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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

Lion Devouring a Boar

Lion Devouring a Boar, 1796 - 1875

Antoine Louis Barye

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

Gauri Ragini (painting, recto; text, verso), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Gauri Ragini (painting, recto; text, verso), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Indian

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

Untitled (color transfer, left page); Untitled (text and color transfer, right page)

Untitled (color transfer, left page); Untitled (text and color transfer, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Untitled (color transfer, left page); Untitled (text and color transfer, right page)

Untitled (color transfer, left page); Untitled (text and color transfer, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Untitled (color transfer, left page); Untitled (text and color transfer, right page)

Untitled (color transfer, left page); Untitled (text and color transfer, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

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