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Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Bird (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 12 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

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)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Tapir (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 23 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Text (recto), Text (verso), folio 25 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Merman (painting, recto), Anteater (painting, verso), folio 26 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Bird of Paradise (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 33 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Winged Quadruped with Duck Bill (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 36 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Cactus (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 48 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Horned Quadruped (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 65 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Potosi (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 75 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Jaguar (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 85 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Horse (painting, recto), Wildcat (painting, verso), folio 86 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Coconut Tree (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 87 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Cactus and Reeds (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 89 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Majnun as a Sheep Looking at Layla (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Mantiq al-Tayr (Conference of the Birds) by Farid al-Din Attar (d. 1221)

Unknown Artist, 16th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

16th centuryOttoman

Illustrated Manuscript of the Book of Prophets

Unknown Artist, 1580-1589

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

16th centuryOttoman

Illustrated Manuscript of the Divan of Baki

Unknown Artist, 1590-1600

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper; leather binding

16th centuryOttoman

Illustrated Manuscript of the Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets) of Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Nayshaburi

Unknown Artist, second half of the 16th century

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

17th centuryOttoman