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Dead Sea Scrolls

The Dead Sea Scrolls represent a collection of ancient Jewish religious texts discovered in caves near the Dead Sea. The...

Biblical Jewish Parchment Scrolls

9.8 Brilliant

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Magna Carta (1215 original copies)

Magna Carta was a royal charter issued in 1215 after negotiations between King John of England and rebellious barons at...

Manuscript Medieval Historical English

9.8 Brilliant

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Magna Carta

The Magna Carta, dating from 1215, represents a pivotal moment in legal history. This medieval English charter restricts...

Manuscript Charter Law Medieval

9.7 Brilliant

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Darwin's Notebooks

Charles Darwin's notebooks are historical documents containing the foundational scientific observations and sketches tha...

Manuscript Evolution 19TH Century British

9.7 Brilliant

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Beowulf Manuscript (Cotton Vitellius)

The Beowulf Manuscript, officially designated as Cotton Vitellius A.xv, is a 10th-century codex held in the British Libr...

Manuscript Literature 10TH Century Anglo Saxon

9.6 Brilliant

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Cairo Geniza Documents

The Cairo Geniza documents are a collection of approximately 400,000 Jewish manuscript fragments discovered in the Ben E...

Manuscript Medieval Jewish Cambridge Library

9.5 Brilliant

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Codex Atlanticus (Leonardo da Vinci)

The Codex Atlanticus is a 12-volume collection of over 1,100 drawings and writings by Leonardo da Vinci, assembled in th...

Manuscript Renaissance Scientific 15TH Century

9.5 Brilliant

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Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire (Reichskleinodien)

The Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire, or Reichskleinodien, are the crown jewels used in the coronation and inve...

Medieval Christian Vienna Habsburg

9.5 Brilliant

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Holy Thorn Reliquary (British Museum)

The Holy Thorn Reliquary is a medieval goldsmith's work created in Paris around the 1390s, currently held in the British...

French Medieval Christian Passion Relic

9.5 Brilliant

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Bones of St. James the Greater (Santiago de Compostela)

The Bones of St. James the Greater are believed to be the remains of the apostle James the Greater, housed within Santia...

Pilgrimage Christian Santiago Body Relic

9.4 Excellent

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Edicule of the Holy Sepulchre

The Edicule is the domed shrine housed within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, enclosing the to...

Passion Christian Jerusalem Venerated

9.4 Excellent

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Icon of Vladimir Madonna

The Icon of the Virgin of Vladimir is a 12th-century Byzantine masterpiece of Eastern Orthodox art, currently housed in...

Icon Byzantine Christian Orthodox

9.4 Excellent

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Codex Sinaiticus

The Codex Sinaiticus is a late-antique vellum manuscript containing portions of the Greek Old and New Testaments. Discov...

Manuscript Biblical Christian Vellum

9.3 Excellent

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Codex Vaticanus

The Codex Vaticanus is a remarkably well-preserved late-antique Greek manuscript of the Bible. Dating from the fourth ce...

Manuscript Biblical Christian Vellum

9.3 Excellent

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Body of St. James the Apostle (Santiago de Compostela)

The remains of Saint James the Great, one of the Twelve Apostles, are traditionally enshrined beneath the altar of the S...

Spain Medieval Pilgrimage Christian

9.3 Excellent

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Holy Sepulchre Edicule (Jerusalem)

The Edicule of the Holy Sepulchre is a small shrine housed within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Je...

Pilgrimage Tomb Christian Jerusalem

9.3 Excellent

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Garima Gospels

The Garima Gospels represent a significant collection of early Christian manuscripts originating from Abba Garima Monast...

Manuscript Illuminated Gospel Ethiopian

8.5 Great

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Crib of Jesus (Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome)

The Relics of the Holy Crib consist of pieces of wood traditionally believed to be fragments of the manger of Jesus. The...

Wood Biblical Christian Rome

7.5 Good

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Skull of St. John the Baptist (Amiens Cathedral)

The Skull of St. John the Baptist is a first-class Christian relic enshrined within Amiens Cathedral in France. Accordin...

French Biblical First Class Christian

7.3 Good

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Finger of St. Thomas the Apostle

The finger of St. Thomas the Apostle is a Christian relic preserved in the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem in Ro...

Biblical Roman First Class Christian

6.5 Fair