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Charles Darwin's notebooks are historical documents containing the foundational scientific observations and sketches tha...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

The Aztec Sun Stone is a massive basalt sculpture created by the Mexica people around 1500 CE in Mexico. It depicts comp...

Calendar Ritual Stone Aztec

9.3 Excellent

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Houmuwu Ding

The Houmuwu Ding is a large Chinese bronze vessel dating to the Shang Dynasty. It’s considered a significant relic due t...

Chinese Bronze Ritual Vessel

9.2 Excellent

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Dresden Codex

The Dresden Codex is an ancient Maya manuscript written on bark paper. It’s considered the oldest known surviving Mayan...

Astronomy Manuscript Maya Codex

9.2 Excellent

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Ain Ghazal Statues

These limestone statues originate from Ain Ghazal in Jordan dating back to the Neolithic period between 7200 and 6250 BC...

Ritual Neolithic Jordan Statues

9.2 Excellent

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Codex Leicester (Leonardo da Vinci)

The Codex Leicester is a collection of scientific writings and sketches by Leonardo da Vinci, compiled around 1508. It p...

Manuscript Renaissance Scientific 15TH Century

9.2 Excellent

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Geniza Fragments (Cambridge)

Housed at Cambridge University Library, the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection contains over 190,000 fragments recovere...

Manuscript Medieval Cairo Jewish

9.2 Excellent

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Domesday Book

The Domesday Book is a medieval English manuscript created in 1086 by order of William I. It represents the first compre...

Manuscript Survey Administration Medieval

9.1 Excellent

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Sanxingdui Bronze Standing Figure

This bronze standing figure originates from the Sanxingdui archaeological site in Sichuan, China. Dating back to the lat...

Statue Chinese Bronze Ritual

9.1 Excellent

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Sanxingdui Bronze Sacred Tree

The Sanxingdui Bronze Sacred Tree is a significant archaeological find originating from the Sanxingdui site in Sichuan,...

Chinese Bronze Ritual Sanxingdui

9.1 Excellent

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Sanxingdui Bronze Mask

The Sanxingdui Bronze Mask originates from an ancient Chinese archaeological site in Sichuan. Crafted during the late Sh...

Chinese Mask Bronze Ritual

9.0 Excellent

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Maya Codex of Mexico

The Maya Codex of Mexico represents one of the earliest surviving books produced in the Americas. Crafted from meticulou...

Manuscript Maya Ritual Codex

8.6 Great

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Paris Codex

The Paris Codex is a surviving pre-Columbian Maya manuscript, currently housed in the Bibliothèque nationale de France i...

Manuscript Maya Ritual Codex

8.0 Great