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600 to 700 Timeline Outline

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The Earliest Western Metalwork Bookcovers
(Circa 600)

Tablet 3v of the Springmount Bog Tablets. (National Museum. Dublin, 1914: 2) (View Larger)
The Springmount Bog Wax Tablets
(Circa 600)

The name of Mohammed written in classic calligraphy. (View Larger)
The Qur'an
(Circa 610 – 613)

During the Middle Ages Book Production is Concentrated in Monasteries
(Circa 610 – 1200)

A wooden wax tablet with bronze stylus and eraser, originating from Egpyt circa 600. (View Larger)
During the Middle Ages Wax Tablets Are Widely Used
(Circa 610)

Saint Columbanus (View larger)
Foundation of the Monastery and Library at Bobbio
(614)

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Muhammad's Hijra
(622)

Folio 149v of the Codex Usserianus Primus.
Possibly the Earliest Surviving Irish Codex
(Circa 625)

Folio 90v of the Naples Dioscurides, a description of the Mandrake. (View Larger)
The Naples Dioscorides
(Circa 625)

York Minster (View Larger)
The Illuminated Gospel Book as a Tool for Evangelization
(627)

A portrait of emperor Taizong of Tang on a hanging silk scroll, currently preserved in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. (View Larger)
A Library Containing "54,000 Rolls"
(627)

The Origins of Printing in China
(627 – 649)

Brahmagupta
Early Advanced Mathematics
(628)

<p>Common calligraphic representation of Muhammad's name.</p>
Death of Muhammad
(632)

Excepting the Bible, Probably the Most Widely Circulated Educational Work During the Middle Ages
(Circa 633)

Saint Aidan (View larger)
Foundation of the Monastery on Lindisfarne
(634)

Muslims Occupy Jerusalem for 451 Years
(638 – 1099)

Canon 22 of the Council of Nicea II (British Museum, MS Barocci 26, fol. 140b), where the top is written in minuscule and the bottom in unical.(View Larger)
Arab Conquest of Egypt Resulted in Smaller Exports of Papyrus-- A Probable…
(641)

The Oldest Surviving Arabic Papyrus
(642)

One of the Qu'ran fragments found in the loft of the Great Mosque in 1972. (View Larger)
The San'a Manuscripts
(Circa 645 – 715)

A depiction of a constellation from the Dunhuang Chinese Sky. (View Larger)
The Earliest Known Star Atlas
(649 – 684)

A jiaozi from the Song Dynasty. (View Larger)
Introduction of Paper Money in China
(Circa 650 – 960)

This golden lion, folio 191v of the Book of Durrow, is the symbol of St. John. (View Larer)
The Book of Durrow
(Circa 650 – 750)

Folio 193 from the Book of Mulling. (View larger)
The Book of Mulling
(Circa 650)

The binding of the Stonyhurst Gospel. (View Larger)
The Earliest European Book that Survived Completely Intact in its Original…
(Circa 650)

Codification of the Qur'an
(Circa 650 – 656)

MS M.569 of the Pierpont Morgan Library, considered the finest surviving Coptic bookbinding. (View Larger)
The Finest Surviving Coptic Bookbinding
(Circa 650 – 750)

The Earliest Surviving Specimens of Woodblock Printing on Paper
(650 – 699)

The Uthman Qur'an
(Circa 653)

The Abbey at Corbie. (View Larger)
Foundation of Corbie Abbey
(659 – 661)

Earliest Western Reference to Indian or Arabic Numerals
(662)

King Oswiu (View Larger)
King Oswiu Causes Britain to Embrace the Mainstream of Christianity
(664)

Arabs Begin their Invasion of North Africa
(670)

Continuing Use of Papyrus through the Eleventh Century
(677 – 1100)

Folio 5r of Codex Amiatinus, showing Ezra. (View Larger)
The Codex Amiatinus: the Earliest Surviving Complete Bible in the Latin…
(Circa 685)

A page from the Ceolfrid Bible. (View Larger)
The Ceolfrid Bible
(Circa 685 – 710)

A chart of the positions used in finger notation. (View Larger)
Perhaps the Earliest Extant Treatise on Finger Reckoning
(688)

A map of the Umayyad Caliphate at its greatest extent, in 750 CE. (View Larger)
A Library Containing Manuscripts from All Parts of the Known World
(690)

The Oldest Surviving Block Printing from Korea?
(Circa 690 – 751)

The Dome of the Rock at Temple Mount in Jerusalem. (View Larger)
Building the Dome of the Rock
(691)