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1. Ajbīyah. al-Salām la-ki yā Maryam.

Creator:
Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts
Coptic Church
Date:
between 1650 and 1750?
Language:
Arabic
Extent:
10 long lines for Arabic text; 12 long lines for Coptic.
Geographic region:
Egypt ;

2. Anvār-i Suhaylī.

Creator:
Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ, -1504 or 1505
Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts
Date:
1822
Language:
Persian
Extent:
27 long lines; ruled with a misṭarah.
Geographic region:
Iran?

3. Astronomical charts for Fatḥ-ʻAlī Shāh Qājār.

Creator:
Munajjim Bāshī, Muḥammad Riz̤á, active 18th century-19th century
Lewis, Anne Baker, 1868-1937
Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts
Munajjim Bāshī, Muḥammad Riz̤á, active 18th century-19th century
Lewis, Anne Baker, 1868-1937
Date:
between 1797 and 1834?
Language:
Persian
Extent:
Chiefly grids of varying numbers of columns and rows; 15 long lines on first opening.
Geographic region:
Iran

4. Būstān.

Creator:
Saʻdī
Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts
Date:
18--?
Language:
Persian
Extent:
13 long lines; border-ruled.
Geographic region:
India?

5. Collection of stories in Hindustani.

Creator:
Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts
Date:
A.H. 1251 (1835)
Language:
Indic languages
Extent:
9 long lines; border-ruled.
Geographic region:
India

6. Coptic hymns and prayers.

Creator:
Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts
Coptic Church
Date:
between 1300 and 1499?
Language:
Coptic
Extent:
22 long lines, some leaves with short lines of Arabic along the outer edge.
Geographic region:
Egypt ;

11. Deccani portrait album.

Creator:
Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts
Date:
between 1670 and 1699?
Language:
Persian
Extent:
One central image on each page; border-ruled.
Geographic region:
India?

12. Devotional Book.

Creator:
Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts
Date:
A.H. 1198 (1783)
Language:
Arabic
Extent:
11 long lines, border-ruled.
Geographic region:
Turkey? ;