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Botanical watercolor drawing of a delicate stem of the caper plant, a butterfly, and close-up of the plant’s blossom.

Plant and Insect Study: Caper; Prosperina Butterfly

Unidentified Artist

Botanical watercolor drawing of three fruits in vertical orientation, one above the other: a lemon, grapefruit, and pipona.

Plant Study: Sweet Lemon; Grapefruit; Pipona

Unidentified Artist

Design for Illuminated Initial (Knight); verso: Gothic Pinnacle with Crockets

Design for Illuminated Initial (Knight); verso: Gothic Pinnacle with Crockets

Unidentified Artist

Design for Illuminated Initial (Lady)

Design for Illuminated Initial (Lady)

Unidentified Artist

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

Byzantine Manuscript Illuminations

Byzantine Manuscript Illuminations, 1852 - 1931

Timothy Cole

Manuscript Table of Contents

Manuscript Table of Contents, 1654 - 1742

Compiled by Jean Mariette

Manuscript of the Timurnama by Hatifi

Manuscript of the Timurnama by Hatifi

Uzbek

Manuscript of a Divan of Hafiz

Manuscript of a Divan of Hafiz

Persian

Poets Present their Manuscripts to a King

Poets Present their Manuscripts to a King, c. 1499 - 1543

Copy after Polidoro da Caravaggio

Folio from a manuscript of the Qur'an

Folio from a manuscript of the Qur'an

Arab

Manuscript of the Qur’an with leather binding

Manuscript of the Qur’an with leather binding

Persian

Manuscript of the Qur’an, with lacquer binding

Manuscript of the Qur’an, with lacquer binding

Manuscript of the Qur’an, with leather binding

Manuscript of the Qur’an, with leather binding

Persian

Manuscript of the Qur‘an, with lacquer binding

Manuscript of the Qur‘an, with lacquer binding

Persian

Manuscript of the Qur’an, with lacquer binding

Manuscript of the Qur’an, with lacquer binding

Persian

Manuscript of the Qur’an, with lacquer binding

Manuscript of the Qur’an, with lacquer binding

Fathallah ibn Muhammad `Ali Isfahani

Manuscript of the Qur’an, with lacquer binding

Manuscript of the Qur’an, with lacquer binding

Persian

Manuscript of the Ta'qibat-i Namaz

Manuscript of the Ta'qibat-i Namaz

Persian