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Iskandar's Iron Cavalry Battles King Fur of Hind (text, recto; painting, verso), illustrated folio from the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Iskandar's Iron Cavalry Battles King Fur of Hind (text, recto; painting, verso), illustrated folio from the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama (Book of Kings)

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

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Letter

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Letter

Assyrian

Manuscript of the Munsha’at (Letters) by Sharaf Munshi

Manuscript of the Munsha’at (Letters) by Sharaf Munshi

Persian

Flyleaf with two small notes (notes recto, blank verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi

Flyleaf with two small notes (notes recto, blank verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi

Persian

Krishna's Manifest Vision through Sound (Kavitt), from a Rasikapriya series

Krishna's Manifest Vision through Sound (Kavitt), from a Rasikapriya series

Indian

Page from a Zakhira-i Khvarazmshahi (Treasure Dedicated to the King of Khvarazm) of Isma’il Gorgani

Page from a Zakhira-i Khvarazmshahi (Treasure Dedicated to the King of Khvarazm) of Isma’il Gorgani

Indian

Calligraphic Composition in the Shape of a Bird

Calligraphic Composition in the Shape of a Bird

Persian

Mahiya frees Zambur, Beheads his sleeping guards, and suspends Gharrad in his stead (painting, verso); Nine Lines of Nasta‘liq Script (text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Hamzanama

Mahiya frees Zambur, Beheads his sleeping guards, and suspends Gharrad in his stead (painting, verso); Nine Lines of Nasta‘liq Script (text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Hamzanama, 16th century

Attributed to Mir Sayyid ‘Ali

Umbra Vitae [author: Georg Heym]

Umbra Vitae [author: Georg Heym], 1880 - 1938

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Epitaph of C. Curiatius Caecilius Clementianus

Epitaph of C. Curiatius Caecilius Clementianus

Roman

Stamped Amphora Handle

Stamped Amphora Handle

Greek

Brick Stamp from the Platanian Brickyards

Brick Stamp from the Platanian Brickyards

Roman

Brick Stamp of the Two Lesagori

Brick Stamp of the Two Lesagori

Roman

A bearded robed figure crouches on a cloud, with winged beings and other creatures above him and at his side, and a group of people kneeling on the ground below him.

"When the morning stars sang together,", 1757 - 1827

William Blake

A figure with scaly skin holding a jar from which flames are shooting out, stands atop a prone bearded man

"And smote Job with sore boils,", 1757 - 1827

William Blake

Bonaparte Crossing the Alps

Bonaparte Crossing the Alps, 1766 - 1831

Giuseppe Longhi

Agony in the Garden

Agony in the Garden, 1471 - 1528

Albrecht Dürer

Resurrection

Resurrection, 1471 - 1528

Albrecht Dürer

Birth of the Virgin

Birth of the Virgin, 1471 - 1528

Albrecht Dürer

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