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Illustrated Liturgical Manuscript

Illustrated Liturgical Manuscript

Thai

Illustrated Manuscript on Elephants

Illustrated Manuscript on Elephants

Thai

Illustrated Manuscript on Divination

Illustrated Manuscript on Divination

Thai

Partial Manuscript of the Qur'an

Partial Manuscript of the Qur'an

Partial Manuscript of a Qur'an

Partial Manuscript of a Qur'an

Egyptian

Illustrated Manuscript of Prayers

Illustrated Manuscript of Prayers

Ottoman

Mihras, the Envoy of Ceasar, Offers Nushirvan the Treasure of Rum (text, recto; painting and text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi.

Mihras, the Envoy of Ceasar, Offers Nushirvan the Treasure of Rum (text, recto; painting and text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi.

Persian

Lakshmana and Sita (text, recto; painting, verso); folio from an illustrated manuscript of the Razmnama (Persian translation of the Mahabharata)

Lakshmana and Sita (text, recto; painting, verso); folio from an illustrated manuscript of the Razmnama (Persian translation of the Mahabharata)

Attributed to Fazl

Recumbent Lioness

Recumbent Lioness

Iranian

A bottle gourd sits in middle of the page, tilted slightly towards right, a butterfly flies in from the left.

Plant and Insect Study: Bottle Gourd; Io Butterfly

Unidentified Artist

Botanical watercolor drawing of a stem and leaf of the Amaranthus plant.

Plant Study: Amaranthus

Unidentified Artist

Letters P and E, after French Gothic manuscript

Letters P and E, after French Gothic manuscript, 1870 - 1960

Martin Mower

Landscape with Boats Against a Hilly Landscape; “Massaw”

Landscape with Boats Against a Hilly Landscape; “Massaw”

Attributed to Sita Ram

Botanical watercolor drawing of two stems of a morning glory on top, and a fruiting blueberry branch on bottom.

Plant Study: 1. Red Morning Glory; 2. Blueberry

Unidentified Artist

Botanical watercolor drawing of a stem of the rock breaker plant, and a butterfly with opened wingspan.

Plant and Insect Study: "Rock Breaker"; Polidamas Butterfly

Unidentified Artist

Botanical watercolor drawing of two chrysanthemum cut stems with an opened-winged butterfly on the left floating toward the flowers.

Plant and Insect Study: Chrysanthemum; Cardui Butterfly

Unidentified Artist

Botanical watercolor drawing of two zinnia-related flower stems with an opened-winged moth in lower right.

Plant and Insect Study: "Acinea"; Versicolora Moth or Butterfly

Unidentified Artist

Invocation Sheet (Nembutsu)

Invocation Sheet (Nembutsu), 1542 - 1616

Traditionally attributed to Tokugawa Ieyasu

Illustrated Books on Horses and Equine Illnesses (Ma Kyŏng), Two Volumes

Illustrated Books on Horses and Equine Illnesses (Ma Kyŏng), Two Volumes

Korean

Book of Diseases Caused by the Stars (Shichiyō seishin betsugyō hō)

Book of Diseases Caused by the Stars (Shichiyō seishin betsugyō hō), born 1172

Monk Kai'e