Bar Kokhba, original Dead Sea Scroll 5/6 Hev44, 134 CE, a deed with 4 signatures

Saint Catherine's Monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Sinai, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Religious symbol of old Roman Missal with a wooden cross, France

Fray Francisco de Burgoa Library at the Convent of Santo Domingo de Guzman, interior, Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca State, Mexico

Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Acciaiuoli Missal, 15th century Italian manuscript on parchment, Lisbon, Portugal

Tomb of Nefertari, Valley of the Queens, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Islamic Arts Museum, Royal Quran in Arabic dated 1871 from Malay Peninsula, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Apocalypse, 14th century, Manuscript on parchment, Lisbon, Portugal

Religious Islamic text, The Quran, over 6000 verses in 114 capters called Surahs, paper and digital Quran, Vietnam

A priest goes through an ancient manuscript at the monastery of Kebran Gabriel, on an island on Lake Tana, Ethiopia, Africa

Hall of the Scribes and their Textual Legacy, Writing room, Museo Egizio (Egyptian Museum), Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Priest holding ancient manuscript, Ashetan Maryam, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

Religion, ethiopia. Temple of yeha, c5th bc. Boy and priests showing off manuscripts at the small yeha museum

Religion, ethiopia. Na’akuto la’ab church, 7 kms from lalibela, built in a cave. The priest showing some of the church’s treasures: with a manuscript book depicting the miracles of mary

Religion, ethiopia. Orthodox archbishop gregorius visiting tullo gudo island and monastery of debre zion, lake ziway. Reading ancient parchment bibles and manuscripts stored in church.

Religion, ethiopia. Na’akuto la’ab church, 7 kms from lalibela, built in a cave. The priest showing some of the church’s treasures: with a manuscript book depicting the miracles of mary

Religion, ethiopia. Orthodox archbishop gregorius visiting tullo gudo island and monastery of debre zion, lake ziway. Reading ancient parchment bibles and manuscripts stored in church.

Volvelle from ancient manuscript, Library in monastery, Valldemossa, Mallorca, Spain

Library in monastery, Ancient manuscript, Valencia, Spain