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Topics: manuscripts, medieval manuscripts, renaissance manuscripts
The Manuscripts of the Muslim World project collection includes digital editions of manuscripts Islamicate world broadly construed. Together these holdings represent in great breadth the flourishing intellectual and cultural heritage of Muslim lands from 1000 to 1900, covering mathematics, astrology, history, law, literature, as well as the Qur'an and Hadith. The bulk of the collection consists of manuscripts in Arabic and Persian, along with examples of Coptic, Samaritan, Syriac, Turkish, and...
Topics: Manuscripts, Islam, Arabic, Persian
Medieval Manuscripts from Philadelphia-area institutions, digitized as part of the CLIR-funded Bibliotheca Philadelphiensis Project
Topics: medieval, medieval manuscripts
Realty Trust Review/Realty Stock Review was a semi-monthly (monthly from March 1970-June 1971) periodical created to provide company and industry analysis and investment advice to investors in shares of real estate investment trusts (REITs), a new asset class unfamiliar to stock market investors in the 1970s and 1980s. Published and copyrighted by Audit Investments, Inc. (previously Audit Investment Research, Inc. and Audit Publications, Inc.) a New Jersey corporation owned by Kenneth D....
Topics: Real Estate, Investing, REIT
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Suspended publication Apr. 1913- Aug. 1914
Topics: Genealogy, Pennsylvania Dutch
Manuscripts of the Muslim World
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Jurjānī, Ismāʻīl ibn Ḥasan, 1042 or 1043-1136 or 1137 جرجاني، اسماعيل بن حسن،
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 189. Persia?, 1300. Medical encyclopedia in 9 books, with discussions of physiology, anatomy, pathology, diagnosis, fevers, specific diseases, surgery, fractures, poisons, and antidotes. Includes indexes, although some leaves are missing. Most leaves re-margined with pink paper; a few leaves have original margins and extensive marginal notes or commentary (f. 255v-261r). Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Franklin
Topics: Medicine, Persian--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Persian, Manuscripts, 14th century,...
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 268. Spain, 1381. An extensive treatise on Aristotelian astronomy, considering the motion of the stars and planets in a spherical, geocentric universe. Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Franklin
Topics: Astronomy--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, 14th century, Manuscripts,...
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1891
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Pennsylvania-German Society
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Some vols. issued without set numbering and/or title
Topic: Pennsylvania Dutch
Manuscripts of the Muslim World
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1570
1570
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Damīrī, Bahrām ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 1333 or 1334-1402 or 1403 دميري، بهرام بن عبد الله،
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 27 v.1. 1570. Commentary on the Mukhtaṣar of Shaykh Khalīl. This copy is very neatly written in 4 volumes in the same hand; fairly extensive worm damage though mostly confined to the margins; approximately 30 leaves missing from the beginning of volume 3, according to the earlier foliation. Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Franklin
Topics: Islamic law--Early works to 1800, Malikites--Early works to 1800, Islamic law, Malikites,...
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Mellarinus, Johannes
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, LJS 424. Bologna, 1500. Extensive collection of medical texts compiled in 1500-1501 during medical studies in Bologna. Contents include copies of texts in the medical curriculum, the most substantial being al-Rāzī's Nonus Almansoris and Avicenna's Canon, and at least one, Paolo Bagellardo's Libellus de egritudinibus infancium, copied from a printed edition. Lists of prescriptions dated 1477 to 1501 also present. Marginal...
Topics: Università di Bologna Codices Anthology, Medicine--Early works to 1800 Annotations 16th century,...
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 278. Deccan, India, 1595. Illustrated herbal with detailed descriptions of the physical appearance and the medicinal effect of many plants, as well as some trees, minerals, and substances derived from animals. The manuscript is not complete: it comprises text and illustrations from parts of Chapter 1, substantial parts of Chapters 2-4, and parts of Chapter 5. Many leaves have extensive repairs at the edges or...
