Notes (recto), folio 1 from a Manuscript of the Bustan by Sa`di, Written for Sultan `Abd al-`Aziz (1540-50)

Double-sided, detached leaf from an incomplete manuscript: ink, color, and gold on blue paper

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Ink, colors, and gold on paper; stamped and gilded leather binding

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Ink and gold on paper