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Folio from a manuscript of Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa 'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Men's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) by Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi: Treasurer, money changer, courier and jeweler; tent, pavilion, drum, and banner; lion, onager, wolf, sheep, partridge and hawk

Muhammad ibn Badr Jajarmi, 1341

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Ardashir Enthroned (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)

Unknown Artist, c. 1425

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Manuchihr Enthroned (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)

Unknown Artist, c. 1425-1430

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Yazdigird Enthroned (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)

Unknown Artist, c. 1425

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Zodiac from the Castle Water Clock (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Kitab fi Ma 'rifat al-Hiyal al-Handasiya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices)

al-Jazari, 1354

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

14th centuryArab

Shapur Discovers Mihrak's Daughter at the Well (painting, verso; text, recto), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama

Unknown Artist, 1341

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Warrior and Physician with the Plant Kestron (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the De Materia Medica of Dioscorides

Unknown Artist, 1224

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

13th centuryArab

Rustam, Zal and other Pahlavans Pay Homage to Kay Khusrau (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Unknown Artist, 1341

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Rustam and the Iranian Army Besiege the Fortress of Kafur the Cannibal(painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Unknown Artist, 1341

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

The Raising of Lazarus, folio from an Armenian Gospel

T'oros the Deacon, possibly 1311

Opaque watercolor and ink on paper

Armenian

Timur Celebrates His Conquest of Delhi (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from the Zafarnama (Book of Victory) of Sharaf al-Din 'Ali Yazdi

Unknown Artist, 1436

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Communion of the Apostles, folio from an Armenian Gospel

T'oros the Deacon, possibly 1311

Opaque watercolor and ink on paper

Armenian

Table of Concordance, folio from a Gospel

Unknown Artist, c. 1180

Opaque watercolor and ink on parchment

12th centuryArmenian

Table of Concordance, folio from a Gospel

Unknown Artist, c. 1180

Ink and opaque watercolor on parchment

12th centuryArmenian

Mule (painting, recto; text, verso), Illustrated folio from Manafi Al-Hayawan of Ibn Bakhtishu

Unknown Artist, 1300s

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

13th centuryPersian

Falcon, illustrated folio from a manuscript of Manafi al-Hayawan (Benefits of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu

Unknown Artist, 1300s

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

13th-14th centuryPersian

Unknown Artist, 16th century

Book Cover and Flap

Stamped and découpé leather and painted lacquer

16th centuryPersian