Rustam and the Iranians Hunt in Afrasiyab’s Preserves (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Text page with title “Letter of Kay Khusraw to Fariburz” (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Lovers with Wine (painting, verso); Love Poetry (calligraphy, recto), folio from an album, right-hand side of a bifolio

Mir `Ali Haravi

Interlace with Two Concentric Circles, Their Ornament Forming Twelve Smaller Circles

Unidentified Artist Jacques Androuet du Cerceau

Blessing for Imam Husayn, calligraphic composition

Muhammad Qazwini

Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the Black Pavilion (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Haft Paykar) by Nizami

Elaborate Escutcheon with One Female and Two Male Terms Bearing Baskets of Fruit on Their Heads

Unidentified Artist

Maine Sketchbook

Benjamin Champney

Story of Iraj's Journey to Meet with His Brothers and His Death at Their Hands (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Story of Piran Convincing Siyavush to Take Farangis as his Wife (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Story of Bahman Seeking Rustam and Launching a Boulder toward Him (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Sketchbook: Figure and Object Drawings

Louis Michel Eilshemius

Verses on the Behavior of Sufis (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Gulistan by Sa'di

Paintings (recto and verso), folio 15 from an album

Frontispiece, Sura 2 (recto), Sura 6 (verso), folio 3 from an An`am-i Sharif

Sura 6 (recto and verso), folio 4 from an An`am-i Sharif

Episodes from the wedding of Zal and Rudaba

Double page: The Trial by Fire of Siyavush (painting, verso; text, recto), right-hand side of a double-page painting from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Ornamental Plaque

Unidentified Artist

Interlace with Four Major and Six Minor Irregularly Shaped Outlined Reserves and an Outlined Border

Unidentified Artist Jacques Androuet du Cerceau

Book Cover with Bears fleeing St. Gall

Unidentified Maker

Apollo

René Boyvin Pierre Milan Leonard Thiry

Murder of Iraj (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Two Youths Under a Tree (painting, verso; calligraphy, recto), folio from a manuscript

Mir `Ali Haravi

Folio 1 from a Manuscript of the Khamsa by Amir Khusraw of Delhi (d. 1325)

Paintings (recto and verso), folio 16 from an album

Buzurgmihr Counsels Anushirvan (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Wedding Celebration of Zal and Rudaba (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Folio 3 from a Manuscript of the Qur'an: Sura Titles (recto), Prayers and Invocation (verso)

The Age of Twenty

Gerard van Groeningen Philips Galle

Folio 2 from a Manuscript of the Khamsa by Amir Khusraw of Delhi (d. 1325)

Christ in the Temple in Solomon's Porch

Lucas van Doetecum Joannes van Doetecum Gerard van Groeningen Gerard de Jode

Situla with Madonna and Four Evangelists

Unidentified Maker

Qaydafa Recognizes Iskandar from His Portrait (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

A Prince Feasting in a Kiosque, illustrated folio (right side of a two-page composition) from a manuscript of the History of Timur

Esau Selling His Birthright to Jacob

Unidentified Artist Maerten de Vos Gerard de Jode

Corner of Ceiling Above Staircase, Palazzo del Te, Mantua

Harry Edward Warren

Zacharias Stepping out of the Temple

Lucas van Doetecum Gerard van Groeningen Gerard de Jode

Female Servants

Ceremonial Axe

The Crowning with Thorns; Ecce Homo

Anton Wierix II Pieter de Jode, the Elder Maerten de Vos Gerard de Jode

Tetradrachm of Alexandria under Probus

Probus

Folio 8 from a Qur'an: Sura 35: 12 (recto), Sura 35: 12-13 (verso)

Architectural Sketches, including House Fantasia; verso: Hans Fuchs sitting on the blackboard, Preller House, Weimar; Building design

Andor Weininger

The Return of Jephtha, and the Welcome by His Daughter

Unidentified Artist Hans Bol Gerard de Jode

Worship of Shri Navanitapriyaji in the Govardhan Chowkh at the Shrinathji Temple Complex

Dinah Taken Home by Simeon and Levi

Jan Harmensz. Muller Maarten van Heemskerck Gerard de Jode

The Calling of Matthew

Hans Collaert the Elder Ambrosius Francken Gerard de Jode

Saint Bartholomew; Saint Matthew

Anton Wierix II Maerten de Vos Gerard de Jode

Shimbashi Railway Station with Train Time Table

Utagawa Sadahide

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 35: 41 - 42 (recto), Sura 35: 42 - mid 43 (verso)

Esther before Ahasuerus

Hans Collaert the Elder Jan Snellinck Gerard de Jode

Coin of Constantine I

Constantine I

Hamor and Shechem Asking Jacob for Dinah's Hand in Marriage

Jan Harmensz. Muller Maarten van Heemskerck Gerard de Jode

Star Tile with Lotus Decoration

Paintings (recto and verso), folio 8 from an album

Antoninianus of Aurelian, Siscia

Aurelian

Antoninianus of Probus, Rome

Probus

Coin of the Province of Macedonia under the Romans

Male Votive Statuette

Denarius of Caracalla

Caracalla

Illuminated Frontispiece of the Shahnama by Firdawsi, folio from a manuscript, right-hand side of a bifolio

Denarius of Maximinus I Thrax

Maximinus I Thrax

Coin of Carthage

Coin of the Province of Macedonia under Domitian

Domitian

Sports of a Country Fair, Part the Second

Thomas Rowlandson Thomas Tegg

Coin of Justinian I

Justinian I

Coin of Gallienus, BD

Gallienus

Blind Isaac Blessing Jacob Disguised as Esau

Unidentified Artist Maerten de Vos Gerard de Jode

Fragment: One Half of a Belt Plaque with Openwork Decoration of Raptors and Tigers

Door God: General Yuchi Gong (Hu Jingde)

Khusraw Parviz Murdered in his Sleep (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Jade Openwork Symplegma of Animal and Birds