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Ancient Manuscript Stock Video Footage

Licenses 4238 high quality Ancient Manuscript stock video clips in 4K, raw formats

Afghanistan Scenics

Ben Sturgulewski

Close Ups of Burning Pages

Amnesty Films

The Blacksmith

JOKO & SEAN

A hand picks the corner of a page up
Someone is holding a very old book
A book sits open in the dark room
A page torn from a book sits on the beach with other debris
A person is pointing at words on a page
Person unrolling blueprints
A person reading an old book
Pages of a book on fire
Sacred Tibetan Scripture Unveiled: Ancient Wisdom Revealed
Handwriting is on the paper in the box
A large scroll with text in a foreign language unrolls from right to left
A woman is looking at leather bound journals
A man uses a marker to write on a piece of paper
A monument statue in the woods at midday

The Blacksmith

JOKO & SEAN

A man uses a quill to write with
Blue lights flow across dark surface under interconnected gold bands
The pages of an old book turn quickly in the warm, dramatic light against a dark background
Hand writes with a quill beside a rolled parchment on the table
Wasp nest with swirling structure hanging from branch with dry leaves against black background
A persons hand gently touching a sheet of paper
The camera pans down on a piece of ancient artwork
Sand cracks and crumbles
A person slowly turns the pages on a notebook that is filled with handwriting
Flames glow yellow and orange enveloping material brightening surrounding darkness
A woman stands at the end of building where the wind blows her dress
Person traces line using ruler on top sheet of paperboard
Cook with black gloves unrolls a bamboo mat to make sushi
A closeup shot shows a persons hand holding a dip pen and carefully writing on an unrolled scroll with a wooden handle resting outoffocus in the foreground
Vintage 8mm film footage captures the progression of a solar eclipse with prominent lens flares and film grain
Ants crawl across the crevice in a rough surface
An ancient manuscript on a page under a beam of sunlight
An old book is written in a old language
An old paper with cursive writing of the decoration of independence
A wall covered with numerous old yellowed book pages that are pinned up with the pages curling and dog eared
A book sits on a table in a library
Person flips a small piece of paper with writing on it
Rotating globe in motion
Pages of a book are being placed together
A cauldron is on the wooden floor and is receiving sunlight while it is smoking and burning something on top of it
A stack of file folders are labeled with printed stickers and handwritten numbers
A person rolls out the page filled with words
A man picks up an old book from a pile and then leafs through it
Flames rising from hot coals
Buddhist Silhouette Engaged in Study: Table with Tibetan Scripture
A person in a room using a tool on a piece of metal
A light blue light shines across a brown banded object
An abstract waveform of golden light is projected onto the pages of a book as they turn in slow motion
The charred edges of a burning book curl upward as faint text remains visible amid glowing embers
Person unrolling some paper on a small tabletop
Several books organized on a bookshelf
Sunlight shines onto an ank lying on a textured surface in a dimly lit room
A surreal black and white cinemagraph shows a cloaked female figure resembling the Grim Reaper holding a scythe and looking at an old stone church
Old files and papers on table
A man looks through a notebook with handwritten text
A woman wearing white robes stands by pillars
A close up view of bark on a tree
Ancient stone carvings on a rock in Saudi Arabia
Book Macros
A woman sitting under a sheet on a bed holding a glowing light
Light slowly fades over a mysterious, abstract rock formation in a grainy, vintage film close-up
A person reaches their arm over the old document
An asian woman holds onto her conical hat as she looks out upon a river
A piece of leather is scraped into a proper size

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