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Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 5), from a manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Jami

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 5), from a manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Jami

Persian

Text folio with illuminated, diagonal lines (text recto; text verso of folio 24), from a manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Jami

Text folio with illuminated, diagonal lines (text recto; text verso of folio 24), from a manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Jami

Persian

Text folio with colophon (text recto; later note verso of folio 70), from a manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Jami

Text folio with colophon (text recto; later note verso of folio 70), from a manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Jami

Persian

Text folio with an illuminated sarlawh (blank recto; text verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Text folio with an illuminated sarlawh (blank recto; text verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Persian

Text folio with gold drawings on the margin (text recto; text verso of folio 4), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Text folio with gold drawings on the margin (text recto; text verso of folio 4), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Persian

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 291), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 291), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Persian

Folio containing the colophon in naskh script (colophon recto; text verso of folio 292), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Folio containing the colophon in naskh script (colophon recto; text verso of folio 292), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Persian

Folio with rulings; quatrain in a later hand (blank recto; text verso of folio 293), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Folio with rulings; quatrain in a later hand (blank recto; text verso of folio 293), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Persian

Text (recto), Text (verso), folio 25 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Text (recto), Text (verso), folio 25 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ottoman

Nala Entertained, Drawing for a Nala Damayanti Series

Nala Entertained, Drawing for a Nala Damayanti Series

Indian

Day of Judgment, folio from a manuscript of the Falnama (Book of Omens).

Day of Judgment, folio from a manuscript of the Falnama (Book of Omens).

Persian

An opaque watercolor painting depicting two figures sitting close together underneath the arch of a white, rectangular building. The figure on the right is blue-skinned and wears yellow pants while the figure on the left is pale with a red skirt and brown top. There is script writing above the image and the painting is framed with a red band that is decorated with blue and white flower motifs.

Dipak Raga (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Attributed to Jai Kisan of Malpura

Calligraphic Section of "Korean Acrobats Performing on Horseback"

Calligraphic Section of "Korean Acrobats Performing on Horseback"

Japanese

Genealogy of the Sugawara Family

Genealogy of the Sugawara Family

Japanese

Toba-e gacho

Toba-e gacho

Japanese

Teisai's Ghost (Teisaiga: Bakemono gacho)

Teisai's Ghost (Teisaiga: Bakemono gacho)

Japanese

Teisai's Ghost (Teisaiga: Bakemono gacho)

Teisai's Ghost (Teisaiga: Bakemono gacho)

Japanese

A rectangular hand scroll that is medium-brown in color and shows many rows of Japanese writing. The written symbols are in black and there are small, red lotus blossoms under each symbol.

Account of the Goddess Kichijōten (Srî-laksmî), from section 16 of the Golden Light Sutra, 1192 - 1263

Monk Kenjin

Book

Book

Japanese

Shadows of Ghosts (Bakemono kagei cho)

Shadows of Ghosts (Bakemono kagei cho)

Japanese

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