1. 1st Kings 1:29-2:13; 1st Kings 7:24-8:10, with Masorah parva (partial)

Language:

Hebrew

Geographic region:

Orient

Extent:

Columns: 3; lines: 25-27.

2. 2nd Kings 5:8-13

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Geographic region:

Sefarad

Extent:

Columns: 2; lines: 18 (1r right), 10 (1r left, 1v right).
15.5 X 10.3 cm

3. 2nd Kings 23:3-24:3, with Masorah magna and parva (partial)

Language:

Hebrew

Geographic region:

Orient

Extent:

Columns: 3; lines: 18 (extant).

4. Abridged history of Arab dynasties.

Creator:

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund

Date:

between 1650 and 1699?

Language:

Arabic

Extent:

29 long lines, compactly written; text block is frame-ruled; poetry is indented on both sides; no colophon.

5. Account book

Language:

Hebrew

Geographic region:

Yemen

Extent:

Columns: 1.
21.9 X 7.9 cm

6. Account note page

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Geographic region:

Egypt?

Extent:

Columns: 2; lines:.
8.2 X 13.8 cm

7. Account note page

Language:

Hebrew

Geographic region:

Egypt?

Extent:

Columns: 2; ruling method: folded lengthwise into two halves.
27.6 X 14.6 cm

8. Account note page of an India trader

Creator:

Ben Yijû, Abraham, active 12th century

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Geographic region:

Fustat

Extent:

Columns: 2 (recto), 1 (verso); lines:.
21.2 X 20.3 cm

9. Adam yashar

Creator:

Vital, Ḥayyim ben Joseph, 1542-1620 ויטל, חיים בן יוסף, 1542-1620 Виталь, Хаим бен Йосеф, 1542-1620 Vital, Ḥayyim ben Joseph, 1542 or 1543-1620 Vital, Ḥayyim ben Joseph, ca. 1542-1620 Wiṭal, Ḥayim (Ḥayim ben Joseph), 1542/3-1620 Ṿiṭal, Ḥayim ben Yosef 1542-1620 חיים ויטאל רב איטלקי Vital, Ḥayyim ben Joseph, 1542 or 3-1620 Vital, Chaim (1542-1620) Vital, Hayyim ben Joseph, asi 1542-1620 Vital, Hayyim b. Yosef Sofer, 1543-1620

Language:

Hebrew

Geographic region:

Orient

Extent:

Lines: 21 (recto), 7 (verso).
28.5 X 16.1 cm

10. Adon Olam with correspondent commandments, sephirot, also a discussion of grammatical rules of vocalization and nouns

Language:

Hebrew

Geographic region:

Ashkenaz

Extent:

Columns: 2 (recto), 1 (verso); lines: (recto), 29 (verso).
18.5 X 10.9 cm

11. Al-maqāl al-awwal min fuṣūl Abūqrāṭ al-ḥakim

Creator:

Hippocrates.

Language:

Arabic

Geographic region:

Orient

Extent:

Lines: 13 (verso).
19 X 14 cm

12. Alchemical compendium.

Creator:

Ḥusaynī, Ibrāhīm, active 15th century

Date:

A.H. 901-904 (1496-1499)

Language:

Arabic

Geographic region:

Herat, Afghanistan

Extent:

Written in 15-24 long lines.

13. Anti-Christian polemical treatise

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Geographic region:

Orient

Extent:

Columns: 1; lines: 21; ruling method: left rule justified by stretching last character.
19.3 X 14 cm

14. Anwār al-tanzīl wa-asrār al-taʼwīl.

Creator:

Bayḍāwī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻUmar, -1286

Date:

between 1550? and 1664

Language:

Arabic

Geographic region:

Iran?

Extent:

25 long lines with border-rules.

15. Anwār al-tanzīl wa-asrār al-taʼwīl.

Creator:

Bayḍāwī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻUmar, -1286

Date:

between 1550? and 1664

Language:

Arabic

Geographic region:

Iran?

Extent:

25 long lines with border-rules.

16. Arabic inscription

Language:

Arabic

Geographic region:

Orient

17. Arabic inscription

Language:

Arabic

Geographic region:

Orient

Extent:

Lines: recto 12, verso 5; ruling method: scattered, uneven lines.

18. Arabic inscription

Language:

Arabic

Geographic region:

Orient

Extent:

Columns: 2,; lines: 5-7 per column; ruling method: vertical fold, pen.
17.8 X 15.2 cm

19. Arabic inscription

Language:

Arabic

Geographic region:

Orient

Extent:

Columns: 2,; lines: 5-7 per column
17.8 X 15.2 cm

20. Arabic inscription

Language:

Arabic

Geographic region:

Orient

Extent:

10.7 X 7 cm

21. Astrological and magical treatises.

Creator:

Abū Maʻshar, -886

Language:

Arabic

Extent:

Written in 27 lines per page in red and black ink; text area border-ruled in black ink with double bounding lines. Pages 2-6 in double columns (56 mm. in width) separated by a single vertical rule in black ink. Numerous tables and diagrams.

22. Astrological compendium.

Creator:

Shīrāzī, Ḥaydar ibn Muḥammad, active 13th century-14th century
Fārsī, Taqī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, active 16th century

Date:

ca. 1670 (A.H. 1081)

Language:

Persian

Geographic region:

Iran

Extent:

Written in varying numbers of long lines.

23. Awwal Wafayāt al-aʻyān wa-anbāʼ al-zamān.

Creator:

Ibn Khallikān, 1211-1282
Annenberg Research Institute

Date:

between 1400 and 1599?

Language:

Arabic

Extent:

Written in 21 long lines.

24. Azharah

Creator:

Ibn Gabirol, active 11th century ابن جبيرول، سليمان אבן גבירול, שלמה בן יהודה, 1021-1058 Ибн Габирол, Шломо Бен Иехуда, ок. 1021-ок. 1070 Salomon ben Yehudah ibn Gabirol 1021?-1070? ʾibn Gevirol, Šelomoh (Solomon), ca.1022-1058 Ibn-Gabirol, Shelomoh Ben-Yehudah 1021-1058 ʾIbn Gabiyrwl, Šelomoh, 1021-1070 Avicebró Ibn Gabirol, Solomon ben Judah Ibn Gabirol, Solomon ben Judah, ca 1021-ca 1058 Ibn Gabirol, Selomoh b. Yehudah Ibn Gabirol, Salomon ben Jehuda (ca 1021-ca 1058). سليمان بن جبيرول Ibn Gabirol, 1021-1058 Ibn Gabirol, Šlomo ben Jehuda, asi 1021-asi 1057 Ibn Gabirol, Shelomo ben Yehuda (ca 1021-ca 1058) Габироль, С. ок.1021-1058 Соломон Ibn Gabirol, Selomó, 1021?-1058? ʼIbn Gabirol, Šelomo ben Yehuda Ibn Gabirol, Šelomo ben Jehuda, u.1021-1058(1070) Ibn Gabirol, Solomon Ibn Gabirol

Language:

Hebrew

Geographic region:

Orient

Extent:

Columns: 2; lines: 19; ruling method: left rule justified by stretching last character; exceeding words cramped into left margin, or copied upwards.
22 X 15.5 cm