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
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
The Black Pavilion (painting, recto), Text (verso), illustrated folio (129) from a Manuscript of the Khamsa by Amir Khusraw of Delhi (d. 1325)
Persian
Procession (painting, verso), Text (recto), illustrated folio (210) from a Partial Manuscript of the Zafarnama by Sharaf al-Din `Ali Yazdi
Persian
Procession (painting, recto), Text (verso), illustrated folio (211) from a Partial Manuscript of the Zafarnama by Sharaf al-Din `Ali Yazdi
Persian
The left half of the double-page illuminated frontispiece (illumination recto; text verso of folio 3), frontispiece from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami
Persian
Shirin goes to Mount Bistun and meets Farhad (text recto; painting verso of folio 77), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizam
Persian
Khusraw, Shirin, Shapur and the girls telling stories (text recto; painting verso of folio 165), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami
Persian
Bahram Gur gains Ardashir’s quest of the crown (text recto; painting verso of folio 196), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami
Persian
Illuminated sarlawh of Sharaf-nama (Iskandar-nama), (text recto; illumination verso of folio 243), sarlawh from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami
Persian
Untitled (color transfer, left page); Untitled (color transfer of text on following pages, right page), 1928 - 2014
Otto Piene