Story of Farangis (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Rustam and the Iranians Hunt in Afrasiyab’s Preserves (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Bahram Gur hunts with Azada (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Double page: The Trial by Fire of Siyavush (painting, verso; text, recto), right-hand side of a double-page painting from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Illuminated frontispiece, right-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript of the Khulasa al-Akhbar

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

Charles Herbert Moore

Wolf Hunt with Traps and Arquebus, 1523 - 1605

Jan van der Straet

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

Persian

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

Wedgwood & Bentley

Head of the Angel Gabriel

Unidentified Artist

Head of the Virgin Annunciate

Unidentified Artist

Text of the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari), 1579 - 1638

Attributed to Karasumaru Mitsuhiro

Twenty Nō Plays (Yōkyoku nijūban) in 20 Volumes, 1566 - 1626

Kanze Tadachika (Kokusetsu)

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

Japanese

Twenty Nō Plays (Yōkyoku nijūban), 1st of 20 Volumes, 1566 - 1626

Kanze Tadachika (Kokusetsu)

Twenty Nō Plays (Yōkyoku nijūban), 14th of 20 Volumes, 1566 - 1626

Kanze Tadachika (Kokusetsu)

Twenty Nō Plays (Yōkyoku nijūban), 15th of 20 Volumes, 1566 - 1626

Kanze Tadachika (Kokusetsu)

Twenty Nō Plays (Yōkyoku nijūban), 18th of 20 Volumes, 1566 - 1626

Kanze Tadachika (Kokusetsu)

Twenty Nō Plays (Yōkyoku nijūban), 19th of 20 Volumes, 1566 - 1626

Kanze Tadachika (Kokusetsu)