Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 22: 36 - mid 40 (recto), Sura 22: 40 - 44 (verso), right-hand side of a bifolio
Arab
Folio from a manuscript of Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa 'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Men's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) by Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi: Treasurer, money changer, courier and jeweler; tent, pavilion, drum, and banner; lion, onager, wolf, sheep, partridge and hawk
Author: Muhammad ibn Badr Jajarmi
Mule (painting, recto; text, verso), Illustrated folio from Manafi Al-Hayawan of Ibn Bakhtishu
Persian
Camel Driver at Rest (painting, verso; text, recto), from the Dum'at al-Båki of Ibn Fadlallåh al-'Umari; poetic verses
Syrian
Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 30: end 25 - mid 27 (recto), Sura 30: mid 27 - mid 28 (verso)
Persian
Dara and the Herdsman (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 19 from a Manuscript of the Bustan by Sa‘di, Written for Sultan ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (1540-50), active 1st half of 16th century
Attributed to Shaykh Zada
Folio 3 from a Manuscript of the Qur'an: Frontispiece, Fatiha (verso),
Ottoman
Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 60: 11-13 (recto), Sura mid 60: 13 and Sura 61: 1-4 (verso), right-hand side of a bifolio
Arab
Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of a Persian religious text, right-hand side of a bifolio
Persian
Harem al Sharif at Mecca, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Javahir al Ghara’ib Tarjomat Bahr al- `Aja’ib (Gems of Marvels: A Translation of the Sea of Wonders) by Mustafa Cenabi (Jannabi).
Ottoman
Faridun Attacking Zahhak (text, recto; painting, verso), illustrated folio from a Turkish translation of the Shahnama of Firdawsi
Ottoman
Child with Chain around his Neck Punished by Serpents and Animal Figure (painting, recto) Child Flanked by Serpents (painting, verso), folio from a manuscript
Persian
Ali Receiving the Bay'a (Swearing of Allegiance) (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Maktel-i Ali Resul of Lami‘i Chelebi
Ottoman
English Man (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Hubanname
Ottoman
Zodiac from the Castle Water Clock (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Kitab fi Ma 'rifat al-Hiyal al-Handasiya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices), 14th century
al-Jazari
The Sakhi Informs Krishna of Radha's Lovelorn Condition, folio illustrating canto VI of Jayadeva's Gita Govinda
Indian
Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of a mystical text, right-hand side of a separated bifolio
Persian
The Prophet Muhammad Converts Abu Bakr (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)
Persian
Prophet Muhammad at the Gate of Medina (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)
Persian
Manuchihr Enthroned (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)
Persian