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1100 to 1200 Timeline Outline

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Xativa, Spain, highlighted in blue. (View Larger)
Papermaking Reaches the Moorish Parts of Spain
(Circa 1100 – 1151)

Folio 1 of Codex 2527, preserved at the Austrian National Library. (View Larger)
Medieval Handbook of Applied Arts Including Book Production
(1100 – 1120)

The Earliest Extant Document from Europe Written on Paper
(1109)

The coat of arms of the University of Paris. (View Larger)
Origins of the University of Paris
(Circa 1110)

A folio from MS 2085 of the Schoyen Collection, one of the twelve extant manuscripts of the letters of Abelard and Heloise. (View Larger)
Among the Best Known Records of Early Forbidden Romantic Love
(1115)

Earliest Record of the Use of the Compass in Navigation
(1119)

Printing in Clay by the Typographic Principle in Germany in 1119
(1119)

The Oldest University in Spain
(1134)

Peter the Venerable.
First Translation of the Qur'an into a Western Language
(1143)

The west exterior facade of the Abbey of Saint Denis, considered by historians to be the firs building in the Gothic style. (View Larger)
The First Building in the Gothic Style
(June 14, 1144)

At Martorana in Palermo, Italy, a mural depicting the divine coronation of Roger II. (View Larger)
King Roger Bans the Use of Paper
(1145)

Book X Chapters 6-7 of Gerard de Cremona's thirteenth century translation of Ptolemy's Almagest. (View Larger)
The Leading Translator from the Arabic
(Circa 1150 – 1175)

An illustration of a naval battle in the Madrid Skylitzes, showing Greek marine flamethrower technology. (View Larger)
The Only Surviving Illustrated Manuscript of a Greek Chronicle
(Circa 1150)

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Twelfth Century Images of the Processes in Book Production
(Circa 1150)

The Design and Operation of Medieval Libraries
(Circa 1150)

Originator of the Concept of Mathematical Function
(Circa 1150)

The First Paper Mill in Al-Andalus
(1150)

A heavily glossed manuscript of Libri Quattuor Sententiarum by Peter Lombard, whose usage of margin notes for citations is considered by some to be the direct antecedent of modern scholarly footnotes. (View Larger)
"Ancestor of the Modern Scholarly Apparatus of Footnotes"
(Circa 1150)

An Illuminated Medieval Travel Guide and Music Compendium
(Circa 1150)

The First Use of Paper in Italy
(1154)

A 16th century portrait of King Henry II of England, by an unknown artist.
Henry II Forbids English Students to Study at Paris
(1167)

Plate 8 of the Englehardt facsimile of the Hortus delicarum. In the centermost circle, Philosophy rests upon a queenly throne, holding a banner that says 'All wisdom comes from God, only the wise can do what they want.' Directly below sit Socrates and Plato, at abutting desks. In the surrounding orbs stand the Seven Liberal arts: grammar, rhetoric, dialectics, music, arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy. (View Larger)
Written and Illuminated by the Nun Herrad of Landsberg
(1167 – 1185)

Origins of the Paris Book Trade
(Circa 1170)

Folio 7v of the Hungarian Psalter: a miniature depicting, on top, the creation of Adam, and, on bottom, the temptation of Adam by Eve. (View Larger)
The Hunterian Psalter
(Circa 1170)

Norman Crusaders Take Manuscripts as Spoils of War
(1175)

T-S_10Ka4.1,r: a page from an early autograph draft of Maimonides's 'Guide for the Perplexed.' (View Larger)
Early Autograph Draft of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed
(Circa 1185)

Limoges Enamel Book Cover Plaque
(Circa 1185 – 1210)

The Emergence of Concordances and Subject Indexes
(Circa 1190 – 1290)

Clifford's Tower. (View Larger)
Massacre of the Jewish Community of York, England Reflected in the Survival…
(March 16, 1190)

Foundation of the Tresor des Chartes
(July 3, 1194)

The Coronation of Henry IV of Liber ad honorem Augusi sive de rebus Siculis, folio 105r of MS. 120 II, Berne Municipal Library. (View Larger)
A Graphic Portrayal of 12th Century Life in Italy and Sicily
(1196)

From one of the registers of Innocent III for the period between 1198 and 1120. ASV, Reg. Vat. 5, f. 84v (detail). (View Larger)
Foundation of the Vatican Registers
(1198)