Manuscripts
Folio 51 (text recto and verso) from a Manuscript of a Divan of Hafiz
c. 1530
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Book of Diseases Caused by the Stars (Shichiyō seishin betsugyō hō)
Monk Kai'e, Kamakura period, circa 1204
Manuscript book; ink and red ink (for stars) on paper
13th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Mule (painting, recto; text, verso), Illustrated folio from Manafi Al-Hayawan of Ibn Bakhtishu
Unknown Artist, 1300s
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
13th centuryPersianManuscripts
Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 28: mid 78 - begin 79 (recto), Sura 28: mid 79 - mid 80 (verso), right-hand side of a bifolio
Unknown Artist, 13th-14th century
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on parchment
13th-14th centuryArabManuscripts
Bangali Ragini (painting, recto; text, verso), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series
Unknown Artist, c. 1640-1660
Opaque watercolor on paper; Malwa Style
17th centuryIndianManuscripts
The Prophet Muhammad's Ascent to Heaven (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Iskandarnama) by Nizami
Unknown Artist, 1584
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
16th centuryPersianManuscripts
Text (recto), Invocation/Prayers (verso), folio 104 from a Manuscript of a Majmu`a of Persian Texts
Unknown Artist, 16th-17th century
Ink on paper
16th-17th centuryOttomanManuscripts
Colophon of the second section (colophon recto; text verso of folio 89), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi
Unknown Artist, 1615
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
17th centuryPersianManuscripts
Shiva's Half-Body Form (Shiva Ardhanareshvara) (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series
Jai Kisan of Malpura, c. 1756
Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and beetle shell on paper
18th centuryIndianManuscripts
Table of Contents (recto); text (verso), folio from a manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha, right-hand side of a bifolio
Unknown Artist, 16th century
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
16th centuryPersianManuscripts
Jarasandha’s siege of Mathura (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series
Unknown Artist, c. 1520 - 1540
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
16th centuryIndianManuscripts
Section of a Buddhist Sutra
Kim Saeng, 14th-16th century
Accordion-fold book; gold ink on brown paper
14th-16th centuryKoreanManuscripts
Illuminated margin and interlinear gilt text (illumination and gilt recto; text verso of folio 91), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi
Unknown Artist, 1615
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
17th centuryPersian