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    [Four Gospels] This Gospel book is the earliest of the Armenian manuscripts in the collections of Library of Congress. It contains the text of the Gospels, copied in the year 770 of the Armenian…
    • Contributor: Minasean, Khachʻatur H. - Foster, Henry - Nersēs - Kirakos - Bush, Caroline E. - Pʻillipos
    • Date: 1321
    • Resource: PDF - 583

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    Kitāb sharḥ Fusūl Ibuqrāṭ
    كتاب شرح بصول إبرقراط /     Text is a commentary on the Aphorisms by Hippocrates. The Greek medical tradition survived long after the decline of the Hellenistic world, thanks to the work of Arabic translators and commentators, who…
    • Contributor: Baghdadī, Abū Bakr - Kar, ʻīsá - Ṭanṭāwī, Muḥammad ʻayyād - Ibn Abī Ṣādiq Al-Nīsābūrī, Abū Al-Qāsim ʻabd Al-Raḥmān Ibn ʻalī - Masʻūd, Al-Sayyid Muṣṭafá - Pruner, Franz Ignaz - Rafīʻ, Muḥammad - Mott, Valentine
    • Date: 13??
    • Resource: PDF - 244

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    Yanping fu zhi : san shi si juan
    萬曆延平府志 : 三十四卷鈔本 | 延平府志 : 三十四卷 | Title on cover of case: Wanli Yanping fu zhi : san shi si juan chao ben | Wanli Yanping fu zhi :     During the Ming dynasty there were three prefectures in northern Fujian Province: Yanping, Jianning, and Shaowu. Yanping Prefecture (present-day Nanping Shi) was established in 1369. The highest-ranking official was the prefect, who…
    • Contributor: Tian Yi Ge - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1368
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    Shi yi de xiao fang : er shi juan
    世醫得效方 : 二十卷 /     Presented here is one of the famous encyclopedias of formulas of traditional Chinese medicine. It was compiled by Wei Yilin (1277-1347) of the Yuan dynasty. The original inscription on the piece reads:…
    • Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Wang, Chongyun - Wei, Yilin - Chen, Zhi
    • Date: 1343
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    Zhi shi nü fu ren chan bao bai wen : er juan. Chan bao za lun …
    治室女婦人產寶百問 : 二卷. 產寶雜論 : 一卷 | Caption title before table of contents: Chan yu bao qing ji | Chan yu bao qing ji     Preface written by Wang Jin in 1127; the title "Chan yu bao qing ji" is given in the contents, however the main contents differ from "Chan yu bao qing fang" as found…
    • Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Wang, Jin
    • Date: 1368
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    Zhi shi nü fu ren chan bao bai wen : er juan. Chan bao za lun …
    治室女婦人產寶百問 : 二卷. 產寶雜論 : 一卷 | Chan yu bao qing ji     Preface written by Wang Jin in 1127; the title "Chan yu bao qing ji" is given in the contents, however the main contents differ from "Chan yu bao qing fang" as found…
    • Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Wang, Jin
    • Date: 1368
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    Jing shi zheng lei da guan ben cao
    經史證類大觀本草     Jing shi zheng lei Daguan ben cao (Daguan classified and practical basic pharmacopeia based on historical classics) was compiled by Tang Shenwei, courtesy name Shenyuan, a native of Huayang, Chengdu, and a…
    • Contributor: Tang, Shenwei, Active 11th Century-12th Century
    • Date: 1302
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    Da Ming qing lei tian wen fen ye zhi shu
    大明清類天文分野之書     Ancient Chinese astronomy was used to make prognostications about human affairs by pairing celestial bodies with states, counties, prefectures, and people. Predictions could thereby be made about favorable developments or disasters that…
    • Contributor: Liu, Ji
    • Date: 1368
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    Lei bian li fa tong shu da quan
    類編曆法通書大全     Lei bian li fa tong shu da quan (A comprehensive calendar arranged by subject matter) was compiled by Xiong Zongli (1409--82) during the Ming dynasty. He combined two other Ming works, Song…
    • Contributor: Song, Huishan - He, Shitai - Xiong, Zongli
    • Date: 1368
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    Shanxi si zhen tu shuo
    陝西四鎮圖說     Shaanxi si zhen tu shuo (Illustrated gazetteer of the four counties of Shaanxi) is an important work on frontier defenses during the Ming dynasty (1368--1644). It provides details on defensive preparations in…

