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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Copy of a royal cedula to the cathedral chapter of Mexico- Contributor: The King [Philip II of Spain]
- Date: 1577-05-13
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialSharḥ Mawāqif lil-Sayyid al-Sharīf
شرح مواقف للسيد الشريف al-Jurjānī's commentary on al-Ījī's Mawāqif on Islamic theology and philosophy.- Contributor: Jurjānī, ʻalī Ibn Muḥammad - Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām - Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1500
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialBartolomé de las Casas statement of opinion, 1542
At head of text: Parecer de fray br.me delas Casas | Parecer de fray Bartolomé de las Casas | Also known as: Memorial de remedios | Also known as: Letter of Bartolomé de Las Casas (1474-1566) to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles (1500-1558) | Parecer de fray br.me delas Casas | Memorial de remedios | Letter of Bartolomé de Las Casas (1474-1566) to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles (1500-1558) Statement of opinion (AMs) drafted in Spain for Charles V for presentation to the Council of the Indies. "In the four sections of the document, Las Casas reminded the junta of the need to abolish the encomienda and to incorporate Indians as free vassals of the Crown; to colonize the New World territories with farmers; to abolish indigenous slavery; and to cease armed conquests.…- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Berendt, C. Hermann (Carl Hermann) - Phillipps, Thomas - Gayangos, Pascual De - H.P. Kraus (Firm) - Casas, Bartolomé De Las
- Date: 1542
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialRisālah fī Nūr al-insān fī ishtiqāq lafẓ al-insān
رسالة في نور الإنسان في إشتقاق لفظ الإنسان / Treatise on the Islamic view of man.- Contributor: Ibn Al-Ḥanbalī, Muḥammad Ibn Ibrāhīm - Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām - Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 15??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialDocument on vellum, signed by Alderman Paul Banninge of London The record of Drake's sale of a 71-year lease of a house called "The Herbar" in the Dowgate ward of London. It is Drake's own copy, signed by Banninge; the counterpart copy signed by Drake was given to Banninge, and is not known to be extant.- Contributor: Drake, Francis - Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1593
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Majmūʻ Muḥammad ibn Sharaf al-Kallāʼī al-Shāfiʻī fī al-farāʼiḍ]
[مجموع محمد بن شرف الكلائي الشافعي في الفرائض] Collection of examples and problems in Shāfiʻī inheritance law.- Contributor: Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress) - Zubayrī, Muḥammad Ibn Sharaf - Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām
- Date: 1563
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Unnamed Sufi treatise] This manuscript in Persian is an untitled Sufi text on meditation containing both poetry and prose. It was completed in early 1520, probably in Herat (present-day Afghanistan) or Mashhad (present-day Iran). The colophon, which is in Arabic, gives the name of the scribe, Mīr 'Alī Ḥusaynī Haravī (circa 1476-1543). The manuscript is on a firm cream-colored paper inlaid into light cream (folios 1-8) or…- Contributor: Mīr ʻalī Ḥusaynī Haravī
- Date: 1520
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialDeed executed in the city of Antequera on February 3, 1572, whereby Garci Ponce de León claims that he is a "Hijodalgo" of the city and therefore should be exempt from payment … Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Jurisdiction covered: Spain. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Also available on microfilm (Law Library Microfilm 84/10004). Document in Spanish.- Date: 1572-01-01
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Dechiarazione di molti bedetti et uocaboli sopra lopera del furioso di L[udovi]co ariosto- Contributor: Ludovico Ariosto
- Date: 1500-01-01
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Royal letter to Juan de Zumárraga, bishop of Mexico- Contributor: The King [Charles I of Spain]
- Date: 1537-12-07
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt
عجايب المخلوقات Manuscript. Persian. Title from fol. 2a. Scribe not identified. Place of writing not determined; probably Iran or Turkey. Paper; light cream color laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; elaborate floral unwan in gold, blue and red; text enclosed in ruled border of blue and gold; numerous illustrations; black ink with rubrication and overlining; catchwords. Naskh; 21 lines in written area 17…- Contributor: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā Ibn Muḥammad
- Date: 1565
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHans Peter Kraus Collection: Letter to Queen Catherine de Medici of France- Contributor: The King [Antonio, Prior of Crato, Pretender of Portugal]
- Date: 1500-01-01
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialGreek Manuscripts 2051. Praxapostolos.- Date: 1500
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialGreek Manuscripts 312. On "Songs".- Contributor: Procopios
- Date: 1561
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialHernán Cortés grant of dowry, 1526 June 27 In this document, Hernando Cortés justifies a large dowry to Doña Isabel, the late Emperor Montezuma's (1480?-1520) eldest daughter, when she married a nobleman of considerable standing in New Spain. Cortés recounts the importance of Montezuma's aid to the Spanish during the conquest of Mexico. Cortés, who served as guardian for Montezuma's daughters and as Captain General of New Spain, was a generous trustee,…- Contributor: Cortés, Hernán - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1526
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CollectionNaxi pictographic manuscripts. NZB, Sacrifices to the Highest Deity = Naxi Zu xiang xing wen jing dian. NZB, Ji Shi luo
Naxi pictographic manuscripts. 納西族象形文經典 | Naxi Zu xiang xing wen jing dian | Sacrifices to the Highest Deity All manuscripts are in Naxi, written by Naxi priests. Selected items from the collection are also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Two acquisitions: 1689 manuscripts from Joseph Rock between 1924 and 1945; 1073 manuscipts from Quentin Roosevelt in 1941; one gift collection of 2 manuscripts from Chris Ringwalt in 2001. Scholar Collector Joseph Rock, botanist and linguist, went…- Contributor: Roosevelt, Quentin - Library of Congress. Asian Division - Naxi Collection (Library of Congress) - Rock, Joseph F. (Joseph Francis)
- Date: 1500-01-01
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