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900 to 1000 Timeline Outline

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Jews Adopted the Codex Around 900
(Circa 900)

Folio 201r of Florence, Laurentian Pluteus 74.7, depicting an orthopedic procedure involving a ladder and pulley. (View Larger)
The Earliest Surviving Illustrated Surgical Codex
(Circa 900)

Folio 1r of Harley MS 55, the only surviving copy of the Leechbook of Bald. The manuscript resides in the British Library. (View Larger)
One of the Oldest Medical or Scientific Treatises Written in English
(Circa 900)

The earliest astrolabe. (View Larger)
The Earliest Surviving Dated Astrolabe
(927 – 928)

The Book of Judges, chapters 1:15 to 2:1, from the Aleppo Codex. (View Larger)
The Earliest Surviving Manuscript of the Complete Hebrew Bible
(Circa 930)

Folio 114v of MS M 652, in the Pierpont Morgan Library. (View Larger)
The Morgan Dioscorides
(Circa 930 – 970)

Printing Not to Make Literature More Accessible
(932 – 953)

Massive Byzantine Encyclopedic Dictionary
(Circa 950)

Vat. gr. 218 fols. 39v-40r, two pages of the earliest surviving copy of Pappus's 'Collection.' (View Larger)
The Earliest Surviving Copy of Pappus's Mathematical Collection
(Circa 950)

A portrait of Luke on Folio 29v of the Book of Deer. (View Larger)
Possibly the Earliest Surviving Manuscript Produced in Scotland
(Circa 950)

Folio 12r of Venetus A. (View Larger)
The Most Famous Manuscript of the Iliad
(Circa 950)

A small sampling of Aldred's gloss of the Gospels. (View Larger)
The Oldest Surviving Translation of the Gospels into English
(Circa 950 – 960)

Folio 30 of suppl. gr. 384, belonging to the Bibliothèque Nationale.
The Palatine Anthology of Greek Poetry
(Circa 950)

Block Printing in Arabic in the Tenth or Eleventh Century
(Circa 950 – 1050)

The Oldest and Most Important Complete Manuscript of the Mishna
(Circa 950 – 1050)

The Earliest Recorded Book Auction
(Circa 950)

The Earliest Evidence of European Acquisition of Islamic Science
(Circa 950)

The First Western Medical School
(Circa 950)

The Oldest Documentation of Occidental Music
(960 – 970)

An artwork from the 'Biblia de Leon,' or the Bible of St. Isidore. (View Larger)
Possible Inspiration for Picasso's Guernica?
(June 19, 960)

A map of the Caliphate of Cordoba circa 1000CE. (View Larger)
Over 400,000 Manuscript Volumes at Cordoba
(Circa 961)

The third imperial seal of Otto I, featuring a frontal bust of the emperor. (View Larger)
Foundation of the Holy Roman Empire
(962)

Foundation of Al-Azhar University
(970 – 972)

Point A marks Chendu, or Ch'eng-tu, China. (View Larger)
5,048 Printed Volumes Containing 130,000 Pages
(972 – 983)

The Earliest Record of the Use of Arabic Numerals in Europe
(976)

A portrait of Egbert, Archbishop of Trier, from the Codex Egberti. (View larger)
The Earliest Picture Cycle of the Life of Christ in Manuscript Illumination
(Circa 977 – 993)

The Golden Gospels of Henry VIII
(Circa 977 – 993)

Muslim Countries Adopt Paper but Not Printing
(Circa 980)

A diagram of an anaclastic lens, reproduced from Ibn Sahl's manuscript, 'On Burning Mirrors and Lenses.' (View Larger)
First Discovery of the Law of Refraction
(984)

Gerbert Requests a Latin Transation of an Arabic Text
(May 984)

The Earliest Universal Bibliography
(988 – 990)

The First Printing Encountered by European Travelers
(994)

A pair of facing paintings showing the peoples of the world adoring Otto III, from the Goespels of Otto III. (View Larger)
Possibly the Most Valuable Book in the World
(Circa 998 – 1001)

The Oldest Book in Rus', a "Hyper-Palimpsest" of Three Bound Wooden Wax Tablets
(998 – 1030)