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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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
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
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
Persian
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (text above bleed-through of red candlestick designs, right page), 1928 - 2014
Otto Piene
Dinar of Al-Walid, r. 705 - 715
Al-Walid I
Cupids Forging Arrows, 1682 - 1739
Louis Desplaces
A Dune Landscape with Figures in a Storm, 1595 - 1661
Pieter de Molijn
Sketchbook: Partial Manuscript for "Otto Piene: Werkverzeichnis der Druckgrafik 1960-76", 1928 - 2014
Otto Piene
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