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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

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

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

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

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

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

T.O.T

T.O.T, 1932 - 1998

Wolf Vostell

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

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

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

Dish with Qur'anic Inscription

Indian

A painted portrait of an extravagantly dressed woman seated at a table, applying pink powder blush to her cheeks.

Pompadour at Her Toilette, 1703 - 1770

François Boucher

Oil painting of a young woman smiling faintly with much of the surrounding canvas left unpainted.

Berlin Model, 1863 - 1944

Edvard Munch

Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man, 1500/10 - 1575

Corneille de Lyon

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