Early Manuscripts at Iowa: Paper
Pre-1600 (and a few post-1600) manuscripts located in Special Collections at the University of Iowa
Paper manuscripts (complete or near-complete objects only)
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[vīthi puṃ tau] by
Call Number: xfMs U584bu3Publication Date: ca.1890-1910Contents: Diagrams of cognitive processes (vīthi), followed by an enumeration of other analytical categories—e.g. the different types of matter (rūpa), or of mental factors (cetasika)— and their characteristics, as well as a table of correspondence between the Burmese and Sinhalese scripts.
Place of Origin: Burma
Language: Burmese, Sinhalese -
Executoria contra la çiudad de Cuenca sobre las Tierras de la Cañada del Mançano by
Call Number: xMMs.Ch5Publication Date: 1432-1616Contents: Executoria contra la ciudad de Cuenca. An agreement between the City of Cuenca and Alonso Alvarez de Toledo and Juan Alvarez de Toledo, his son.
Place of origin: Granada, Spain
Language: Spanish -
Charter
Call Number: xMMs.ch6Publication Date: 1630-1647Contents: Indenture
Place of origin: England
Language: English -
Shāhʹnāmah-i byCall Number: xMs F522 shPublication Date: 15th CenturyContents: the "Epic of Kings" written by the Persian master epic poet Abul Kasim Mansur (better known as Firdwasi or Firdusi). 49 hand-painted illustrations.
Place of Origin: Unknown
Language: Persian -
دىوان حافظ. Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ byCall Number: xMs H139 diPublication Date: 1170 A.H. or 1756 or 1757 A.D.Contents: Illuminated manuscript collection of poems by Hafiz. 20 hand-painted illustrations of Indian origin.
Place of Origin: India?
Language: Persian and Urdu -
[Arabic manuscript]Call Number: xMs U584 ar1Publication Date: 19th CenturyContents: Arabic manuscript from the Ottoman period, containing prayers for supplication in red, gold and black ink. Talismans, written in a different hand, in Ottoman Turkish, were added on blank pages at the end.
Place of origin: Turkey?
Language: Arabic and Ottoman -
40 Monastic StoriesCall Number: xMs U584 ar2Publication Date: [1690-1720]Contents: Stories Nr. 3 to 33 (maybe with some lacuna?) of the series of 40 Monastic Stories.
Place of Origin: Egypt (monastery of St. Macarius) ; Ethiopia
Language: Arabic -
QurʼānCall Number: xMs U584 quPublication Date: 19th CenturyContents: Incomplete manuscript Quran, missing 26 pages. Written in gold and red with black text of medium quality hand.
Place of Origin: Turkey?
Language: Arabic -
QurʹānCall Number: xMs U584 qu2Publication Date: 15th Century?Contents: An early manuscript illuminated Qurʹān, with 18 illustrations in black, red, gold and blue ink.
Place of Origin: Unknown
Language: Arabic