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al-Kawakib al-durriya fi madh khayr al-barriyya (Celestial lights in praise of the best of the creation) known as Qasida al-burda (Poems of the mantle) by Sharaf al-Din Abi Abdallah Muhammad ibn Sa'id Dalasi al-Busiri (d.1296)
14th-15th century

Egypt or Syria
Poem
13th century

Genizah, Egypt
Leaf from a book of poems
11th-12th century

Genizah, Egypt
Folio from an Automata by al-Jazari; recto: Mechanical device for pouring a drink; verso: text
1354

Egypt
Folio from a Qur'an, sura 7:13-24
14th century

Egypt
Bi-folio from a Qur'an, Sura 6:119-123
11th-12th century

probably Egypt
A section (juz') of a Qur'an
15th century

Egypt
Four Evangelists
1175-1200

Egypt
Folio from a Qur'an
14th century

Egypt
Qur'an
December 1344-45 (Sha'ban 744 A.H.)

Cairo, Egypt
Washington Manuscript V - The Minor Prophets (Codex Washingtonensis)
mid-3rd century

Egypt
Folio from Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices), “Automata," by al-Jazari (d. 1206); recto: part of a water-clock, with a man seated; verso: text
1354 (755 A.H.)

Egypt

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