Rustam Slays Suhrab (text recto; painting verso of folio 107), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Indian

The Feeding of Zahhak’s Serpents (painting recto; text verso of folio 27), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Indian

Afrasiyab Battles Bijan (painting recto; text verso of folio 251), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Faramurz Battles Pilsam (text recto; painting verso of folio 271), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Rustam Slays Pilsam (painting recto; text verso of folio 278), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Disappearance of Kay Khusraw (text recto; painting verso of folio 323), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Combat of Chengish with Rustam (painting recto; text verso of folio 202), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Combat of Rustam with Kafur (text recto; painting verso of folio 211), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Bahram Returns to Tus (text recto; painting verso of folio 162), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

The Prophet’s Mosque at Medina (painting recto, text verso of folio 19) from a manuscript of prayer

Ottoman

Virgin and Child with Angels (painting by a Portuguese artist), folio from the Gulshan Album; mounted with an ornamental border by a Mughal artist

Indian

Archer with the Head of a Horse and the Face of a Man, Carrying a Bow and Arrow (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript

Indian

Khusraw and Shirin (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi

Indian

Painted replica of Christ and St. John (c. 1320) in the Staatliche Museen Berlin, formerly in the Nazareth Orphanage, Sigmaringen, Germany

Manufactured by Gipsformerei Staatliche Museen Berlin

Studies of Female Artistes on Stage at the Old Middlesex, 1860 - 1942

Walter Sickert

The Lovers are Reunited under the Tent (painting with text, recto; text, verso of folio 110) illustrated folio from a Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Hamdi

Ottoman

Ardashir Enthroned (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)

Persian

Saint Paul, Design for a Stained Glass Window, Albion Congregational Church, Ashton-under-Lyne, 1833 - 1898

Edward Burne-Jones

Portrait Head of Jane Morris, 1828 - 1882

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

The Delphic Sibyl (Sibylla Delphica), Design for Stained Glass Window, Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge University, 1833 - 1898

Edward Burne-Jones