Topics: Materia medica--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Persian, Botany, Medical--Early works to 1800...
Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, CAJS Rar Ms 164. A collection of anonymous astrological and magical treatises. Also bound together with this manuscript is a lithographed copy of Kitāb fī al-tamām wa-al-kamāl by Abū Maʻshar. This book is in two parts, the first dealing with horoscopes of men and their signs the second with women. Each part has 12 sections. Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Franklin
Topics: Astrology--Early works to 1800, Astronomy, Arab--Early works to 1800, Islamic magic--Early works to...
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1911
1911
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Kline, John Jacob, 1856-
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In Pennsylvania-German society. Proceedings and addresses ... Oct. 29, 1909, v. XX
Topic: New Hanover, Pennsylvania. Lutheran Church
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, LJS 459. Mosul?, Iraq, 1193. Early copy of the long form of this popular treatise presented as a letter from Aristotle to Alexander the Great on statecraft, astronomy, astrology, magic, and medicine. The ending of the manuscript is missing; the text breaks off during a discussion of magical alphabets. Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Franklin
Topics: Education of princes--Early works to 1800 Codices, Kings and rulers--Duties--Early works to 1800...
At head of title: Keystone state notables : the Philadelphian and his city
Topic: Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283 قزويني، زكريا بن محمد،
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Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Lewis O 41. 1827. Copy of ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt in Persian with diagrams and many color illustrations showing constellations, animals, plants, creatures and other wonders; the Arabic in the text is overlined in red. OPenn: go to OPenn
Topics: Cosmography--Early works to 1800, Geography, Arab--Early works to 1800, Zoology--Pre-Linnean works,...
Special Collections, BV 56. 1924. Small notebook of invocations and talismans, some associated with the name ʻAbd Allāh al-Arḍī (p. 1, [13]). Pages are written on one side only. OPenn: go to OPenn
Topics: Islamic magic, Talismans, Manuscripts, 20th century, Manuscripts, Arabic, Codices (bound...
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1917
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Eshleman, Henry Frank, 1869-
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Topics: Swiss, Germans, Mennonites
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1533
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John, of Parma, 13th cent
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, LJS 470. Siena, 1533. Collection of medical recipes, folk remedies, charms, and spells, including a Hebrew translation of John of Parma's medical treatise, Practicella. Diagrams and notes added by later hands at the beginning of the manuscript (f. 1v-3v). Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Franklin
Topics: Medicine--Early works to 1800 Codices 16th century, Jewish magic--Early works to 1800 Diagrams...
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1891
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Pennsylvania-German Society
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Some vols. issued without set numbering and/or title
Topic: Pennsylvania Dutch
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Ḥalabī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, -1549 or 1550 حلبي، ابراهيم بن محمد،
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Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, CAJS Rar Ms 285. 1731. Copy of a compendium of Ḥanafī law. Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Franklin
Topics: Islamic law--Early works to 1800, Hanafites--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts,...
Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, CAJS Rar Ms 126. 1428. Handbook in which the Prophet's life, qualities, and miracles are described in extensive detail. Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Franklin
Topics: Hadith--Early works to 1800, Religious life--Islam--Early works to 1800, Codices (bound...
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, LJS 40. 1750. Collection of prayers, including several based on the Āyat al-Kursī, and several others for each day of the week. Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Franklin
Topics: Islam--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Arabic, Islamic magic--Early works...
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1898. 1767. Work on divination of events and people; includes divination by letters, horoscopes, time keeping, planetary movements, etc. The work references 40 other books on similar topics at the beginning and lists their authors (f. 9v-15r); also contains several illustrations and numerous tables. Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Franklin
Topics: Divination--Early works to 1800, Islamic magic--Early works to 1800, Codices, Diagrams, Tables...
Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Lewis O 86. 1805. Elaborately illuminated collection of poetry and prose from a wide variety of Persian writers. A table of contents lists 118 sections. The work is dedicated to Ḥāfiẓ Shīr Muḥammad Khān Mukhtār al-Dawlah Bahādur, a governor of Kashmir (f. 3v). OPenn: go to OPenn
Topics: Persian poetry--Early works to 1800, Persian literature--Early works to 1800, Illumination of books...
Haverford College, Quaker and Special Collections, Rendel Harris 38. 1800. Arabic-Syriac glossary divided by topic. Each entry consists of an Arabic word, its Syriac equivalent and the transliteration of the Syriac into Arabic letters. OPenn: go to OPenn
Topics: Syriac language--Dictionaries--Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Syriac, Manuscripts, 19th...
Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Lewis O 191. 1670. Deccani portrait album beginning with the Mughal emperors, proceeding to the Deccani kings, then closing with the Safavid shahs; the images are labeled in Persian in the lower corner with Latin script titles added near the shoulder of each person. Possibly produced during the reign of Abul Hasan Qutb Shah (r. 1672-1687) the last ruler of the Golconda sultanate. The album is bound to be viewed left to right; probably for...
Topics: Portraits, Indic, Deccani painting, Art, Indic, Manuscripts, Persian, Manuscripts, 17th century,...
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Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 184. Catalonia, 1265. Encyclopedia with emphasis on word origins, arranged by subject. The manuscript follows the standard division into 20 books, except that Book 3, on mathematics, music, and astronomy, is divided into Books 3 and 4, giving the manuscript a total of 21 books. Additional astronomical material, probably from Bede's De temporum ratione, appears at the end of Book 21 (f. 178v-183v), with the running...
Topics: Encyclopedias and dictionaries--Early works to 1600 Codices Encyclopedia, Encyclopedias 13th...
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1879
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Rauch, E. H. (Edward H.), 1826-1902
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Publisher's advertisements: p. [1] at end
Topics: Pennsylvania German dialect, Pennsylvania German dialect
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1895
1895
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Lins, James C
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Topic: Pennsylvania German dialect
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, LJS 226. England and Spain, 1410. Collection of astrological and astronomical diagrams gathered from 3 earlier manuscripts. After a later parchment bifolium (f. 1-2, with inscription dated 1861 and 18th- or 19th-century English title) come 3 leaves from an early 15th-century English manuscript, perhaps the manuscript book dated 1410 referred to in the title on the later bifolium, possibly from the Liber juratus Honorii,...
Topics: Astrology--Early works to 1800 Codices 15th century, Astronomy--Early works to 1800 Fragments...
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1710
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Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʻUmarī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, 1301-1349 ابن فضل الله العمري، احمد بن يحيى،
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 447. Aleppo, 1710. Descriptions and illustrations of domestic and wild animals, birds, insects, marine animals, plants, stemless plants, and herbs. Sources include Dioscorides, Galen, and Ibn al-Bayṭār. The larger, encyclopedic work of which the text of this manuscript is a part, also includes cosmography, geography, history, and biography. Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Franklin
Topics: Botany--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Arabic, Zoology--Pictorial works--Early...
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Topics: Genealogy, Pennsylvania Dutch, genealogy
Thesis (M.S. in Historic Preservation) -- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 1992
Topics: Penn theses, Historic preservation
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Urmawī, ʻAbd al-Muʼmin ibn Yūsuf, approximately 1216-1294 ارموي، عبد المؤمن بن يوسف،
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, LJS 295. Iran?, 1412. Composite manuscripts with two works. The first is a Persian translation of al-Urmawī's treatise the theory of music, including division of frets, ratio of intervals, consonance and dissonance, cycles, rhythmic and melodic modes, and the 5-string oud or lute (f. 1v-38v). The second is a short, anonymous work on the science of letters (ʻilm al-ḥurūf) (f. 41r-61v). Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Franklin
Topics: Music--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Persian, Music theory--Arab countries--Early works to 1800...
