The Iranians Defeat the Army of Afrasiyab with the Help of Rustam (text recto; painting verso of folio 235), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Rustam's Third Trial: Combat with a Dragon (painting recto), Rustam’s Fourth Trial: He Kills a Witch (painting verso)

Hushang Battles the Black Div (text recto; painting verso of folio 16), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Bahram Returns to Tus (text recto; painting verso of folio 162), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Zarasp Dies at the Hands of Farud (painting recto; text verso of folio 165), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Fariburz Demands to Marry Farangis, Mother of Kay Khusraw (text recto; painting verso of folio 189), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Bustan of Sa'di, left-hand side of a bifolio

Persian

Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Bustan of Sa'di, right-hand side of a bifolio

Persian

Barzu in Chains (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Turkish translation of the Shahnama

Ottoman

Bird Trappers (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Baburnama (Memoirs of Emperor Babur)

Indian

Painting of Luhrasp and Jamasp (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, c. 1560-70 - 1635

School of Aqa Riza (Riza ‘Abbasi)

Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of an Anthology of Poetry of Jami, left-hand side of a bifolio

Persian

Text (recto and verso), bifolio from a manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami

Persian

Text (recto and verso), bifolio from a manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami

Persian

Model Calligraphy Text from the "Anthology of Chinese and Japanese Poems for Recitation" (Wakan rōeishū), 1332 - 1403

Attributed to Prince Sondō

Text, recto; Colophon verso of folio 73, Illuminated folio from a Manuscript of Dala'il al-Khayrat

Ottoman

One of Seven Sheets of Paper inscribed with Religious Texts, Poems, Charms [mounted on a board]; "Ippen fuda"

Japanese

One of Seven Sheets of Paper inscribed with Religious Texts, Poems, Charms [mounted on a board]; "Ippen fuda"

Japanese

Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (text, crossed out, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Cemetary (recto), Painting of Two Mosques (verso), folio 40 from a Manuscript of a Majmu`a of Persian Texts

Ottoman