Early Manuscripts at Iowa: Unknown
Pre-1600 (and a few post-1600) manuscripts located in Special Collections at the University of Iowa
Manuscripts of Unknown Origins
Palm leaf manuscript illustrated parableCall Number: xMs U584pa10Publication Date: [19th century]Contents: illustrated Buddhist parable
Place of origin: unknown
Language(s): [Burmese?]- 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 - 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 - [Mahābhārata (fragment) : Bhagavad Gita ; Savitri].Call Number: xfMs M2141maPublication Date: 19th CenturyContents: These palm leaves contain two small sections from the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. One is the Bhagavad Gita or Song Celestial. The other is from the story Savitri, from the Vana Parva of the Mahābhārata.
Place of Origin: Unknown
Language: Sanskrit, written in Bengali script - Sermo de Passione ChristiCall Number: xBT430.T4Publication Date: 1486?Contents: Sermon with Gregorian chant cover (manuscript fragment in a book)
Place of origin: Unknown
Language: Latin 
Sermones de Tempore by Call Number: xMMs.Se4Publication Date: 1200-1225Contents: Postillae, or commentaries on the Gospels of the Church year.
Place of origin: unknown
Language: Latin