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    Yansui dong lu di li tu ben
    延綏東路地理圖本     This accordion-shaped book is a military map painted in color on silk, depicting Yansui Zhen, a military fortress in northern Shaanxi province. The work is long and wide, measuring 48.3 centimeters high…

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    Pi pa ji
    琵琶記     Gao Ming (circa 1305--59) was a Han Chinese from Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. After a frustrating official career, he left the service, retired to Yinxian (present-day Ningbo), and made a new life writing…
    • Contributor: Gao, Ming
    • Date: 1368
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    Xin ke chu xiang yin zhu quan shan mu lian jiu mu xing xiao xi wen
    新刻出像音註勸善目蓮救母行孝戲文     Xin ke chu xiang yin zhu Quan shan Mulian jiu mu xing xiao xi wen (Mulian rescues his mother) is a drama by Ming playwright Zheng Zhizhen (1518--95). The story originated from…
    • Contributor: Zheng, Zhizhen
    • Date: 1368-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 40

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    Zhu you ke
    祝由科     Zhu you ke (Treatment by incantation) is an extremely rare manuscript, said to have been written by a Daoist priest named Zhang Zun. Also known as Mi jue qi shu (The rare…
    • Contributor: Zhang, Zun
    • Date: 1368
    • Resource: PDF - 54

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    Shanhai Yongping Jizhou Miyun Gubeikou Huanghua zhen deng chu di fang li lu tu ben
    山海永平薊州密雲古北口黃花鎮等處地方里路圖本     This work is an illustrated military map dating from the Ming dynasty (1368--1644) of the northeastern part of Jingshi (present-day Beijing), along the Great Wall. It is formatted in accordion pleat-like leaves,…

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    Li Zhuowu xian sheng pi ping yu he ji
    李卓吾先生批評玉合記     This work is by Mei Dingzuo (1549--1615), who based it on a Tang-dynasty romantic work entitled Liu shi zhuan (The story about the woman Liu) by Xu Yaozuo, and another work, Ben…
    • Contributor: Mei, Dingzuo - LI, Zhi
    • Date: 1368
    • Resource: PDF - 20

