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(tame) to leave to love

(tame) to leave to love, 1918 - 1986

Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)

A print depicts a night-time scene of a crowd of men holding weapons surround a bald man, who looks down upon a dead woman lying on the sidewalk at his feet.

Cruelty in Perfection, 1697 - 1764

William Hogarth

An engraving of an advertisement for a nightman with a decorative frame of columns and vines surrounding the text. At the lower center, there is a depiction of a city scene with a horse drawn carriages and two figures.

Henry Hastings, Nightman to His Majesties Offices, & for the City & Suburbs, 1751? - 1790

John Keyse Sherwin

Two folios of Persian poetry in safina format

Two folios of Persian poetry in safina format

Persian

Two folios of Persian poetry in safina format

Two folios of Persian poetry in safina format

Persian

Manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Ottoman

Manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan (Selections from the Bustan by Sa`di)

Manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan (Selections from the Bustan by Sa`di)

The illuminated sarlawh; notes and seals (notes and seals recto; sarlawh verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan by Sa`di

The illuminated sarlawh; notes and seals (notes and seals recto; sarlawh verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan by Sa`di

Inspection notes and poems in later hands (text recto; later notes verso of folio 24), from a manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan by Sa`di

Inspection notes and poems in later hands (text recto; later notes verso of folio 24), from a manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan by Sa`di

Folio with extension of the doublure’s support (blue paper with embossed patterns recto; blank verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Folio with extension of the doublure’s support (blue paper with embossed patterns recto; blank verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Ottoman

Frontispiece with a decorated sarlawh (blank recto; text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Frontispiece with a decorated sarlawh (blank recto; text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Ottoman

Folio with an illumination (text recto; illumination verso of folio 6), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Folio with an illumination (text recto; illumination verso of folio 6), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Ottoman

Text folio with a decorated sarlawh (blank recto; sarlawh verso of folio 7), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Text folio with a decorated sarlawh (blank recto; sarlawh verso of folio 7), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Ottoman

Folio with extension of the doublure support (blank recto; blue paper with embossed patterns verso of folio 72), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Folio with extension of the doublure support (blank recto; blue paper with embossed patterns verso of folio 72), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam

Man Holding a Plaque

Man Holding a Plaque

Unidentified culture

This image shows black text and a red stamp along the left edge and a large swathe of leaves and branches on the right half of the image.

Blossoming Plum, 1789 - 1866

Cho Hŭi-ryong

A magazine spread is obscured by a gray substance, rendering the images and text mostly illegible, except for an image of a soda glass, a soldier, and a headline.

Coca Cola 2, 1932 - 1998

Wolf Vostell

The Temptation of Christ

The Temptation of Christ, 1577 - 1658

Christoffel van Sichem II

Woman Clothed With the Sun, and the Seven-Headed Dragon

Woman Clothed With the Sun, and the Seven-Headed Dragon, 1471 - 1528

Albrecht Dürer

Descent of the Holy Ghost

Descent of the Holy Ghost, 1471 - 1528

Albrecht Dürer

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