Verses Invoking the Beginning of Spring, folio from an album
Persian
Album of Calligraphy Exercises (Mürekkebat)
Scribe: Al-Hajj al-‘Arif
Majnun, drawing by an unknown artist, surrounded by didactic verses (recto); Couplets Describing the Beloved in Terms of the Sun and the Moon, calligraphy by Mir 'Ali (verso), folio from an album
Calligraphy by (Signed by) Mir `Ali
Verses about the Quality of Ink, folio from an album
Calligraphy by Shams al-Udaba
Chief of the Dwarfs (Goojez Bashi, Cüce Başı)
Ottoman
Quotations from the Hadikat al-Hakika of Sana'i, folio from an album
Calligraphy by `Ali Riza 'Abbasi
Verses from the Gulistan by Sa'di', folio from an album
Calligraphy by Muhammad Husayn
Plea for Tax Relief, folio from an album
Calligraphy by Mirza Kuchik Isfahani
Verse Written for a Royal Physician, folio from an album
Calligraphy by 'Abd al-Rahim Afsar
Verses from the Divan by Sa'di, folio from an album
Calligraphy by Mirza Kuchik Isfahani
Painting of a Youth with a Bow (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from an album
Persian
Sansar Chand Smoking Hookah and Accompanied by Attendants
Indian
Vasakasajja Nayika with Female Attendants
Indian
Portrait of a Seated Man with a White Beard, Hands Clasped in front of his Knee (Mu’in al-Din Chishti)
Ottoman
Calligrapher's License, folio from an album
Calligraphy by Malik al-Vahab Mustafa Rafai
Three Verses Directed to the Lover by Hafiz, folio from an album
Calligraphy by Mirza Sahfi'a Herati
Calligraphy Exercise Sheet (Mürekkebat), c. 1469 - 1556
Calligraphy by Ahmed Qarahisari
Sultan Mehmed II (r. 1451-81)
Ottoman
Ottoman sultan entertained outdoors
Ottoman
Calligraphy Album with Six Leaves of Hadith Written in Nashki script, active c. 1762
Scribe: `Ali Wasfi