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, LJS 409. 1600. Two brief alchemical works written by a father for his son. Encoded alphabets are used occasionally in the manuscript, and a key is included (f. 3r). Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Franklin
Topics: Alchemy--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Arabic, Islamic magic--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts,...
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1907
1907
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Richards, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, 1848-1935
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In Pennsylvania-German Society. Proceedings and addresses ... 1905, v. 16
Topic: Hiester family
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Suspended publication Apr. 1913- Aug. 1914
Topics: Genealogy, Pennsylvania Dutch
Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Lewis O 53. 1592. Complete, illustrated copy of the Shāhnāmah with 21 miniatures; no rubrications between f. 197v-373v. OPenn: go to OPenn
Topics: Epic poetry, Persian--Early works to 1800, Persian poetry--747-1500, Illumination of books and...
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Paolo, Veneto, approximately 1370-1428
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 224. Verona?, Italy, 1425. Commentary on Aristotle's Posterior analytics, in which syllogistic reasoning is applied to scientific proof or demonstration. The first and second gatherings end with the text written in the lower margin of the last verso, as if lacking space and nevertheless finishing before the start of the next gathering (f. 13v, 23v). Occasional marginal corrections and notes. Penn Libraries Catalog:...
Topics: Logic--Early works to 1800 Codices 15th century, Commentaries Diagrams, Diagrams Commentary,...
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1963. 1772. Work on alchemy. Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Franklin
Topics: Divination--Religious aspects--Early works to 1800, Islamic magic--Early works to 1800,...
Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Lewis O 168. 1816. Copy of a book about calendar systems, astrology, and fortune telling; references the Prophet Daniel as the source of much of the information. OPenn: go to OPenn
Topics: Religious calendars, Astrology, Arab, Fortune-telling, Manuscripts, Arabic--19th century,...
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Penn Museum NEP26. 1468. Large format, illuminated copy of prayers from Kitāb Duʻāʼ al-Jawshan and the Duʻāʼ al-Sayfī, attributed to ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib. The copy is dedicated to Qāʼit Bāy, the Sultan of Egypt and Syria (d. 1496). The first page of text gives the transmitter as Muḥammad ibn Zayn al-ʻArab Sharafshāh al-Ḥusaynī (p. [4]). OPenn: go to OPenn
Topics: Islam--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800, Illumination of books and...
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1897
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Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921
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In Pennsylvania-German Society. Proceedings and addresses ... 1896, v. 7, 1 p.l., p. [257]-413
Topic: Palatines in England
Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 28. Paris, France, Mid- 13th century. This compact Parisian bible contains the letter and prologue of Saint Jerome, the Latin text of the Vulgate, and an alphabetical list of Hebrew names with their interpretations. The final folio contains notes and finding aids in an early hand. The book was produced in the mid-thirteenth century. It is decorated with seven historiated initials (Saint Jerome, fol. 1r; the Seven Days of Creation, fol. 5r; Solomon Teaching,...
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Topics: 13th century, French, France
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Topics: Genealogy, Pennsylvania Dutch
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Ṣubunrī, Mahdī ibn ʻAlī, -approximately 1412 or 1413 صبنري، مهدي بن علي،
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 960 Item 6. Collection of seven medical works, mostly treatises but also including a qaṣīdah describing medical treatments (Work 2) and a work presented as a historical account concerning medical treatments (Work 3). The first work is an herbal by al-Mahdī ibn ʻAlī al-Ṣubunrī (whose name is recorded in the text as al-Mahdī Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ṣanbarī), which comprises nearly half the...
Topics: Medicine, Medicine, Arab, Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric, Codices (bound manuscripts),...
Fairman Rogers Collection
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Oettingen, Burchard von, 1850-; Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania) PU
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Translation into English of: Die Zucht des edlen Pferdes in Theorie und Praxis
Topics: Horses, Thoroughbred horse, CHR 1909, PRO Armstrong, F. Wallis (bookplate) (autograph, 1913), PRO...
