Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (back endpaper with manufacturer's sticker, right page), 1928 - 2014
Otto Piene
"Then a spirit passed before my face,", 1757 - 1827
William Blake
"The just, upright man is laughed to scorn,", 1757 - 1827
William Blake
Krishna's Manifest Vision through Sound (Kavitt), from a Rasikapriya series
Indian
Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Letter
Assyrian
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
Persian
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
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, 16th century
Attributed to Mir Sayyid ‘Ali
Umbra Vitae [author: Georg Heym], 1880 - 1938
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Brick Stamp of the Two Lesagori
Roman
Epitaph of C. Curiatius Caecilius Clementianus
Roman
Stamped Amphora Handle
Greek
Brick Stamp from the Platanian Brickyards
Roman
Ibrahim in a Fire (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 35 from a manuscript of the Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets) of Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Nayshaburi
Ottoman
Potosi (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 75 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)
Ottoman
Jaguar (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 85 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)
Ottoman
Woman gazing at her reflection (Painting, recto; Text, verso of folio 23), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Rawda al-Ushshaq (Garden of Lovers) of Arifi
Ottoman
Painting, verso; Text, recto of folio 8, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Manuscript of the Kitab-i-Shah u Geda (The Shah and the Beggar) by Yahya Beg, died 1545