Entertainments (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 19 from a Manuscript of Humay va Humayun by Khwaju Kirmani
Persian
Text (recto and verso), folio 54 from a Partial Manuscript of the Zafarnama by Sharaf al-Din `Ali Yazdi
Persian
Ecstatic Dance of Dervishes (text, recto; painting, verso), illustrated folio (149) from a manuscript of a Divan of Hafiz
Persian
Rustam Slays a Dragon (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi
Persian
Firing up the Poet's Kettle (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 247 from a manuscript of the Divan of Anvari
Ascribed to Nanha
The Fox's Fear (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 314 from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari
Attributed to Miskin
Shapur Discovers Mihrak's Daughter at the Well (painting, verso; text, recto), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama
Persian
Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript with Ghazals of Sa'di in margins, right-hand side of a separated biofolio
Persian
Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript with Ghazals of Sa'di in margins, left-hand side of a separated bifolio
Persian
Faridun Attacking Zahhak (text, recto; painting, verso), illustrated folio from a Turkish translation of the Shahnama of Firdawsi
Ottoman
Illuminated text (recto); Calligraphic Composition (verso), folio from an album of calligraphy, left-hand side of a bifolio, fl. 1453-1519
Sultan Ali Mashhadi
Illuminated Text, Folio from a Zakhirah-i Khvarzmshahi of Isma'il ibn Hasan Jurjani
Indian
Illuminated text (verso); Owner's Seal (recto), folio from an album of calligraphy, right-hand side of a bifolio, fl. 1453-1519
Sultan Ali Mashhadi
Struchnos Plants (painting with text, recto and verso), from a De Materia Medica of Dioscorides
Arab
Krishna Approaches the Cowherds at Their Forest Encampment (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series
Indian
The Temptation of Shakyamuni (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from an Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra
Nepalese
Layla and Majnun at School (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami
Persian
Text Sheet, from the portfolio "Figurines. The Three-Dimensional Design of the Electro-Mechanical Spectacle: Victory Over the Sun", 1890 - 1941
El Lissitzky
Text (recto and verso), folio 4 from a Manuscript of the Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi, flourished 1514-43
Calligraphy attributed to Mir Ali al Husayni
Text (recto and verso), folio 19 from a Manuscript of the Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi, flourished 1514-43
Calligraphy attributed to Mir Ali al Husayni