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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

Crucifixion, illustration for Dostoyevsky's "The Convicts' Bath," in "Kunst und Künstler" (1913)

Crucifixion, illustration for Dostoyevsky's "The Convicts' Bath," in "Kunst und Künstler" (1913), 1884 - 1950

Max Beckmann

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

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 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

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

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

A robed figure with a long flowing beard makes a gesture of blessing over two kneeling figures

"I have heard thee with the hearing of the Ear,", 1757 - 1827

William Blake

Venus and Adonis

Venus and Adonis, 1617 - 1685

Michel Dorigny

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (notes, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (notes, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Total Theater for Erwin Piscator, Berlin, 1927: Example 3, proscenium: floor plan and interior perspective

Total Theater for Erwin Piscator, Berlin, 1927: Example 3, proscenium: floor plan and interior perspective, 1883 - 1969

Walter Gropius

High-Rise Steel Frame Apartment Building, 1929-1930: North elevation

High-Rise Steel Frame Apartment Building, 1929-1930: North elevation, 1883 - 1969

Walter Gropius

Manuscript of Siraj al-Munir (Reflection of Light) by Muhammad Sharif ibn Shams al-DIn

Manuscript of Siraj al-Munir (Reflection of Light) by Muhammad Sharif ibn Shams al-DIn

Persian

Calligraphic Section of "Korean Acrobats Performing on Horseback"

Calligraphic Section of "Korean Acrobats Performing on Horseback"

Japanese

T.O.T

T.O.T, 1932 - 1998

Wolf Vostell

Sufi Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript

Sufi Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript

Persian

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