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Polished Bone Stylus

Polished Bone Stylus

Coptic

The End of the Battle (painting with text, verso; text, recto of folio 50) illustrated folio from a Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Hamdi

The End of the Battle (painting with text, verso; text, recto of folio 50) illustrated folio from a Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Hamdi

Ottoman

Majnun in the Desert (painting with text, verso; text, recto of folio 108) illustrated folio from a Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Hamdi

Majnun in the Desert (painting with text, verso; text, recto of folio 108) illustrated folio from a Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Hamdi

Ottoman

Text folio with illuminated headings (illuminated headings recto; text verso of folio 50), from a manuscript of Prayers

Text folio with illuminated headings (illuminated headings recto; text verso of folio 50), from a manuscript of Prayers

Persian

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; illuminated heading verso of folio 58), from a manuscript of Prayers

Text folio with an illuminated heading (text recto; illuminated heading verso of folio 58), from a manuscript of Prayers

Persian

Text folio with an illuminated heading (illuminated heading recto; text verso of folio 59), from a manuscript of Prayers

Text folio with an illuminated heading (illuminated heading recto; text verso of folio 59), from a manuscript of Prayers

Persian

Text folio with an illuminated heading (illuminated heading recto; text verso of folio 122), from a manuscript of Prayers

Text folio with an illuminated heading (illuminated heading recto; text verso of folio 122), from a manuscript of Prayers

Persian

Angel Sounding the Trumpet on the Day of the Last Judgement (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of a Turkish text

Angel Sounding the Trumpet on the Day of the Last Judgement (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of a Turkish text

Ottoman

Rustam Fending off the Rock Dropped by Bahman (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Rustam Fending off the Rock Dropped by Bahman (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Story of Bahman Seeking Rustam and Launching a Boulder toward Him (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Story of Bahman Seeking Rustam and Launching a Boulder toward Him (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Rustam's Seventh Course: He Slays the White Demon (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Rustam's Seventh Course: He Slays the White Demon (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Intaglio: Eagle Holding Animal

Intaglio: Eagle Holding Animal

Roman

Badlands on the Wind River, Wyoming

Badlands on the Wind River, Wyoming, 1843 - 1942

William Henry Jackson

Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan, Evêque du Mans

Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan, Evêque du Mans, 1640 - 1707

Gérard Edelinck

crazy enough

crazy enough, 1918 - 1986

Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)

Why Born Enslaved!

Why Born Enslaved!, 1827 - 1875

Jean Baptiste Carpeaux

Text folio with gold drawings on the margin (text recto; text verso of folio 4), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Text folio with gold drawings on the margin (text recto; text verso of folio 4), from a manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi by Shaykh Baha’i

Persian

Portrait of woman in off-shoulder red dress

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

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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

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