Cornice; verso: Column Base, c. 1443 - c. 1534

Circle of Sangallo family

Abacus of Capital from the Abbey of Santa María de Lebanza

Unidentified Artist

Yvette Guilbert, 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Ambassadeurs: Aristide Bruant in his Cabaret, 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Rustam and the Iranians Hunt in Afrasiyab’s Preserves (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Rustam and the Iranians Hunt in Afrasiyab’s Preserves (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Rustam Rescues Bijan from the Pit (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Illustrated Manuscript of the Zafarnama (Book of Conquest) by Hatifi; with lacquer binding

Manuscript of the Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble) by Jami

Twelve Folios from an Arabic Legal Text

Islamic

Small Islamic Sardonyx Seal with Kufic Text

Islamic

Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript

Persian

Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript

Persian

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Hittite Festival Text

Hittite

Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Legal Text

Assyrian

Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Legal Text

Assyrian

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Text

Assyrian

Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Legal Text

Assyrian

Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Account Text

Assyrian

Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Account Text

Assyrian