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Tekke Bag Face

Tekke Bag Face

Turkmen

A rectangular textile fragment showing two vertical bands in black depicting lions, rabbits, riders, dancers/hunters, birds, and flowers on a yellowed, off-white ground.

Tunic Front: Riders and Dancers

Byzantine

Portrait of a Youth Wearing Red Trousers and a Green Tunic

Portrait of a Youth Wearing Red Trousers and a Green Tunic

Ottoman

Madhumadhavi Ragini (painting, recto; text, verso), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Madhumadhavi Ragini (painting, recto; text, verso), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Indian

Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna in the arms of their mothers, while their father Dasharatha converses with priests (painting, recto; painting, verso), illustration from a Ramayana series

Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna in the arms of their mothers, while their father Dasharatha converses with priests (painting, recto; painting, verso), illustration from a Ramayana series

Indian

“Pan”, folio from the album Fishes of India

“Pan”, folio from the album Fishes of India

Poster depicting Noah's ark as a calligraphic composition

Poster depicting Noah's ark as a calligraphic composition

Chinese

Manuscript of the Mathnavi-i Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Manuscript of the Mathnavi-i Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Persian

Fragment: Floral Pendants

Fragment: Floral Pendants

Coptic

Standing actor

Standing actor

Roman

Standing Woman with Veiled Head

Standing Woman with Veiled Head

Greek

Sea Serpent (al-Tannin)

Sea Serpent (al-Tannin)

First flyleaf (short note recto; blank verso of folio 1), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

First flyleaf (short note recto; blank verso of folio 1), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Persian

Later notes (notes recto; blank verso of folio 2), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Later notes (notes recto; blank verso of folio 2), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Persian

Sarlawh of the double-page illuminated frontispiece; ownership notes and seals (notes and seals recto; sarlawh verso of folio 3), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Sarlawh of the double-page illuminated frontispiece; ownership notes and seals (notes and seals recto; sarlawh verso of folio 3), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Persian

Left half of the double-page illuminated frontispiece (illuminated frontispiece recto; text verso of folio 4), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Left half of the double-page illuminated frontispiece (illuminated frontispiece recto; text verso of folio 4), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Persian

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 47), from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 47), from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Persian

Colophon of the first section; the sarlawh of the second section (colophon recto; sarlawh verso of folio 48), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Colophon of the first section; the sarlawh of the second section (colophon recto; sarlawh verso of folio 48), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Persian

Illuminated margin and interlinear gilt text (illumination and gilt recto; text verso of folio 49), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Illuminated margin and interlinear gilt text (illumination and gilt recto; text verso of folio 49), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Persian

Colophon of the second section (colophon recto; text verso of folio 89), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Colophon of the second section (colophon recto; text verso of folio 89), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Persian

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