Hawking Scene

Unidentified Artist

The Prophet Muhammad and His Companions at a Feast (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Siyar-i Nabi (The Life of the Prophet) by Mustafa Darir of Erzurum

You Make Sweet Life Increase (painting, verso; text, recto), folio 208 from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari

Saint Nicholas, The Miracle Worker

Unidentified Artist

Heiligen-Geist Hospital, Lübeck (Exterior: gabels and towers)

Albert Renger-Patzsch

Gushtaham and Banduy Blind Hurmuzd (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Paper God: Earth God Accompanied by Demon Queller Zhong Kui and a Demon Guard

Court Betrothal Scene

Unidentified Artist

Sandkirche, Breslau (Interior: Vaulting)

Albert Renger-Patzsch

Enthronment of Sultan Mehmet III, Unfinished folio from an illustrated manuscript

Guruy Executes Siyavush (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Rustam Dragging the Khaqan of Chin from his Saddle (painting, verso), Rustam Battles Kamus (text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Mu’in Musavvir

Layla and Majnun at School (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami

Within the Enclave

Hans Jaenisch

Ancient History Subject (Man with Sword and Orb, Woman, and Child)

Unidentified Artist

A Magnanimous Vizier (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 128 from a manuscript of the Divan of Anvari

Manohar

Birth of John the Baptist

Unidentified Artist

Dormition of the Virgin

Unidentified Artist

Le Château de Beynac, France

Paul Child

Two Figures in a Landscape

Unidentified Artist

Ancient History Subject (Mourning Woman surrounded by Figures)

Unidentified Artist

Untitled (Schlaining Castle, Austria)

Unidentified Artist

Descending Geese for Bunshichi (Bunshichi no rakugan), from the series Eight Views of Elegant Gallants (Furyū otokodate hakkei)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Copper Tetarteron, Anonymous or Uncertain Nicaean Issue, Magnesia

Husayn Addressing the Umayyad Army at Karbala (painting , recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Hadikatu'l-Su'ada (Garden of the Blessed by Mehmed ibn Suleyman Fuzuli

[Castle ruins in Grez-sur-Loing, Seine-et-Marne]

Lyonel Feininger

Iskandar Meets the Angel Israfil and Khizr Finds the Water of Life (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

The Death of Luhrasp in Battle against the Forces of Arjasp (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Fragmentary Orphrey Panel depicting Joachim and Anna

Unidentified Artist

Malikshah's Double Gift (painting, verso; text, recto), folio 258 from a manuscript of the Divan of Anvari

Firing up the Poet's Kettle (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 247 from a manuscript of the Divan of Anvari

Nanha

Battle Scene, folio from possibly a manuscript of the Timur Nama of Hatifi

Untitled (castle walls and tower, three people standing in front of tower, Wiener Neustadt, Austria)

Unidentified Artist

The Iranians Repel Afrasiyab’s Night Attack (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Ladies Witnessing Suggestive Donkeys (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 262 from a manuscript of the Divan of Anvari

Ali Receiving the Bay'a (Swearing of Allegiance) (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Maktel-i Ali Resul of Lami‘i Chelebi

Anvari Entertains in a Summer House (painting, verso; text, recto), folio 109 from a manuscript of the Divan of Anvari

Basawan

The Sacrifice of the Three Trees

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

Narcissus Gazing at his Reflection

Unidentified Artist

Coal Silos

Bernd and Hilla Becher Bernd Becher Hilla Becher

Shinbashi Bridge

Mutō Rokurō

Marienkirche, Danzig (Exterior: tower)

Albert Renger-Patzsch

In Praise of the Simple Life (painting, verso; text, recto), folio 316 from a Divan of Anvari

Beverley Minster (overall view)

Francis Bedford

Bathing Maidens Observed by the Master of the Garden, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Haft Paykar of Nizami

Saint Gregory

Godfried Maes

Untitled (courtyard at Franzenburg Castle, Laxenburg, Austria)

Unidentified Artist

Design for a Stained Glass Window: Saint Bernardino Preaching

Hendrik van den Broeck

Saint Jerome in his Cell

Unidentified Artist

Untitled [Church Steeple]

Lyonel Feininger

Orphrey Panel depicting the Visitation

Unidentified Artist

Communion of the Apostles, folio from an Armenian Gospel

T'oros the Deacon

The Return of Zal, Rustam and Gudarz (painting, recto); The Story of Luhrasp (text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Mu’in Musavvir

Salt Stores, Lübeck

Albert Renger-Patzsch

Untitled [Apse of a Church]

Lyonel Feininger

European Print (painting, verso; calligraphy, recto), folio from an album

It's the Day for the Garden (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 173 from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari

Mahesh

Church Interior

Johannes Bosboom

Two Muezzins before the Ka'ba, illustrated folio from a manuscript in Persian

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

Shah Mahmud al-Nayshaburi

Detail of St. Dimitrius Cathedral in Vladimir

Hinnerk Scheper

Madonna and Child with Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara

Unidentified Artist

Klosterkirche, Doberan (Exterior: from the northwest)

Albert Renger-Patzsch

The Fox's Fear (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 314 from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari

Miskin

River Scene with Buildings and Tower

Denman Waldo Ross

Monks in a Ruined Crypt

François-Marius Granet

Forms without Form

Fredric Wertham

The Age of Iron

Roger Vieillard

Painted Panel from Wooden Sarcophagus

Sultan Murad III (r.1574-1595) on Horseback (painting; recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Javahir al Ghara’ib Tarjomat Bahr al- `Aja’ib (Gems of Marvels: A Translation of the Sea of Wonders) by Mustafa Cenabi (Jannabi).

Long Sword (Tachi Blade)

A Corner of Harvard Yard

Sears Gallagher

View of the Interior of the Church at Donzère, Provence

Victor-Jean Nicolle

Landscape with an Arch and Circular Tower

François Vivares

Elderly Couple

Isaac van Ostade

Bahram Gur hunts with Azada (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Russian Woman (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Zenanname

Rustam Rescues Bijan from the Pit (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi