Faridun Captures Zahhak (painting recto; text verso of folio 32), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Indian

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

Untitled (full-length portrait of young man in bowler hat standing in front of painted backdrop hung in outdoor setting)

Unidentified Artist

Untitled (full-length portrait of two men standing behind two seated women with painted backdrop of river scene)

Unidentified Artist

Majnun visited by his father in the desert (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Layla and Majnun by Nizami

Persian

Garden Scene (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 43 from a Manuscript of Humay va Humayun by Khwaju Kirmani

Persian

Hunting Scene (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 52 from a Manuscript of Humay va Humayun by Khwaju Kirmani

Persian