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Faramurz Battles Pilsam (text recto; painting verso of folio 271), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Rustam Slays Pilsam (painting recto; text verso of folio 278), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Kay Khusraw Goes to the Palace of Zal (painting recto; text verso of folio 284), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Human is Killed by Bijan in Battle (painting recto; text verso of folio 293), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Shida is Killed at the Hands of Kay Khusraw (painting recto; text verso of folio 310), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Disappearance of Kay Khusraw (text recto; painting verso of folio 323), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Kingdom of Luhrasb (painting recto; text verso of folio 325), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Bahramgur hunting with Fitna (painting recto; text verso), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of Haft Paykar by Nizami.

Unknown Artist, 16th century

Ink, watercolor and gold on paper

16th centuryPersian

Bifolio from a manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami

Unknown Artist, 16th-17th century

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

16th-17th centuryPersian

Unknown Artist, 17th-18th century

Folio of Persian Poetry

Ink and colors on paper

17th-18th centuryDeccani

Unknown Artist, 17th-18th century

Folio of Persian Poetry

Ink and colors on paper

17th-18th centuryDeccani

Manuscript of the Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble) by Jami

Unknown Artist, 1540-1541

Ink, colors, and gold on gold-sprinkled paper; marbled paper margins Brown leather binding, stamped, gilt, and painted

16th century

Handscroll format text "Shinnyokan"

Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292

Unmounted handscroll; ink on paper

Text of the Twenty-Fifth Chapter (Kanzeon Bosatsu Fumonbon) of the Lotus Sutra (Myōhō Rengekyō)

Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292

Manuscript booklet; ink on paper; heavy brown paper covers; pages incised with vertical guide lines

Non-Canonical Text Devoted to Jizō Bosatsu (Bussetsu Jizō Bosatsukyō)

Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292

Booklet manuscript; ink on paper; pages glued at binding, no hard cover

Non-Canonical Sutra Booklet without Title Page (text begins "Kaku no gotoki")

Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292

Booklet manuscript; ink on paper; dark, gray-brown paper, pages glued at binding, no hard cover

A Discussion of Monk's Attire (Niehen)

Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292

Booklet manuscript; ink on paper; sheets of paper folded into double pages bound with a simple loop

A Discussion of the Liturgy of the Six Assemblies (Sen Rokushūhōhen)

Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292

Booklet manuscript; ink on paper; sheets of paper folded into double pages bound with a simple loop

Text on the Buddhist Rite of Repentance (San Senranchū)

Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292

Booklet manuscript; ink on paper; sheets of paper folded into double pages bound with a simple loop