Manuscripts
Folio 9 (text recto and verso) from a Manuscript of a Divan of Hafiz
c. 1530
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Illustrated Texts on Various Subjects
Unknown Artist, 19th century
Two-sided horizontal accordion-fold album; ink, color, and gold on paper
19th centuryThaiManuscripts
Manuscript of the Qur’an, with lacquer binding
Unknown Artist, 1784
Watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard (covers) Ink, gold, and colors on paper (text)
18th centuryPersianManuscripts
Wildcat (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 22 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)
Unknown Artist, 1805
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th centuryOttomanManuscripts
Folio 10 from a Fragment of a Qur'an: Sura 4: 32 (recto and verso)
Unknown Artist, 13th century
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
13th centuryEgyptianManuscripts
Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the Black Pavilion (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Haft Paykar) by Nizami
Unknown Artist, 1584
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
16th centuryPersianManuscripts
Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 4, The Twilight Beauty (Yūgao)
Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, dated 1516
The fourth of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Illustrated Manuscript of the Kitab-i Mihasikü’l-Hacc ("the word of") by Mevlana Jami
Unknown Artist, 1680
Painting with text; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
17th centuryOttomanManuscripts
Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of Prayers
Unknown Artist, dated 1713
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
18th centuryPersianManuscripts
Illuminated Frontispiece, Introduction (recto), Introduction (verso), folio 3 from a Manuscript of Dala'il al-Khayrat
Unknown Artist, 1801-1802
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th centuryOttomanManuscripts
Twenty-six folios from a Coptic Manuscript with Arabic Titles
Unknown Artist
Ink and color on paper
CopticManuscripts
One Leaf from "Buddhist Manuscript: Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Verses (Sanskrit: Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita)" (Folio )
Unknown Artist, early 12th century
Double-sided, detached leaf from an incomplete manuscript; ink on palm leaf
12th centuryNepaleseManuscripts
Illustrated Liturgical Manuscript of Pali Chants Written in Khom Bali Script and Thai Language Phra Malai Recitation Written in Khom Thai Script, with Illustrations of the Story of Phra Malai
Unknown Artist, late 19th century
Two-sided horizontal accordion-fold album; ink, color, and gold on paper; with lacquered covers
19th centuryThai