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Nuh (Noah) in the Ark (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 24 from a manuscript of the Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets) of Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Nayshaburi

Nuh (Noah) in the Ark (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 24 from a manuscript of the Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets) of Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Nayshaburi

Ottoman

Bird of Paradise (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 33 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Bird of Paradise (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 33 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ottoman

Horned Quadruped (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 65 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Horned Quadruped (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 65 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ottoman

Coconut Tree (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 87 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Coconut Tree (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 87 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ottoman

Majnun and Layla Embracing Surrounded by Wild Animals (painting, verso), Text (recto), illustrated folio (70) from a Manuscript of the Khamsa by Amir Khusraw of Delhi (d. 1325)

Majnun and Layla Embracing Surrounded by Wild Animals (painting, verso), Text (recto), illustrated folio (70) from a Manuscript of the Khamsa by Amir Khusraw of Delhi (d. 1325)

Persian

Parrots and Turkey (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 6 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Parrots and Turkey (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 6 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ottoman

Cactus and Reeds (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 89 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Cactus and Reeds (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 89 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ottoman

The Prophet Muhammad and His Companions at a Feast (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Siyar-i Nabi (The Life of the Prophet) by Mustafa Darir of Erzurum

The Prophet Muhammad and His Companions at a Feast (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Siyar-i Nabi (The Life of the Prophet) by Mustafa Darir of Erzurum

Ottoman

Husayn Addressing the Umayyad Army at Karbala (painting , recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Hadikatu'l-Su'ada (Garden of the Blessed by Mehmed ibn Suleyman Fuzuli

Husayn Addressing the Umayyad Army at Karbala (painting , recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Hadikatu'l-Su'ada (Garden of the Blessed by Mehmed ibn Suleyman Fuzuli

Ottoman

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

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

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

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

Indian

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

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

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