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Gudarz Slays Piran (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Gudarz Slays Piran (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Persian

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

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

Persian

Radha and Krishna Approaching Two Men (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Satsaiyya series

Radha and Krishna Approaching Two Men (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Satsaiyya series

Indian

Krishna and Rukmini in a Garden Pavilion (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Krishna and Rukmini in a Garden Pavilion (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Indian

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

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

Persian

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

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

Persian

The Winding Up of the Clock

The Winding Up of the Clock, 1756 - 1827

Thomas Rowlandson

Untitled (Zouave Mary)

Untitled (Zouave Mary), died 1874

Robert W. Addis

Untitled (Emma Laurie as Daughter of the Regiment)

Untitled (Emma Laurie as Daughter of the Regiment), active 1860s

Edward P. Hipple

Eleanor, Lady Auckland (1758-1818)

Eleanor, Lady Auckland (1758-1818), founded 1759

Wedgwood

"The Former Deeds of Bodhisattva Medicine King," Chapter 23 of the Lotus Sutra (Hokekyō)

"The Former Deeds of Bodhisattva Medicine King," Chapter 23 of the Lotus Sutra (Hokekyō)

Japanese

Funerary Slab with Inscription

Funerary Slab with Inscription

Greek

Illustrated Liturgical Manuscript of Pali Chants Written in Khom Bali Script and Thai Language Phra Malai Recitations Written in Khom Thai Script, with Illustrations of the Ten Jatakas

Illustrated Liturgical Manuscript of Pali Chants Written in Khom Bali Script and Thai Language Phra Malai Recitations Written in Khom Thai Script, with Illustrations of the Ten Jatakas

Thai

Stylus

Stylus

Roman

Coptic and Arabic script on beige paper

Twenty Folios from a Coptic Manuscript of the Gospel of John with Glosses and Translation in Arabic

Coptic

Untitled (adhered photocopy and text, left page); Untitled (note, right page)

Untitled (adhered photocopy and text, left page); Untitled (note, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Untitled (pasted-in text, left page); Untitled (pasted-in circle, right page)

Untitled (pasted-in text, left page); Untitled (pasted-in circle, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (adhered notes of text, right page)

Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (adhered notes of text, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Illustrations of Demonic Figures and Chinese Kings with Text (Sankō gotei, Shoō no zu)

Illustrations of Demonic Figures and Chinese Kings with Text (Sankō gotei, Shoō no zu)

Japanese

Illuminated margin and interlinear gilt text (illumination and gilt recto; text verso of folio 49), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Illuminated margin and interlinear gilt text (illumination and gilt recto; text verso of folio 49), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

Persian

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