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panegyric
thumb|Title page of the Panegyric of Leonardo Loredan (1503), created in honour of [[Leonardo Loredan, 75th Doge of Venice, now in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore]]

Qaṣīda al-Burda
thumb|right|A verse from the Qaṣīdat al-Burda, displayed on the wall of al-Busiri's shrine in Alexandria
Qasīdat al-Burda (, "Ode of the Mantle"), or al-Burda for short, is a thirteenth-century ode of praise for Muhammad composed by the Shadhili mystic al-Busiri of Egypt. The poem, whose actual title is "The Celestial Lights in Praise of the Best of Creation" (), is famous mainly in the Muslim world. It is entirely in praise of Muhammad, who is said to have been praised ceaselessly by the afflicted poet, to the point that Muhammad appeared in a dream and wrapped him in a mantle or cloak; in th
Zafarnama
panegyric book by Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi

Life of Constantine
work by Eusebius
Praise to Vytautas
panegyric in Ruthenian, dedicated to Vytautas the Great, grand duke of Lithuania (r. 1392 – 1430)