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Saʿdi in A Hindu Temple (painting recto; text verso of folio 144), painting from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Saʿdi in A Hindu Temple (painting recto; text verso of folio 144), painting from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Persian

Layla and Majnun in a Tent (painting recto; text verso of folio 205), painting from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Layla and Majnun in a Tent (painting recto; text verso of folio 205), painting from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Persian

Untitled (blank with color transfers, left page); Untitled (text and bleed-through of following page, right page)

Untitled (blank with color transfers, left page); Untitled (text and bleed-through of following page, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Section from a Buddhist Cosmology (Nihon koku narabini Shumi shoten zu) with text copied by Monk Ryūi

Section from a Buddhist Cosmology (Nihon koku narabini Shumi shoten zu) with text copied by Monk Ryūi, active late 14th-early 15th c.

Monk Ryūyū

Set of Eight Scrolls Containing the Text of the Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing), the First Scroll with Illustrated Frontispiece

Set of Eight Scrolls Containing the Text of the Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing), the First Scroll with Illustrated Frontispiece

Chinese

Krishna Subdues the Serpent King Kaliya (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Krishna Subdues the Serpent King Kaliya (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Indian

Lakshmana and Sita (text, recto; painting, verso); folio from an illustrated manuscript of the Razmnama (Persian translation of the Mahabharata)

Lakshmana and Sita (text, recto; painting, verso); folio from an illustrated manuscript of the Razmnama (Persian translation of the Mahabharata)

Attributed to Fazl

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Letter

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Letter

Assyrian

Illustrated Manuscript of Prayers

Illustrated Manuscript of Prayers

Ottoman

Manuscript of prayers

Manuscript of prayers

Persian

Manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi (Forty Hadith) by Baha’ al-Din Muhammad al-Amuli (Shaykh Baha’i)

Manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi (Forty Hadith) by Baha’ al-Din Muhammad al-Amuli (Shaykh Baha’i)

Persian

The right half of the illuminated frontispiece (illuminated sarlawh verso, blank recto of folio 3), from a manuscript of prayers

The right half of the illuminated frontispiece (illuminated sarlawh verso, blank recto of folio 3), from a manuscript of prayers

Persian

First flyleaf (blank recto; blank verso of folio 1), folio from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

First flyleaf (blank recto; blank verso of folio 1), folio from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Persian

Folio containing the colophon in naskh script (colophon recto; text verso of folio 292), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Folio containing the colophon in naskh script (colophon recto; text verso of folio 292), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Persian

Folio with rulings; quatrain in a later hand  (blank recto; text verso of folio 293), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Folio with rulings; quatrain in a later hand (blank recto; text verso of folio 293), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Persian

Stag with Leg Raised

Stag with Leg Raised, 1796 - 1875

Antoine Louis Barye

Eagle with Outstretched Wings and Open Beak

Eagle with Outstretched Wings and Open Beak, 1796 - 1875

Antoine Louis Barye

Manuscript of the Divan of Hasan Dihlavi

Manuscript of the Divan of Hasan Dihlavi

Persian

The Murder of Iraj by his Brothers Tur and Sam (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi, right-hand side of a bifolio

The Murder of Iraj by his Brothers Tur and Sam (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi, right-hand side of a bifolio

Persian

Bahram Gur Fights the Horned Wolf (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Bahram Gur Fights the Horned Wolf (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Persian

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