
Biblia Latina, the 42-line Bible: the Library of Congress copy
1454 · Printed from movable metal type on vellum
Library of Congress

1454 · Printed from movable metal type on vellum
Library of Congress

19th century · Lead-glazed earthenware
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1668 · Oil on canvas
Musee du Louvre, Paris

c. 1200-1221 · Brass
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

5th-8th century AD · Handscroll
British Museum, London, Room 91a

c. 1902 · Walnut
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1760-90 · Mahogany
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

16th century · Stonepaste
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c. 1067-1082 · Wool crewel yarn embroidered onto a...
On loan to the British Museum, London

559 · Cast bronze
State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

c. 1390-1410 · Gold
British Museum, London, Room 2A

1716 · Spruce table
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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