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    Li Zhuowu xian sheng pi ping san guo zhi
    李卓吾先生批評三國志     Sanguo yan yi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms), written by Luo Guanzhong (circa 1330--1400), a late-Yuan and early-Ming author, is a historical novel set in the third century, in the turbulent years…
    • Contributor: Luo, Guangzhong - LI, Zhi
    • Date: 1368
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    Dade chong jiao sheng ji zong lu
    大德重校聖濟總錄     The Sheng ji zong lu was originally a 200-juan encyclopedic compilation of more than 20,000 medical prescriptions, collected from both officially verified sources and common practices during and before the Song dynasty…
    • Date: 1300
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    Xin kan bu zhu shi wen Huangdi nei jing su wen
    新刊補註釋文黃帝內經素問     The ancient medical text Huangdi nei jing (The inner canon of the Yellow Emperor) was already listed in Yi wen zhi (Treatise on literature) of Han shu (Book of Han), the classical…
    • Contributor: Wang, Bing, Flourished 762 - Lin, Yi, Active 11th Century
    • Date: 1339
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    Qianshi xiao er yao zheng zhi jue
    錢氏小兒藥證直訣     This work, which was issued in either three or eight juan, was written by Qian Yi (circa 1032--1113), a physician of the Song dynasty, compiled by Yan Xiaozhong, a Song pediatrician, and…
    • Contributor: Qian, Yi - Yan, Xiaozhong
    • Date: 1368
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    Huo you xin shu
    活幼心書     Zeng Shirong (1252--circa 1332), a native of Hengzhou (present-day Hengyang), Hunan Province, was a Chinese pediatrician of the Yuan dynasty. In addition to this work, he was the author of Huo you…
    • Contributor: Zeng, Shirong
    • Date: 1329
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    Da Tang Kaiyuan zhan jing
    大唐開元占經     Da Tang kai yuan zhan jing is a Chinese astrology encyclopedia, compiled by imperial order by numerous scholars around 718-724, during the Kaiyuan era of the Tang dynasty. The work was led…
    • Contributor: Gautama Siddha, Flourished 8th Century
    • Date: 1368
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    Cheng wei shi lun
    成唯識論     In Japan temples were the center of publishing until the Middle Ages. The Kasuga edition of the Buddhist scriptures was produced at the Kōfuku-ji Temple in Nara. These scrolls, from that edition,…
    • Contributor: Vasubandhu - Xuanzang
    • Date: 1300
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    Xin kan Wang shi mai jing : shi juan
    新刊王氏脈经 : 十卷     Wang Shuhe, the author of Xin kan Wang shi mai jing (New edition of Wang's classic on pulse), was an imperial physician during the Western Jin dynasty (265-316). Wang drew his material…
    • Contributor: Lin, Yi, Active 11th Century - Wang, Shuhe, 201-280
    • Date: 1330
    • Resource: PDF - 90

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    Taiping hui min he ji ju fang : shi juan
    太平惠民和剂局方 : 十卷     Tai ping hui min he ji ju fang (Prescriptions of the Bureau of the Management and Administration of Pharmacy) is the earliest book of patent medicine in China and in the world.…
    • Contributor: Chen, Shiwen
    • Date: 1366
    • Resource: PDF - 94

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    [Quan shan jing]
    [劝善经]     Quan shan jing (Book of exhortation to beneficence), also known as Tai shang gan ying pian (Tract of Lord Laozi on actions and consequences; or Tract of Lord Laozi on rewards and…
    • Contributor: Laozi
    • Date: 1368
    • Resource: PDF - 118

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    Guyu Chen shi jia cang meng xi bi tan : er shi liu juan
    古迂陈氏家藏梦溪笔谈 : 二十六卷     Mengxi bi tan (Jottings at the Dream Brook Studio) was written in encyclopedic form as a collection of hundreds of articles by Shen Kuo (1031-95), a Song polymath, scientist, statesman, and artist.…
    • Contributor: Shen, Kuo
    • Date: 1305
    • Resource: PDF - 45

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    Yanzhai Kao gong ji jie : Er juan
    齋考工記解 : 二卷     The author of this work, Lin Xiyi (1193-1271), courtesy name Suweng, style name Yanzhai, was a native of Fuqing, Fujian. Lin received his jin shi degree in 1235, became a vice director…
    • Contributor: Lin, Xiyi
    • Date: 1317
    • Resource: PDF - 88

