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Illustrated Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Hamdi

Illustrated Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Hamdi

Ottoman

Manuscript of  Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami

Manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami

Scribe: Shah Mahmud

Manuscript of the First Volume of the Sahih of Bukhari

Manuscript of the First Volume of the Sahih of Bukhari

Ottoman?

Partial Manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami

Partial Manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami

Uzbek

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

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

Persian

Old Man with Two Skeletons; verso: Untitled [Head]

Old Man with Two Skeletons; verso: Untitled [Head], 1858 - 1925

Lovis Corinth

Persian verses  in calligraphic composition, illuminated folio from an album

Persian verses in calligraphic composition, illuminated folio from an album

Persian

Illustrated Liturgical Manuscript in the Pali and Thai Languages Written in Khom Yo and Thai Script, with Illustrations of the Ten Jatakas

Illustrated Liturgical Manuscript in the Pali and Thai Languages Written in Khom Yo and Thai Script, with Illustrations of the Ten Jatakas

Thai

Panegyric text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of Persian poetry

Panegyric text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of Persian poetry

Indian

Lamentation

Lamentation, 1471 - 1528

Albrecht Dürer

A metal figure with the top half depicting a person holding a basket shape over their head, and the bottom half being a smooth shaft that tapers to a rounded end.

Foundation Peg, Probably of King Shulgi (2094-2047 BCE)

Neo-Sumerian

Ceramic Plaque with mihrab motif framed by inscription in relief

Ceramic Plaque with mihrab motif framed by inscription in relief

Persian

Stag at Rest

Stag at Rest, 1796 - 1875

Antoine Louis Barye

Stamp with Latin Abbreviation "P . D . N . A"

Stamp with Latin Abbreviation "P . D . N . A"

Roman

i am the people

i am the people, 1918 - 1986

Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)

Holiday in Camp - Soldiers Playing "Foot-ball" ."- [SKETCHED BY WINSLOW HOMER.]

Holiday in Camp - Soldiers Playing "Foot-ball" ."- [SKETCHED BY WINSLOW HOMER.], 1836 - 1910

After Winslow Homer

Caux Horse

Caux Horse, 1791 - 1824

Théodore Géricault

Praise for Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Praise for Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Court of Gayumars (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Court of Gayumars (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Double page: Rustam Mourns Sohrab and Carries His Coffin (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Double page: Rustam Mourns Sohrab and Carries His Coffin (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

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