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Handel's Messiah

Handel’s Messiah

From the draft score of the composer’s most famous work

Image from Leonardo da Vinci's notebook

Leonardo da Vinci selection

A selection of his sketches (29 pages)

Image from Alice's Adventures Under Ground

Alice's Adventures Under Ground

Written and illustrated by Lewis Carroll

Image from Mozart's Thematic Catalogue

Mozart's musical diary

The composer's own notes, from 1784 until his death

Image from the Codex Sinaiticus

Codex Sinaiticus

Extracts from a 1,600-year-old-Bible courtesy of the Partners of the Codex Sinaiticus Project

Image from Jane Austen's 'History of England'

Jane Austen's early work

'The History of England' in her own hand

Image from the Ramayana

Ramayana

India's great epic in 17th-century paintings

Image from Sultan Baybars' Qur'an

Baybars' magnificent Qur'an

Epitome of sumptuous Arabic calligraphy

Image from the Ethiopic Bible

Bible from Ethiopia

Commissioned by Emperor Iyasu in around 1700

Image from the Lisbon Bible

Lisbon Hebrew Bible

Survivor of 15th-century Jewish culture

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