The Red Pavilion (painting, recto), Text (verso), illustrated folio (165) from a Manuscript of the Khamsa by Amir Khusraw of Delhi (d. 1325)

Persian

The Blue Pavilion (painting, recto), Text (verso), illustrated folio (182) from a Manuscript of the Khamsa by Amir Khusraw of Delhi (d. 1325)

Persian

The White Pavilion (painting, recto), Text (verso), illustrated folio (219) from a Manuscript of the Khamsa by Amir Khusraw of Delhi (d. 1325)

Persian

Yusuf Meets the Elderly Zulaykha (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 4 from a Partial Manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami

Uzbek

Qanbar Delivers `Ali's Letter to Mir Sayyaf (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Khavarannama by Muhammad ibn Husam

Persian

Screen with Rubbings from a Stone-Engraved Text of the Diamond Sutra at Mount Tai (dated to ca. 520 AD) Arranged in a Poetic Couplet

Chinese

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

Persian

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

Persian

Rustam and the Iranian Army Besiege the Fortress of Kafur the Cannibal(painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Persian

Verbascum Plants (painting with text, recto and verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the De Materia Medica of Dioscorides

Arab

Krishna and Radha Converse while Gopis Swim (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Satsaiya (Seven Hundred Verses) series

Indian

A Woman Tests Her Suitor's Loyalty (recto); Text (verso), folio from a manuscript of the Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble) by Jami

Abdallah

Bahram Gur Hunts with Azada (text, recto; painting, verso), illustrated folio from the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Persian

Rescue of Sa`d Vaqqas and Dalafruz (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Khavarannama of Muhammad ibn Husam

Persian

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

Persian

Timur Holding court in a Garden (painting, recto), Text (verso), illustrated folio (35) from a Manuscript of the Timurnama by Hatifi

Uzbek

Timur Holding Court in a Garden (painting, verso), Text (recto), illustrated folio (34) from a Manuscript of the Timurnama by Hatifi

Uzbek

Qur'an or Amulet Box

Lion Devouring a Boar, 1796 - 1875

Antoine Louis Barye

Study for the Head of Christ, 1528 - 1612

Federico Barocci