khmer writing script carved in stone, Prasat Preah Ko temple ruins, Roluos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia

Colorful vintage neon sign with Chinese characters, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Scribe writing letter for a King seated in a library chair, from The National
3555545 Scribe writing letter for a King seated in a library chair, from The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey pub

Downe, Beckenham, Kent, England
5614277 Downe, Beckenham, Kent, England; (add.info.: Downe, Beckenham, Kent, England. The home of Charles Darwin. Inset left, his study where The Origin of the Species was written and inset right)

Guests celebrating a marriage in Ancient Greece, from Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, c.1900
3432456 Guests celebrating a marriage in Ancient Greece, from Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, c.1900; Private Collection; (add.info.: Guests celebrating a marriage in Ancient Greece)

A dissection in progress. From Le livre de la propriete des choses (On the Properites of Things)
527491 A dissection in progress. From Le livre de la propriete des choses (On the Properites of Things) written by the English Franciscan monk Bartholomew Glanville called Bartolomaeus Anglicus

William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing, play first performed c1598
532716 William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing, play first performed c1598.; (add.info.: William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing, play first performed c.1598)

O Bottom, thou art changed'. Snout and Quince, seeing Bottom the weaver seeing the ass-head for the first time
537928 O Bottom, thou art changed'. Snout and Quince, seeing Bottom the weaver seeing the ass-head for the first time

Handwritten work of Robert Schumann
3118664 Handwritten work of Robert Schumann; (add.info.: Handwritten work of Robert Schumann (1810-1856) a German composer and influential music critic

Top overture written by Ramon Carnicer
3118870 Top overture written by Ramon Carnicer; (add.info.: Top overture written by Ramon Carnicer (1789-1855), a Spanish composer, for the opera, The Barber of Seville

Signature of Peter Stuyvesant, c.?1612 - 1672, aka Petrus. Last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland
2603486 Signature of Peter Stuyvesant, c.?1612 - 1672, aka Petrus. Last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664

Facsimile of the traditional old Northumbrian round Sumer is icumen in'. Mid-13th century (English manuscript)
528011 Facsimile of the traditional old Northumbrian round Sumer is icumen in'. Mid-13th century (English manuscript); (add.info.: Written using Staff and proportional notation)

Musical Notation: Lament written on the death of Charlemagne in 814 using Neumes or Meumes notation
528003 Musical Notation: Lament written on the death of Charlemagne in 814 using Neumes or Meumes notation. 7th to 11th centuries (musical manuscript); (add.info)

Physician examining a sample of urine from the patient lying in bed. From Le livre de la propriete des choses
527492 Physician examining a sample of urine from the patient lying in bed. From Le livre de la propriete des choses (On the Properites of Things)

A dissection in progress. From Le livre de la propriete des choses (On the Properites of Things)
527490 A dissection in progress. From Le livre de la propriete des choses (On the Properites of Things) written by the English Franciscan monk Bartholomew Glanville, called Bartolomaeus Anglicus

Beatus from San Millan de la Cogolla, dated between 929-930
3499680 Beatus from San Millan de la Cogolla, dated between 929-930; (add.info.: Beatus from San Millan de la Cogolla, dated between 929-930)

An envelope addressed to Her Majesty the queen, Windsor Castle, dated London 1888 from The Strand Magazine
3432583 An envelope addressed to Her Majesty the queen, Windsor Castle, dated London 1888 from The Strand Magazine, Vol I January to June, 1891 (print) by English School

A page of the manuscript from the play entitled The Dancing Girl, by Henry Arthur Jones, ffrom The Strand Magazine
3432565 A page of the manuscript from the play entitled The Dancing Girl, by Henry Arthur Jones, ffrom The Strand Magazine, Vol I January to June, 1891 (print) by English School

From a page of the manuscript of Francis Bret Harte's story The Twins of Table Mountain, from The Strand Magazine
3432546 From a page of the manuscript of Francis Bret Harte's story The Twins of Table Mountain, from The Strand Magazine, Vol I January to June, 1891 (print) by English School

Diary entry by Abel Tasman
3586297 Diary entry by Abel Tasman; (add.info.: Diary entry by Abel Tasman (1603-1659) a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant. Dated 17th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Queen Caroline Britain's best hope England's sheet anchor. On the anchor is written Magna Carter, The People
527964 Queen Caroline Britain's best hope England's sheet anchor. On the anchor is written Magna Carter, The People, Bill of Rights, Constitution

Distillation of medicines. Female in centre is sorting herbs to be used in various concoctions
527489 Distillation of medicines. Female in centre is sorting herbs to be used in various concoctions. From Le livre de la propriete des choses (On the Properites of Things)

Mundus subterraneous, a scientific textbook written by Athanasius Kirche (engraving)
5669767 Mundus subterraneous, a scientific textbook written by Athanasius Kirche (engraving); (add.info.: Mundus subterraneous)

Signature of Henry Smith Williams, 1863-1943
5614275 Signature of Henry Smith Williams, 1863-1943; (add.info.: Signature of Henry Smith Williams, 1863-1943. American medical doctor, lawyer, and author)

Signature of Sir Edmund William Gosse, 1849- 1928
5614330 Signature of Sir Edmund William Gosse, 1849- 1928; (add.info.: Signature of Sir Edmund William Gosse, 1849- 1928. English poet, author and critic)

James Plaisted Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance, 1816 - 1899
3062092 James Plaisted Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance, 1816 - 1899.; Private Collection; (add.info.: British judge, rose breeder)

King David making a burnt offering to God in thanks for the deliverance of the Israelites from plague
537679 King David making a burnt offering to God in thanks for the deliverance of the Israelites from plague. 16th century (woodcut from bible); (add.info)

Musical notation. 10th century (manuscript)
528012 Musical notation. 10th century (manuscript); (add.info.: First page of Notker's Easter Sequence, Laudes Salvatori showing Neums notation for Gregorian chant)

Page of music decorated with initial letter O enclosing monks chanting from an antiphonal
528010 Page of music decorated with initial letter O enclosing monks chanting from an antiphonal. 13th-14th century (music manuscript from the Montpellier Codex of the Notre Dame (Old French)

Musical notation. 10th century (manuscript of Gregorian chant of Tutilo's Trope Hodie Cantandus)
528013 Musical notation. 10th century (manuscript of Gregorian chant of Tutilo's Trope Hodie Cantandus, written in Neums notation which was superseded by Staff notation); (add.info)

Wynken, Blynken & Nod
Wynken, Blynken and Nod is a popular poem for children written by American writer and poet Eugene Field and published in 1889

Chinese characters painted on a white wall, Chaozhou Hall (Trieu Chau), Hoi An, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam

Morning farmers market on Place Carnot, Ville Basse, Carcassonne, Aude Department, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Ink art, Ink Hearts, with pink and red floral influences on a black background and the word 'Loved"
Ink art, Ink Hearts, with pink and red floral influences on a black background with the word 'Loved'; Artwork

Aruba, Love message on sand

Aruba, Aruba written on sand at Juanita Beach

Aruba name written on the beach

Self Love message on sand

Mexico, Baja California Sur, Todos Santos Beach

North American F-100F Super Sabre O. 63946
Turkish Air Force (Turk Hava Kuvvetleri) - North American F-100F-10-NA Super Sabre O.63946 (msn 243-122, ex 56-3946). Allocated to the Turkish AF on 15 September 1978

The Song the Kettle is Singing (in a dear little place called home) - written and composed by Worton David and Lawrence Wright - sung with enormous success by Miss Florrie Forde and Miss Dora Lyric

Title page of the Navigation Act of 1651 (print)
PNP377470 Title page of the Navigation Act of 1651 (print) by American School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Napier Eland Convair 340 - 440 Mark II - Convair 440-62
Napier Eland Convair 340 - 440 Mark II (Convair 440-62) N440EL (msn 445) at PacAero Engineering Corporation, Santa Monica, CA. Built in 1957 and delivered to D.Napier & Sons Ltd

Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW. 2 WR960 Dougal
Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW.2 WR960 Dougal, delivered to No.8 Squadron at RAF Lossiemouth on 8 June 1972 and retired in 1981

United States Navy - McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom 155847 (unit code AE, call-sign 110 ) of VF-41, embarked on USS Roosevelt

Royal Air Force Hawker Hunter F Mk. 6 XE592 of No.111 Squadron RAF Black Arrows, formation display team. XE592 was delivered as an F Mk

Saint Michael Lieven van Lathem Flemish 1430
Saint Michael; Lieven van Lathem (Flemish, about 1430 - 1493); Ghent (written), Belgium; 1469; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 12.4 x 9.2 cm (4 7)

Hieroglyphic Letter Written By George Cruikshank To Mr. Parry. George Cruikshank, 1792

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