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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

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

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

Cuneiform Tablet and Envelope: Old Babylonian Sale Document

Cuneiform Tablet and Envelope: Old Babylonian Sale Document

Babylonian

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 Death of Orpheus

The Death of Orpheus, 1840 - 1916

Odilon Redon

A group of fourteen men and women gather around a table in a simple room.

A Merry Company in an Interior, 1601 - 1673

Anthonie Palamedesz.

Untitled (adhered "Lakefront Festival of Arts 1978" pamphlet with color transfer, left page); Untitled (bleed-through of following page, right page)

Untitled (adhered "Lakefront Festival of Arts 1978" pamphlet with color transfer, left page); Untitled (bleed-through of following page, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

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

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (text, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (text, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (text, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (text, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

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