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Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō) Chapter 18: Section Describing the Merits of Joyful Acceptance

Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō) Chapter 18: Section Describing the Merits of Joyful Acceptance

Japanese

Section from Chapter 35 of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (Boreboluomiduo jing)

Section from Chapter 35 of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (Boreboluomiduo jing), 6th-7th century

Attributed to Cao Gongyi

Section from Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra (Miaofa lianhua jing)

Section from Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra (Miaofa lianhua jing)

Chinese

Heart Sutra (Sanskrit: Prajnâpâramitâ-hrdaya-sūtra; Japanese: Hannya-shin-gyō), in running script (gyōsho)

Heart Sutra (Sanskrit: Prajnâpâramitâ-hrdaya-sūtra; Japanese: Hannya-shin-gyō), in running script (gyōsho), 1667 - 1736

Konoe Yorakuin Iehiro

Erotic Painting (recto and verso), folio from a Jain manuscript

Erotic Painting (recto and verso), folio from a Jain manuscript

Indian

Text (recto), Text (verso), folio 25 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Text (recto), Text (verso), folio 25 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ottoman

Ivy, Enlarged from an Early English Manuscript in the British Museum

Ivy, Enlarged from an Early English Manuscript in the British Museum, 1840 - 1930

Charles Herbert Moore

Jyestha, the Month of Heat (from a Baramasa [Twelve Months] manuscript)

Jyestha, the Month of Heat (from a Baramasa [Twelve Months] manuscript)

Attributed to Ustad Murad

Krishna and the Gopis, folio from a dispersed manuscript of the Rasikapriya of Keshavadas

Krishna and the Gopis, folio from a dispersed manuscript of the Rasikapriya of Keshavadas

Attributed to Rukn al-Din

Krishna Dancing with the Gopis (from a Gita Govinda [Song of the Cowherd] manuscript)

Krishna Dancing with the Gopis (from a Gita Govinda [Song of the Cowherd] manuscript)

Indian

Text folio (text recto, text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of Khwaja ‘Abd Allah Ansari’s Advise

Text folio (text recto, text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of Khwaja ‘Abd Allah Ansari’s Advise

Persian

Text folio (text recto, blank verso of folio 4), from a manuscript of Khwaja ‘Abd Allah Ansari’s Advise

Text folio (text recto, blank verso of folio 4), from a manuscript of Khwaja ‘Abd Allah Ansari’s Advise

Persian

Wolf Hunt with Traps and Arquebus

Wolf Hunt with Traps and Arquebus, 1523 - 1605

Jan van der Straet

An opaque watercolor painting depicting a seated woman who is encircled by many lush trees, animals poking their heads out from them, and pink and white flowers. She sits in a bed of leaves and wears a pink bottom, brown top, and orange veil.

Utka Nayika: page from a dispersed manuscript of Keshavadas's Rasikapriya(Connoisseur's Delight)

Indian

Sketchbook: Partial Manuscript for "Otto Piene: Werkverzeichnis der Druckgrafik 1960-76"

Sketchbook: Partial Manuscript for "Otto Piene: Werkverzeichnis der Druckgrafik 1960-76", 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Head of the Angel Gabriel

Head of the Angel Gabriel

Unidentified Artist

Head of the Virgin Annunciate

Head of the Virgin Annunciate

Unidentified Artist

Text folio containing the colophon (text recto, colophon verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of Khwaja ‘Abd Allah Ansari’s Advise

Text folio containing the colophon (text recto, colophon verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of Khwaja ‘Abd Allah Ansari’s Advise

Persian

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), in business 1769-1780

Wedgwood & Bentley

Story of [the] Soga Brothers (Soga Monogatari) in 12 Volumes

Story of [the] Soga Brothers (Soga Monogatari) in 12 Volumes

Japanese

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