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    Shou qin yang lao xin shu : si juan
    壽親養老新書 : 四卷     This work has four juan in three volumes. It was first compiled by Chen Zhi of the Song, later supplemented by Zou Xuan of the Dade reign of the Yuan, and edited…
    • Contributor: Chen, Zhi, 11th Century - Zou, Xuan, Active 13th Century-14th Century
    • Date: 1342
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    Yun fu qun yu : er shi juan
    韻府羣玉 : 二十卷     Yun fu qun yu (Jades from the rhyme repository) is the earliest existing Chinese work on rhyme. It was compiled by Yin Shifu of the late Song and early Yuan dynasties and…
    • Contributor: Yin, Shifu - Yin, Zhongfu
    • Date: 1334
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    Luoyang qie lan ji : wu juan
    洛陽伽藍記 : 五卷     The Luoyang qielan ji (A record of Buddhist monasteries in Luoyang), written by Yang Xuanzhi during Northern Wei (386-534), is a gazetteer of Buddhist monasteries. The word qielan is derived from the…
    • Contributor: Yang, Xuanzhi, Died Approximately 555
    • Date: 1368
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    Pi wei lun
    脾胃論     Bi wei lun (Treatise on spleen and stomach) is a work by Li Gao of the Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Li Gao (1180-1251), courtesy name Mingzhi, style name Dongyuan, later also known as…
    • Contributor: LI, Gao
    • Date: 1368
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    Letters by 'Alī Ḥamdānī. Maktūbāt-i Sayyid 'Alī Ḥamdānī (Letters by Ali Hamdani) is a collection letters by the famous Persian scholar, saint, and preacher Sayyid 'Alī Ḥamdānī (1314--85 A.D.; A.H. 714--87). He came from Hamdan in…
    • Contributor: Hamadhānī, ʻalī Ibn Muḥammad
    • Date: 1372-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 54

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    Commentary on Song of Songs; Letter on the Soul; Letter on Ascesis and the Monastic Life. This 14th-century manuscript is a collection of translations into Arabic. At the beginning is the Commentary on the Song of Songs, originally in Greek, by Gregory of Nyssa (died 394), brother of…
    • Contributor: Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, 335?-394 - Hermes the Sage - Issac, Bishop of Nineveh, 7th Century
    • Date: 1300-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 134

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    Amplification of the Poem, the Burdah, Or the Expansion of the Bright Stars in the Praise … This manuscript is a copy of the poem in honor of the Prophet Muhammad, which is popularly known as Qaṣīdat al-burdah (The poem of the mantle). It was written by Sharaf al-Dīn…
    • Contributor: Al-Tabīzī, Riḍwān Ibn Muḥammad - Al-Fayyūmī, Naṣīr Al-Dīn Muḥammad - Būṣīrī, Sharaf Al-Dīn Muḥammad Ibn Saʻīd
    • Date: 1366-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 66

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    Commentary on Ibn Malik's "Tashīl al-fawā'id". This Arabic manuscript contains the commentary by Muḥammad Ibn Abī Bakr al-Damāmīnī (circa 1362--1424) on the Tashīl al-fawā'id (Simplification of the facts), a grammatical work of the famous Abū ʻAbd Allāh Djamāl…
    • Contributor: Damāmīnī, Muḥammad Ibn Abī Bakr
    • Date: 1361-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 377

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    Kalila and Dimna. Kalila wa-Dimna (Kalila and Dimna) is a widely circulated collection of Oriental fables of Indian origin, composed in Sanskrit possibly as early as the third century BC. The fables were translated into…
    • Contributor: Ibn Al-Muqaffaʻ, Died Circa 760
    • Date: 1310-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 262

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    Qurʼan. This outstanding early 14th-century manuscript is the first part of a Qurʼan originally comprising 12 volumes, which, according to the colophon, was produced for the Moroccan ruler Abū Ya'qūb Yūsuf. This text…

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    The Elucidation of the Memoir on Astronomy by Ṭūsi. This manuscript is a commentary on Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ṭūsi's al-Tadhkira fī al-'ilm al-hay'a (Memoir on astronomy). Written in the second half of the 13th century, Ṭūsi's work was hugely…
    • Contributor: Nīsābūrī, Niẓām-Ad-Dīn Al-Ḥasan Ibn-Muḥammad
    • Date: 1311-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 165

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    The Luminance of Explication and Mysteries of Proof in the Understanding of the Paradigms of the … This manuscript consists of the first part of Anwār al-bayān wa asrār al-burhān fī fahm awzān ʻilm al-mīzān (The luminance of explication and mysteries of proof in the understanding of the paradigms…
    • Contributor: Jaldakī, Aidamur Ibn ʻalī, Died 1342 - Anqarawī, Aḥmad
    • Date: 1300-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 230