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Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Illuminated text (recto), text (verso), folio from a manuscript of Persian poetry, left-hand side of a separated bifolio

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Hamza Escaping, Illustration from a Hamzanama (Story of Hamza) Series

Unknown Artist, c. 1600

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

16th-17th centuryIndian

Opening folios from a Calligraphic Manual

Unknown Artist, 17th century

17th centuryOttoman

Rustam Slays a Dragon (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

18th centuryPersian

Folio from a Jain religious manuscript (text, recto; text, verso)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

16th centuryIndian

Seated Devas, illustrated folio from a Jain religious manuscript (painting with text, recto and verso)

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

16th centuryIndian

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 9: mid 37 - 38 (recto), Sura 9: mid 38 - 40 (verso)

Unknown Artist, 13th-14th century

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

13th-14th centuryArab

Nightmare of Zahhak (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Shah Mahmud al-Nayshaburi, 16th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Isfandiyar's Third Course; He Slays the Dragon (painting, verso), Isfandiyar's Second Course; He Slays the Lions (text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Ink, opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper

Qanbar Delivers `Ali's Letter to Mir Sayyaf (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Khavarannama by Muhammad ibn Husam

Unknown Artist, c. 1477

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

15th centuryPersian

Angel Sounding the Trumpet on the Day of the Last Judgement (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of a Turkish text

Unknown Artist, 17th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

16th-17th centuryOttoman

Rustam's Brother and Son Kill Isfandiyar's Sons (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Great Ilkhanid Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Unknown Artist, c. 1335

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

14th centuryPersian

Bird Trappers (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Baburnama (Memoirs of Emperor Babur)

Unknown Artist, c. 1590

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; Mughal Style

16th centuryIndian

A Woman Tests Her Suitor's Loyalty (recto); Text (verso), folio from a manuscript of the Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble) by Jami

Abdallah, 1525-1535

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

16th centuryIslamic

Manuscript of the Timurnama by Hatifi

Paintings with text; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Frontispiece, Introduction (verso), folio 1 from a Manuscript of the Timurnama by Hatifi

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Frontispiece (recto), Text (verso), folio 2 from a Manuscript of the Timurnama by Hatifi

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Timur Holding Court in a Garden (painting, verso), Text (recto), illustrated folio (34) from a Manuscript of the Timurnama by Hatifi

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Timur Holding court in a Garden (painting, recto), Text (verso), illustrated folio (35) from a Manuscript of the Timurnama by Hatifi

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper