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Reclining figures surround a baby in front of a forested landscape

The Infant Bacchus Entrusted to the Nymphs of Nysa; The Death of Echo and Narcissus, 1594 - 1665

Nicolas Poussin

Episodes from the Story of Siyavush (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Episodes from the Story of Siyavush (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Yazdigird Murdered by Khusraw the Miller (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Yazdigird Murdered by Khusraw the Miller (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Episodes from the Story of Mahuy (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Episodes from the Story of Mahuy (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

The Burial of Yazdigird (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

The Burial of Yazdigird (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Episodes from the Story of Hurmuzd (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Episodes from the Story of Hurmuzd (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Khusraw Parviz Enthroned in a Garden (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Khusraw Parviz Enthroned in a Garden (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Gushtaham and Banduy Blind Hurmuzd (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Gushtaham and Banduy Blind Hurmuzd (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

The Trial by Fire of Siyavush (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

The Trial by Fire of Siyavush (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Illuminated frontispiece (illuminated text, recto; text, verso), left-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Illuminated frontispiece (illuminated text, recto; text, verso), left-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Qasim

Non-Canonical Text Devoted to Jizō Bosatsu (Bussetsu Jizō Bosatsukyō)

Non-Canonical Text Devoted to Jizō Bosatsu (Bussetsu Jizō Bosatsukyō)

Japanese

Text of the Twenty-Fifth Chapter (Kanzeon Bosatsu Fumonbon) of the Lotus Sutra (Myōhō Rengekyō)

Text of the Twenty-Fifth Chapter (Kanzeon Bosatsu Fumonbon) of the Lotus Sutra (Myōhō Rengekyō)

Japanese

Non-Canonical Sutra Booklet without Title Page (text begins "Kaku no gotoki")

Non-Canonical Sutra Booklet without Title Page (text begins "Kaku no gotoki")

Japanese

Brown copper dish with Qur’anic inscription and human-faced fish

Dish with Qur'anic Inscription

Indian

Thirty-Four Parking Lots

Thirty-Four Parking Lots, born 1937

Edward Ruscha

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

Story of Iraj's Journey to Meet with His Brothers and His Death at Their Hands (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Story of Iraj's Journey to Meet with His Brothers and His Death at Their Hands (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Murder of Iraj (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Murder of Iraj (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

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