1. Menahic ul-usûl üd-diniye ila mevakıf il-makasıd ıl-ayniye Creator: Abdülbâkî Ârif Efendi, 1633-1713Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts Date: 1119 A.H. (1707) Language: Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Geographic region: Turkey Extent: Written in 19 long lines, ruled with a misṭarah.
2. Sefer ha-Eshkol, Tefilin Creator: Abraham ben Isaac,ca. 1110-1179. Language: Hebrew Geographic region: Orient Extent: Columns: 1; lines: 13; ruling method: left rule justified by downward slanting of exceeding word.17.1 X 13.2
3. Letter to Abraham ben Nathan, 'the Seventh' Creator: Abraham ben Nathan 11th/12th cent. Language: Hebrew Geographic region: al-Maḥalla Extent: Columns:1; lines: 38 (recto).34.6 X 13.7 cm
4. Letter to Abu Zikhri ben Abu'l-Faraj, Fustat and Qalyub Creator: Abu Mantsur.13th cent. Language: Judeo-Arabic Geographic region: Orient Extent: Lines: 27; ruling method: in mail format; lines are cramped, leaving ample lower margin.15.8 X 12.7 cm
5. al-Bayān wa al-tidhkār fī ṣanʻat ʻamal al-ghubār. Creator: Abū Bakr al-Ḥaṣṣār, active 12th century Date: A.H. 590 (1194) Language: Arabic Geographic region: Baghdād Extent: Written in 15 long lines.
6. al-Nisbah ilá al-mawāḍiʻ wa-al-buldān. Creator: Abū Makhramah, al-Ṭayyib ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 1465-1540 Date: between 1700 and 1799? Language: Arabic Extent: Written in 21 long lines.
7. 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.
8. Dhikr baʻḍ mashāhīr ahl Fās fī al-qadīm Creator: Abū Zayd al-Fāsī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir, 1630 or 1631-1684 or 1685Fez Lithographs Collection (University of Pennsylvania)Allan G. Chester and Florence K. Chester Fund Date: A.H. 1353 (1934) Language: Arabic
9. Tanbīh al-ghāfilīn wa-īḍāḥ sabīl al-murshidīn. Creator: Abū al-Layth al-Samarqandī, Naṣr ibn Muḥammad, -983 Language: Arabic Geographic region: North Africa? Extent: 23 long lines.
10. Maqālah fī al-ʻamal bi-al-yad. Creator: Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn ʻAbbās al-Zahrāwī, -1013 Language: Arabic Geographic region: A.H. 869 (1464) Extent: Written in 19 long lines.
11. Solomon Adret's novellae on the aggadot of the Talmud, Berakhot 35b-44b Creator: Adret, Solomon ben Abraham, 1235-1310 אדרת, שלמה בן אברהם אבן (רשב"א), 1235-1310 Aderet, Solomon ben Abraham 1235-1310 rabbi Šělomō ben ʾAderet, ca.1235-ca.1310 Adret, Shelomoh ben Avraham ca. ca. 1235-1310 Adret, Salomon ben Abraham, 1235-1310 Shlomo ben Adret Salomon ben Abraham ibn Adreth Adret, Salomo ben Abraham, 1235-1310 Adret, Šlomo ben Avraham ibn, 1235-1310 Adret, Solomon ben Abraham, rabbi, 1235-1310 Solomon ben Abraham ibn adret, rabbi, 1235-1310 Rashba, rabbi, 1235-1310 Aderet, Solomon ben Abraham, rabbi, 1235-1310 Language: Hebrew Geographic region: Spain Extent: Columns: 1; lines: 27; ruling method: left rule is occasionally justified by a graphic filler (semi-aleph).20 X 15.5 cm
12. Vaqfname-yi Ahmet Paşa. Creator: Ahmet Paşa Hersekzade, -1516 or 1517Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts Date: 917 A.H. (1511) Language: Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Geographic region: Turkey Extent: 7 long lines; frame-ruled with a misṭarah.
