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Garifuna Peoples of St. Vincent [Caraibs of St. Vincents]

Garifuna Peoples of St. Vincent [Caraibs of St. Vincents], 1730 - 1796

Agostino Brunias

Formal portrait of a teenage girl in a blue eighteenth-century dress, lined with delicate transparent silk lace trim and shawl. 

Sarah Smith Logan (Mrs. William Clarke), 1749 - 1831

James Peale

Hannah Speakman Rowe (Mrs. John Rowe) (1725-1805)

Hannah Speakman Rowe (Mrs. John Rowe) (1725-1805), c. 1707 - c. 1752

Robert Feke

Old Lace

Old Lace, 1859 - 1935

Childe Hassam

Apocalypse

Apocalypse, 1471 - 1528

Albrecht Dürer

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

A Prophet on a Prayer Rug (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 104 from a manuscript of the Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets) of Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Nayshaburi

A Prophet on a Prayer Rug (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 104 from a manuscript of the Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets) of Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Nayshaburi

Ottoman

Prophet Preaching in a Mosque (painting, verso; text, recto), folio 5 from a manuscript of the Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets) of Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Nayshaburi

Prophet Preaching in a Mosque (painting, verso; text, recto), folio 5 from a manuscript of the Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets) of Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Nayshaburi

Ottoman

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

Mahan confronted by demons finds his horse transformed into a seven-headed dragon (text recto; painting verso of folio 224), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Mahan confronted by demons finds his horse transformed into a seven-headed dragon (text recto; painting verso of folio 224), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Persian

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (text above bleed-through of red candlestick designs, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (text above bleed-through of red candlestick designs, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

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

Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Javahir al Ghara’ib Tarjomat Bahr al- `Aja’ib (Gems of Marvels: A Translation of the Sea of Wonders) by Mustafa Cenabi (Jannabi).

Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Javahir al Ghara’ib Tarjomat Bahr al- `Aja’ib (Gems of Marvels: A Translation of the Sea of Wonders) by Mustafa Cenabi (Jannabi).

Ottoman

Elephant of Cochin China

Elephant of Cochin China

Unidentified Artist

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