Papyri Pages Exhibit of Manuscripts and Printed Items from Ancient to Modern Times

Manuscripts and Printed Items

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Papyri

Hieroglyphic

Fragments from a Book of the Dead (18th Dynasty)

Demotic

Fragments of an unidentified Documentary Text (Ptolemaic Period)

Inscription on Leather (Roman Period)

Greek

Documentary Text

Documentary Text

Documentary Text (Ptolemaic Period)

Documentary Text Fragment (Ptolemaic Period)

Mummy Cartonnage constructed from Greek papyri. (Ptolemaic Period)

Coptic

Documentary Text

Letter

Inscription on Leather (Coptic Period)

Arabic

List of Statements / Documentary Text ( Kufic and Naski scripts)

Letter (Qurra script).

Documentary Text (Naski script)

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Manuscripts from the

Islamic World

Fragments and Individual Leaves

Fragment of a Legal Document on parchment

Fragments of a Documentary Text written on paper

Documentary Text fragment written on paper

Fragment of an unidentified theological text written on paper (Maghribi script)

Paper Fragment

Leaf from a copy of Dalâ’il al-Khayrât written on paper (Maghribi Script)

Qur'an Leaf on paper (Muhaqqaq Script)

Leaves from a copy of Dalâ’il al-Khayrât written on paper (Sudani or Ifriqi Script)

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Geometry Manuscript

Indonesian Qur'an Manuscript (late 18th century)

Muktsar al Quadri (1640)

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Asian Manuscripts and Prints

Tibetan manuscript with decorative geometric page borders and colored drawings of the auspicious symbols.

Fragment of a Xylographic (Woodblock) Print showing Buddhist Deities

Xylographic (Woodblock) Print of the classic Tibetan mantra om mani padme hum repeated multiple times

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European Manuscripts and

Printed Books

Individual Leaves

Leaves from a Tuscan Book of Hours made for a member of the Pazzi family (circa 1460-80).

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Small Latin Missal Manuscript (circa 1780)