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Text (border, upper right), 1592 - 1635

Jacques Callot

The Story of Rustam and Bahman (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

The Story of Rustam and Bahman (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

The Iranians Repel Afrasiyab’s Night Attack (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

The Iranians Repel Afrasiyab’s Night Attack (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Bahram Gur in the Sandalwood Pavilion (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Haft Paykar) by Nizami

Bahram Gur in the Sandalwood Pavilion (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Haft Paykar) by Nizami

Persian

Portrait of woman in off-shoulder red dress

Madame Pierre Henri Renoir (Blanche-Marie Blanc), 1841 - 1919

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 33), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 33), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Persian

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with illuminated heading verso of folio 157), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with illuminated heading verso of folio 157), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Persian

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 178), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 178), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Persian

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 182), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di”.

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 182), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di”.

Persian

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 186), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 186), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Persian

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 191), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di”.

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 191), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di”.

Persian

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 264), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di”.

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 264), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di”.

Persian

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 294), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 294), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Persian

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text folio with an illuminated headingverso of folio 305), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text folio with an illuminated headingverso of folio 305), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Persian

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 330), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di”.

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 330), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di”.

Persian

Text folio with an illuminated caption (text recto; text with an illuminated caption verso of folio 331), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Text folio with an illuminated caption (text recto; text with an illuminated caption verso of folio 331), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Persian

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 337), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 337), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Persian

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 340), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; text with an illuminated heading verso of folio 340), from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Persian

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 291), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 291), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Persian

A running figure gestures to a seated man and woman who fold their hands and look up in distress

"And I only am escaped to tell thee,", 1757 - 1827

William Blake

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