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Every work of the authors in the library’s orbit, in the reader or not: who wrote it, when, how it survives, where it can be read, and how it connects to other works. 82 so far. Where a field has not been checked against its source, it says so.
Checked on 2026-10-31
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TraditionAll (3)The Quran (0)Ibn ʿArabī (0)Sufism (0)Philosophy (0)Ismaili thought (0)Greek sources (0)Further afield (3)Arabic grammar (0)Other (0)
GenreAll (3)Scripture and exegesis (0)Ḥadīth and the Prophet's life (0)Law (0)Creed and kalām (0)Metaphysics and cosmology (0)Sciences of letters and names (0)Counsel and governance (3)The path (0)Lives and lineages (0)Prayer and litany (0)Lyric (0)Language and grammar (0)Other, or not yet classed (0)
FormAll (3)Prose (3)Verse (0)Prose with verse (0)Diagrams (0)
LanguageAll (3)Arabic (0)Persian (0)Greek (0)Syriac (0)Ottoman Turkish (1)Chinese (0)Latin (1)Hebrew (0)Other (1)
PeriodAll (82)Archaic and classical Greek (7)Hellenistic (0)Roman imperial (4)Late antique (4)2nd century AH (5)3rd century AH (6)4th century AH (6)5th century AH (8)6th century AH (12)7th century AH (16)8th century AH (4)9th century AH (4)10th century AH (3)11th century AH (2)13th century AH (1)
In the readerAll (3)In the reader (0)Planned (0)Listed only (3)

3 of 82 works.

Works, sortable by column
Title ▲AuthorGenrePeriodLanguageStatus
The Exalted Ethicsاخلاق علائیKınalızade ʿAlī ÇelebiCounsel and governance10th century AHOttoman TurkishListed only
The PrinceIl PrincipeNiccolò MachiavelliCounsel and governance10th century AHOtherListed only
The Education of a Christian PrinceInstitutio principis christianiDesiderius ErasmusCounsel and governance10th century AHLatinListed only

Records

The Exalted Ethics

اخلاق علائی

Ahlâk-ı ʿAlâʾî

Kınalızade ʿAlī Çelebi (d. 979/1572)

Further afield · Counsel and governance · Ottoman Turkish · 10th century AH · Listed only

Ottoman Turkish reworking of Ṭūsī and Dawānī: ethics, household and politics in the Greek-Persian line.

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
c. 1564, Istanbul (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • Istanbul editions · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Not in the reader yet

Connected works

The Prince

Il Principe

Il Principe

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)

Further afield · Counsel and governance · Other · 10th century AH · Listed only

Breaks with the mirror tradition: 'the effectual truth' rather than imagined republics;

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
written 1513; printed 1532, Florence (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • Inglese (Einaudi 1995) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Gutenberg; Mansfield; Skinner · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Not in the reader yet

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The Education of a Christian Prince

Institutio principis christiani

Institutio principis christiani

Desiderius Erasmus (d. 1536)

Further afield · Counsel and governance · Latin · 10th century AH · Listed only

Education of the prince in virtue;

Attribution
authentic not yet checked
Date
1516, Basel/Louvain (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
Editions
  • Opera omnia IV-1 (Amsterdam 1974) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Translations
  • Lisa Jardine (CUP 1997); Born (1936) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
Not in the reader yet

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