Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:30:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Residents help salvage burnt manuscripts from the ruins of the Scientific Institute of Egypt near Tahrir Square in Cairo December 19, 2011. The historic institute, which housed a large selection of rare and ancient books and documents, was set on fire during clashes between protesters and security forces on Saturday. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
A page from a previously unknown manuscript by Bengali poet ...
Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:40:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A page from a previously unknown manuscript by Bengali poet and Nobel Literature Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore, is seen in this undated handout. The manuscript is expected to fetch up to $250,000 when it is auctioned in New York on December 13, 2011. Rabindranath's 1928 notebook contains 12 poems and lyrics for 12 songs in Bengali, some of which were drafts for works that were published later, according to Sotheby's. REUTERS/
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A crucifixion scene from a late 15th century Vatican manuscript ...
Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:20:08 +0100 (Reuters) - A crucifixion scene from a late 15th century Vatican manuscript that is among those rescued from Napoleon's armies and rediscovered in the late 1990s is seen in this photograph released to Reuters on January 21, 2011. Forty of these manuscripts are now on display at the Meadows Museum in Dallas, Texas. Rare, lavishly-illustrated manuscripts from the Sistine Chapel that were rescued from Napoleon's army, only to fall under the radar screen of art history for two centuries, go on display in Dallas on Sunday. REUTERS/Meadows Museum/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS SOCIETY) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
The cover of the handwritten manuscript of the film ’Quai des ...
Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:00:25 +0200 (AP) - The cover of the handwritten manuscript of the film ’Quai des Brumes’ written by French writer Jacques Prevert prior to be sold during the auction of about 50 items coming from Prevert legacy, in Paris, Wednesday June 9, 2010. The manuscript was sold for euro 450,000 ($542,000). (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
This Sotheby's handout shows the unpublished manuscript ...
Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:50:24 +0200 (AFP/SOTHEBY’S-HO) - This Sotheby's handout shows the unpublished manuscript 'A Family Sketch,' Mark Twain's most intimate and introspective memoir of his family and his own boyhood days.(AFP/SOTHEBY'S-HO)
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