Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, 1880 - 1938

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi.

Persian

Majnun Begging Before Layla's House (painting with text, recto; text, verso of folio 14) illustrated folio from a Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Hamdi

Ottoman

Poetry (recto), Poet Giving Advice to a Young Novice, Frontispiece (painting, verso), illustrated folio (1) from a Partial Manuscript of the Bustan of Sa`di

Persian

Folio 20 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Holy Family with winged angel in oval frame (recto); Three drawings of figures in European dress (verso)

Persian

Rustam's Brother and Son Kill Isfandiyar's Sons (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Persian

Sultan Enthroned While European Captives are Brought Before his Throne (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Turkish poetry

Ottoman

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

Persian

Defectives, Feeble-minded: United States. Massachusetts. Waverly. School for Feeble-minded: Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded.: Painting Class., active mid-19th-early 20th century

William A. Webster

Bahram Seizes the Crown of Rivniz on the Point of his Lance (text recto; painting verso of folio 174), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Indian

Barzu Challenges Rustam, Rustam Suffers a Broken Shoulder (text recto; painting verso of folio 246), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Fariburz Demands to Marry Farangis, Mother of Kay Khusraw (text recto; painting verso of folio 189), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Text folio with a heading in gold, the bedouin and the princes;(text in gold recto, painting verso of folio 96) from a manuscript of Subhat al-abrar by Jami

Untitled (note, left page); Untitled (notes, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Untitled (calculations, left page); Untitled (calculations, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Untitled (design for rainbow mural with notes, two-page spread), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Untitled (designs for rainbow mural with notes, two-page spread), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (notes, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (notes, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Untitled (fountain design with color transfer, two-page spread), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene