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Layla Rossi

Layla Rossi writes for the Manuscripts & Rare Books department at Matchless Pieces, covering the history, makers and collecting of manuscripts & rare books.

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Folios 335–353 from a Yemenite Pentateuch — Unknown

Folios 335–353 from a Yemenite Pentateuch

October 12, 2026Numbers 26.63-27.7; 27.8-17 — Unknown

Numbers 26.63-27.7; 27.8-17

October 12, 2026Deuteronomy 2.30-3.1; 3.1-10 — Unknown

Deuteronomy 2.30-3.1; 3.1-10

October 12, 2026Deuteronomy 28.60-68; 29.1-10 — Unknown

Deuteronomy 28.60-68; 29.1-10

October 12, 2026Page from Masa'il Tibbiyya wa-Agwiba, an Arabic text — Anonymous, Arabic manuscript

Page from Masa’il Tibbiyya wa-Agwiba, an Arabic text

October 12, 2026Horseman lancing a bear, from Manual on the Arts of Horsemanship (Nihayat al-su’l wa al-umniya fi ta‘allum ‘amal al-furusiyya) by al-Aqsara'i — `Umar b. `Abdallah b. `Umar al-Shafi’i

Horseman lancing a bear, from Manual on the Arts of Horsemanship (Nihayat al-su’l wa al-umniya fi ta‘allum ‘amal al-furusiyya) by al-Aqsara’i

October 12, 2026Folios from an `Abbasid Qur'an — Unknown

Folios from an `Abbasid Qur’an

October 12, 2026Manuscript, Manuskript — Anonymous, Arabic manuscript

Manuscript, Manuskript

October 12, 2026Arabic Manuscript: Poem on general anatomy — Anonymous, Arabic manuscript

Arabic Manuscript: Poem on general anatomy

October 12, 2026Page from a Koran manuscript in the Kufi Ductus — Anonymous, Arabic manuscript

Page from a Koran manuscript in the Kufi Ductus

October 12, 2026
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