13. Kalimāt ʻarabīyah ʻalá tartīb ḥurūf al-tahajjī. Creator: Akhtarī, Muṣṭafá ibn Aḥmad, -1560 or 1561 Date: A.H. 956 (1549) Language: Arabic Geographic region: Turkey Extent: 17 long lines with additions in the margins added at angles.
14. Commentary on Ghazzālīs Maqāṣid al-falāsifah and Hebrew translation. Creator: Albalag, Isaac,13th cent. Language: Hebrew Geographic region: Byzantium Extent: Columns: 1; lines: 30; ruling method: left rule justified by stretching last character.25.7 X 18.4 cm
15. Matsdar for the Sabbath of the reading Aḥare mot Creator: Albaradani, Joseph,ca. 925-ca. 999. Language: Judeo-Arabic Geographic region: Orient Extent: Columns: 1; lines: 2 (recto) 13 extant (verso).15.2 X 14.6 cm
16. Navādir al-Shabāb. Creator: Alisher Navoiĭ, 1441-1501 Date: 1575 or 1576 Language: Arabic Extent: 14-16 lines in two columns; borders and columns ruled.
17. Questions and answers on Shiʻī religious philosophy and practice. Creator: Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund Date: between 1725 and 1825? Language: Persian Geographic region: Iran? ; Extent: 11 long lines.
18. Letter to Moses Abu-l'Ḥai, Fustat Creator: Amram ben Yosef ibn al-Nagid,12th/13th cent. Language: Judeo-Arabic Geographic region: Alexandria Extent: Columns: 1; lines: 32 (recto), 26 (verso); ruling method: in mail format.26.3 X 19 cm
19. Khamsah. Creator: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, approximately 1253-1325 Date: between 1568 and 1571 Language: Persian Geographic region: Iran? Extent: 19 lines in four columns.
20. Dīvān-i Khusraw va ʻIṣmat. Creator: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, approximately 1253-1325ʻIṣmat Bukhārāʼī, -1436 or 1437Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental ManuscriptsAmīr Khusraw Dihlavī, approximately 1253-1325ʻIṣmat Bukhārāʼī, -1436 or 1437 Date: between 1550? and 1646 Language: Persian Geographic region: Iran? Extent: Chiefly 13 lines in two columns; sometimes the short lines are centered; extensive marginalia.
21. Collection of Persian poetry Creator: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, approximately 1253-1325Ḥāfiẓ, active 14th centurySalmān Sāvajī, -1376Bisāṭī Samarqandī, -1411ʻIrāqī, Fakhr al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, -1289?Ibn Yamīn, Fakhr al-Dīn Maḥmūd, 1287 or 1288-1367 or 1368Ḥakīm Tirmiz̲ī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī, active 9th centuryBusḥāq Aṭʻimah Shīrāzī, Ḥallāj, active 15th centuryNiẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203 Date: 1432 Language: Persian Geographic region: Iran? Extent: 21 long lines; chiefly in two columns; no catchwords; border-ruled.
22. Part of Sefer Maʹalot ha-midot, an ethical treatise Creator: Anav, Jehiel ben Jekuthiel ben Benjamin, active 13th century יחיאל בן יקותיאל, הרופא Jechiel ben Jekutiel Anaw In Rom wirkender rabbinischer Autor ʿAnaṿ, Yeḥiʾel ben Yeḳutiʾel 1260-1289 Anau, Jehiel ben Jekuthiel ben Benjamin ha-Rofe, 13e eeuw Anau, Jehiel ben Jekuthiel, 13th cent Anau, Jehiel ben Jekuthiel, 13e siècle Language: Hebrew Geographic region: Byzantium Extent: Lines: 24-27.20.9 X 14.4 cm
23. Hilkhot sheḥitah Creator: Anav, Judah ben Benjamin, ha-Rofe, active 13th century Language: Hebrew Geographic region: Italy Extent: Columns: 1; lines: 18 (recto), 20 (verso).20.6 X 14.1 cm
24. Ḥall al-Mūjiz. Creator: Aqsarāʼī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, active 14th century Date: A.H. 884 (1480) Language: Arabic Extent: Written in 21 long lines with marginal notes (except on replacement leaves, f. 63-64, 125-130, 157-162, 173-178).