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1818
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ʻAṭṭār, Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1764-1827 or 1828 عطار، محمد بن حسين،
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1893.. 1818. Short treatise on artillery containing an introduction, three topics, and a conclusion (f. 2r). Contains eight diagrams (f. 4r, 5r, 7v, 10r, 11v, 12r, 13r, 21v) and two tables (f. 14v, 19v); composition dates given in fractions (f. 2v and 21r). Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Franklin
Topics: Artillery--History, Manuscripts, Arabic--19th century, Codices (bound manuscripts), Diagrams,...
Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 37. Italy, Possibly made in Genoa or Naples; circa 1260-1280. This manuscript is a large Latin Bible with prologues and the Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum. It was written in Italy in rotunda script between approximately 1260 and 1280, but the historiated and illuminated initials from the beginning of the Old Testament through the wisdom writings are by a French illuminator. An Italian illuminator is responsible for the decoration in the rest of the...
Topics: Bible, 13th century, French
Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 31. Oxford?, England, Circa 1230. This manuscript is a Vulgate Bible written in England in the second quarter of the thirteenth century. It has typical layout in two columns and decorations of red and blue initials, running titles, and chapter numbers. The Bible is followed by a concordance written in three columns.
Topics: Bible, Christian, England
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, LJS 456. Andalusia?, 1394. Popular treatise presented as a letter from Aristotle to Alexander the Great on statecraft, astronomy, astrology, magic, and medicine. Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Franklin
Topics: Education of princes--Early works to 1800 Codices, Kings and rulers--Duties--Early works to 1800...
Haverford College, Quaker & Special Collections, Rendel Harris 1. Northern Spain, Most likely from Tudela, Burgeos, or Soria in northern Spain, based on the Sephardic script, use of a reed pen, eight sheets per quire, sequence of books after Malachi, and the page pricking method, according to Rachel Beckwith; 1266. This manuscript is a Hebrew Bible with a colophon dated 5026 (1266), written in Spain, probably Tudela, Burgeos, or Soria. It has an unusual book order after the Prophets, only...
Topics: Bible, 13th century, Sephardi
Lehigh University, Lehigh University, Special Collections, Lehigh Codex 18. Lyon?, France, First quarter 16th century. This Book of Hours of the Use of Rome was produced in France, likely in Lyon, in the second decade of the sixteenth century. The miniatures are similar in style to those of the Master of the Entry of Francis I, named after a manuscript now in Wolfebüttel (Cod. Guelf. 86.4 Extrav.). The calendar (fols. 1r-12v) is illustrated with twenty-four bas-de-page vignettes showing the...
Topics: 16th century, France, French
Manuscripts of the Muslim World
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1523
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Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, active 16th century برجندي، عبد العلي بن محمد بن حسين،
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, LJS 411. 1523. Commentary on the Zīj-i jadīd-i Sulṭānī, which comprised tables of calendar calculations, trigonometry, planets, and stars compiled from observations made at the observatory in Samarqand, completed in 1447. Includes some tables, marginal commentary attributed to Mullah Muẓaffar (f. 239v), 7 generally contemporary diagrams tipped in, and 1 diagram and 1 small note laid in. Penn Libraries Catalog: go to...
Topics: Astronomy--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Persian, Manuscripts, 15th century, Manuscripts,...
Thesis (M.S. in Historic Preservation) -- University of Pennsylvania, 1995
Topics: Penn theses, Historic preservation
Special Collections, BV 67. 1800. Syriac-English dictionary arranged according to the order of the Syriac alphabet. OPenn: go to OPenn
Topics: Syriac language--Dictionaries--English, Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, 19th century, Codices...
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1899
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Pennypacker, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitaker), 1843-1916
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Includes bibliographical references
Topic: Pennsylvania Dutch
Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Lewis O 179. 1830. Devotional book containing prayers, questions and answers about religious practice, protective devices and other devotional materials. OPenn: go to OPenn
Topics: Muḥammad,--Prophet,---632--Prayers and devotions, Islam--Prayers and devotions, Islam--Customs...
Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 247. Cirencester?, England, Late 12th century or early 13th century. This manuscript contains imperfect copies of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Anglorum (fols. 1r-25v) and of William of Malmesbury's Gesta regum Anglorum (fols. 26r-55v), two important twelfth-century English historical texts. The Historia ends part-way through chapter XVI of book VII, and the Gesta contains only the first three books (and ends imperfectly). The manuscript was made in...
Topics: 12th century, 13th century, England
Manuscripts of the Muslim World
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1500
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Ibn Malak, ʻAbd al-Laṭīf ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ابن ملك، عبد اللطيف بن عبد العزيز
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Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, CAJS Rar Ms 147. 1500. Commentary on Manār al-anwār fī uṣūl al-fiqh; table of contents added to the beginning. Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Franklin
Topics: Islamic law--Interpretation and construction--Early works to 1800, Hanafites--Early works to 1800,...
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1898
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Jacobs, Henry Eyster, 1844-1932
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Publications of the German-Pennsylvania Society
Topics: Germans, Germans, Pennsylvania Dutch
Manuscripts of the Muslim World
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1890
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Mīrzā Ibrāhīm Ẓahīr Kirmānī, active 19th century ميرزا ابراهيم ظهير کرمانى،
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Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Lewis O 154A. 1890. Copy of the story of Vāmiq and ʻAz̲rā with numerous brightly colored full-page illustrations; the illustrations all have a blank space left on the reverse side of the leaf and blank leaves have been tipped in around the illustrations and full-page illuminations. OPenn: go to OPenn
Topics: Persian literature, Manuscripts, Persian, Manuscripts, 19th century, Codices (bound manuscripts),...
Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Lewis O 126. 1300. Copy of hymns and prayers for certain days and months. OPenn: go to OPenn
Topics: Coptic Church--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800, Coptic Church--Hymns--Early works to...
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John XXI, Pope, -1277
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, LJS 236. Italy, 1450. Medical miscellany with almost the first half of the volume devoted to a copy of Thesaurus pauperum, a compilation of remedies for a variety of diseases frequently attributed to Petrus Hispanus, later Pope John XXI. The remainder includes a work by Arnaldus de Villanova, a partial copy of a work by Johannes de Rupescissa, a work attributed to Ramon Llull, and several other unattributed collections of...
Topics: Medicine--Early works to 1800 Codices 15th century, Medicine--Formulae, receipts,...
Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department, Lewis O 67. 1550. Copy of the complete works of Saʻdī with seven illustrations and a number of illuminated page openings; many pages have been neatly repaired. OPenn: go to OPenn
Topics: Persian poetry--747-1500, Persian literature--747-1500, Illumination of books and manuscripts,...
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 46. Italy and England, 1520. Italian illustrated herbal, with a group of texts in English, Latin, and Spanish about Morocco added less than a century later. Penn Libraries Catalog: go to Franklin
Topics: Materia medica--Early works to 1800 Codices 16th century, Botany, Medical--Early works to 1800...
Haverford College, Quaker and Special Collections, Rendel Harris 70. 1800. An Arabic-Persian dictionary arranged alphabetically by last root letter; a few leaves missing at the front and the back; the last section being Faṣl al-mīm inside of Bāb al-wāw wa-al-yāʼ. OPenn: go to OPenn
Topics: Arabic language--Dictionaries--Persian, Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Persian, Manuscripts,...
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Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 36. Padua or Venice, Italy, Circa 1260-1280. This Italian Bible was probably produced in either Padua or Venice in the second half of the thirteenth century. It features a classic Italian rotunda script, while the stylistic traits visible in the miniatures, such as the green flesh tones and highlighting of the drapery of the figures in the historiated initials, link this Bible to those produced by the renowned Italian scribe Giovanni da Gaibana of Padua at...
Topics: 13th century, Italian, Italy
