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Illustrated Manuscript of the Complete Works of Sa'di

Illustrated Manuscript of the Complete Works of Sa'di

Persian

Two sides of a circular gold coin with Arabic writing

Dinar of al-Muqtadir, Misr, r. 908-932

Al-Muqtadir

Darkly colorful print on paperboard of a woman kissing, or biting, a downturned man on the back of the neck.

Vampire II, 1863 - 1944

Edvard Munch

Plaster Cupid

Plaster Cupid, 1839 - 1906

Paul Cézanne

The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, at the Capitol, Washington, March 4, 1861

The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, at the Capitol, Washington, March 4, 1861, 1836 - 1910

After Winslow Homer

A painting of a man and a woman standing on a colorful rocky shore facing away from the viewer.

Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones), 1863 - 1944

Edvard Munch

Black ink drawing of a border for the title page of Oscar Wilde’s Salome.

Border Design for Title Page; verso: incomplete border, 1872 - 1898

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

Text folio with illuminated margin (text with illuminated margin recto; text verso of folio 3) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams

Text folio with illuminated margin (text with illuminated margin recto; text verso of folio 3) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams

Persian

Text folio with illuminated margin (text recto; text with illuminated margin verso of folio 16) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams

Text folio with illuminated margin (text recto; text with illuminated margin verso of folio 16) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams

Persian

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 47), from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 47), from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Persian

Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the Black Pavilion (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Haft Paykar) by Nizami

Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the Black Pavilion (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Haft Paykar) by Nizami

Persian

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Hittite Festival Text

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Hittite Festival Text

Hittite

Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Legal Text

Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Legal Text

Assyrian

Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Legal Text

Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Legal Text

Assyrian

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Text

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Text

Assyrian

Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Legal Text

Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Legal Text

Assyrian

Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Account Text

Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Account Text

Assyrian

Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Account Text

Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Account Text

Assyrian

Cuneiform Tablet: Ur III Administrative Text

Cuneiform Tablet: Ur III Administrative Text

Neo-Sumerian

Cuneiform Tablet: Ur III Administrative Text

Cuneiform Tablet: Ur III Administrative Text

Neo-Sumerian

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