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Egyptian Women Overwhelm by Yusuf’s Beauty (painting recto; text verso of folio 90); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Egyptian Women Overwhelm by Yusuf’s Beauty (painting recto; text verso of folio 90); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 99) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 99) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

Zulaykha Looks at Yusuf’s Prison with A Sorrowful Heart (painting recto; text verso of folio 100); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Zulaykha Looks at Yusuf’s Prison with A Sorrowful Heart (painting recto; text verso of folio 100); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 112) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 112) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

Zulaykha Stops Yusuf As A Beggar (painting recto; text verso of folio 113); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Zulaykha Stops Yusuf As A Beggar (painting recto; text verso of folio 113); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 127) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 127) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 128) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 128) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

Folio with notes in later hands (text recto; notes verso of folio 129), from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Folio with notes in later hands (text recto; notes verso of folio 129), from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami

Persian

The left half of the illuminated frontispiece (text with illuminated margin recto, text verso of folio 4), from a manuscript of Prayers

The left half of the illuminated frontispiece (text with illuminated margin recto, text verso of folio 4), from a manuscript of Prayers

Persian

Text folio with Persian translation in red (text in red recto; text verso of folio 125), from a manuscript of Prayers

Text folio with Persian translation in red (text in red recto; text verso of folio 125), from a manuscript of Prayers

Persian

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan by Sa`di

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan by Sa`di

Folio (text recto, text verso of folio 13), from a manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan by Sa`di

Folio (text recto, text verso of folio 13), from a manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan by Sa`di

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 23), from a manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan by Sa`di

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 23), from a manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan by Sa`di

Inspection notes and poems in later hands (text recto; later notes verso of folio 24), from a manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan by Sa`di

Inspection notes and poems in later hands (text recto; later notes verso of folio 24), from a manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan by Sa`di

Folio with an illuminated sarlawh; table of contents (table of contents recto; sarlawh verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of Prayers

Folio with an illuminated sarlawh; table of contents (table of contents recto; sarlawh verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of Prayers

Persian

Folio with extension of the doublure’s support (blue paper with embossed patterns recto; blank verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Folio with extension of the doublure’s support (blue paper with embossed patterns recto; blank verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Ottoman

Flyleaf with two small notes (notes recto, blank verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi

Flyleaf with two small notes (notes recto, blank verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi

Persian

Frontispiece with a decorated sarlawh (blank recto; text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Frontispiece with a decorated sarlawh (blank recto; text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Ottoman

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Ottoman

Folio with an illumination (text recto; illumination verso of folio 6), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Folio with an illumination (text recto; illumination verso of folio 6), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Ottoman

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