The Book of the Pillow on Medicine.
Abu al-Mutarrif ʻAbd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad Ibn Wafid was an Andalusian physician and courtier who lived and worked in Toledo during the first half of the 11th century. In Kitāb al-wisād fī…
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Ibn Wāfid, ʻabd Al-Raḥmān Ibn Muḥammad, Active 998
Dobreisho Gospel.
This parchment manuscript, of which only a part has survived, is from the first quarter of the 13th century. The year 1221 was written on the manuscript at a significantly later date…
Contributor:
Strezo, of Markovo - Dobreĭsho, Priest
The Guide to the Perplexed.
This work is an Arabic original of Moreh Nevukhim, Maimonides' masterful synthesis of Aristotelian philosophy and traditional Jewish belief. Known in English as The Guide to the Perplexed, the work was originally…
Collection of Several Works.
This manuscript contains a collection of several works by Maimonides, including Igeret teḥiyat ha-metim (Letter on resurrection) (translated by Judah Alharizi) and a collection of various medical writings. The Igeret has an…
Devil's Bible.
Codex Gigas
The Codex Gigas (or Devil's Bible) is a large 13th-century manuscript from Bohemia, one of the historical Czech lands. Renowned for its size and its striking full-page rendition of the devil (found…
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Josephus, Flavius, 38?-100 - Isidore, of Seville, Saint, Died 636
Golden Munich Psalter.
Psalterium
This manuscript is one of the most lavishly illuminated psalters of the Middle Ages. It includes 91 full-page miniatures, most of which contain gold, in five picture cycles that give an overview…
Seven-Part Code.
Siete partidas
This illuminated manuscript of the Siete partidas (Seven-part code), on parchment in Gothic script, dates from the 13th--15th centuries. The codex is important for several reasons. It was written in one scriptorium…
Book of the Passion of Saint Margaret the Virgin, with the Life of Saint Agnes, and …
Liber passionis beatae Margaritae virginis. Leggenda di S. Agnese; Preghiera dei sette verbi di Cristo; Preghiera alla Vergine inemerata; Preghiera a Maria Vergine
This volume is a compilation of three manuscripts produced in Bologna at the end of the 13th century. It begins with the Passion of Saint Margaret of Antioch, in Latin. This is…
The Dresden Codex.
Codex Dresdensis
Only four Mayan manuscripts still exist worldwide, of which the oldest and best preserved is the Dresden Codex, held in the collections of the Saxon State and University Library. The manuscript was…
Speculum Virginum.
This manuscript, written at the Cistercian abbey of Himmerode in Germany in the early 13th century, is one of 22 surviving Latin copies of the Speculum virginum (Mirror for virgins). Attributed to…
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Conradus, Hirsaugiensis, Approximately 1070-Approximately 1150
Homilies of Organyà.
Homilies d'Organyà
Written in all likelihood by a priest in the town of Organyà, in north-central Catalonia, in circa 1203-4, this brief manuscript contains six homilies, intended to prepare believers for penance during the…
Treatise on the Issues of Marriage. Fragment.
De matrimonio
This parchment fragment from the 13th century is part of a treatise in Latin on issues relating to marriage under canon law. Of unknown provenance and written by an unknown scribe, it…
Saint Erentrud Orational.
Kollektar: "Orationale von St. Erentrud" - Capitula et orationes diebus dominicis et festivis in choro recitari solita, praecedente calendario
In the splendid manuscript known as the Saint Erentrud Orational, Salzburg illumination reaches new heights. Dating from the end of the 12th century, the codex consists of 155 parchment leaves. Although the…
Arabic School Board.
Shown here is a wooden tablet, of a kind familiar in Qurʼanic schools in many parts of the world, with text from the Qurʼan on both sides. The recto is framed with…
Book/Printed MaterialKnowledge of the Movement of the Stars and What It Portends in Every Year. Timbuktu, founded around 1100 as a commercial center for trade across the Sahara Desert, was also an important seat of Islamic learning from the 14th century onward. The libraries of Timbuktu contain…
Book/Printed MaterialThe Book of the Pillow on Medicine. Abu al-Mutarrif ʻAbd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad Ibn Wafid was an Andalusian physician and courtier who lived and worked in Toledo during the first half of the 11th century. In Kitāb al-wisād fī…
Book/Printed MaterialDobreisho Gospel. This parchment manuscript, of which only a part has survived, is from the first quarter of the 13th century. The year 1221 was written on the manuscript at a significantly later date…
Book/Printed MaterialThe Guide to the Perplexed. This work is an Arabic original of Moreh Nevukhim, Maimonides' masterful synthesis of Aristotelian philosophy and traditional Jewish belief. Known in English as The Guide to the Perplexed, the work was originally…
Book/Printed MaterialCollection of Several Works. This manuscript contains a collection of several works by Maimonides, including Igeret teḥiyat ha-metim (Letter on resurrection) (translated by Judah Alharizi) and a collection of various medical writings. The Igeret has an…
Book/Printed MaterialDevil's Bible.
Book/Printed MaterialGolden Munich Psalter.
Book/Printed MaterialSeven-Part Code.
Book/Printed MaterialBook of the Passion of Saint Margaret the Virgin, with the Life of Saint Agnes, and …
Book/Printed MaterialThe Dresden Codex.
Book/Printed MaterialSpeculum Virginum. This manuscript, written at the Cistercian abbey of Himmerode in Germany in the early 13th century, is one of 22 surviving Latin copies of the Speculum virginum (Mirror for virgins). Attributed to…
Book/Printed MaterialHomilies of Organyà.
Book/Printed MaterialTreatise on the Issues of Marriage. Fragment.
Book/Printed MaterialSaint Erentrud Orational.
Book/Printed MaterialDeeds of the Carolingian Kings of France and Their Predecessors. Presented here is a Latin manuscript from the 13th century, Latin 5926 in the collections of the National Library of France, which contains five separate texts relating to the history of France.…
Photo, Print, DrawingArabic School Board. Shown here is a wooden tablet, of a kind familiar in Qurʼanic schools in many parts of the world, with text from the Qurʼan on both sides. The recto is framed with…