Two Monks Burying a Woman; Monk at a Loom with a Young Maiden

Anonymous Germany (Augsburg) 1476

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

The Muslim Conquest of Multan in India (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)

The Angel of the Lord Smote in the Camp of the Assyrians (2 Kings XIX, 35), Illustration from Bible. Nuremberg, Koberger, 1483

Anonymous Germany (Nuremberg) 1499

Folio 2 from a Fragment of a Manuscript of the Qur'an, with Interlinear Persian Translation: Sura 2: 153-156 (recto), Sura 2: 156-158 (verso)

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

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 4: 36 - mid 44 (recto), Sura 4: 44 - mid 52 (verso)

Entrance of Messieurs de Couvonge and de Chalabre

Jacques Callot

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

Uyanhing, a Legendary Chief, folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)

Constellations (painting, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Aja'ib al-Makhluqat by Qazwini

Struchnos Plants (painting with text, recto and verso), from a De Materia Medica of Dioscorides

Khusraw and Shirin (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi

Six Folios from a Manuscript of a Manual

Fragment of a Manuscript of the Qur'an (Twenty-four Folios)

Folio 1 from a Fragment of a Manuscript of the Qur'an, with Interlinear Persian Translation: Sura 2: 150-151 (recto), Sura 2: 151-153 (verso)

Folio 1 from a Fragment of a Manuscript of the Qur'an: Sura 23: 4-8 (recto), Sura 23: 8-begin 13 (verso)

One of Six Sheets of Paper (some double-sided) inscribed with Religious Texts, Poems, Charms

Isfandiyar Captures Gurgsar in Combat (text, recto; painting, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

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).

The Imam Ali in Battle, an illustrated folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's "Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)

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

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

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 30: end 25 - mid 27 (recto), Sura 30: mid 27 - mid 28 (verso)

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

Twenty-seven Folios from a Manuscript of the Qur'an, with Interlinear Persian Translation

Twenty Folios from a Coptic Manuscript of the Gospel of John with Glosses and Translation in Arabic

Fragment of a Manuscript of the Qur'an (Twenty-five Folios)

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 41: mid 51 - mid 53 (recto), Sura: 41: mid 53 - end 54 and begin Sura 42 (verso), right-hand side of a bifolio

Folio 1 from a Fragment of a Manuscript of the Qur'an: Sura 12: 96-102 (recto), Sura 12: 103-110 (verso)

Folio from a manuscript of the Nuzhatnama-i `Ala'i (The `Ala'i Book of Pleasure) by Shahmardan b. Abi 'l-Khayr Razi

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 42: 1 - mid 5 (recto), Sura 42: mid 5 - end 6 (verso), left-hand side of a bifolio

The Hundred-and-One Robert Macaires

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Folio 2 from a Manuscript of the Qur'an: Waqf Page (recto), Frontispiece, Fatiha (verso)

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 87: end 19 - begin Sura 88: 1 - mid 6 (recto), Sura 88: mid 6 - mid 14 (verso), right-hand side of a bifolio

Death of Alexander (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 3: 53 - 63 (recto), Sura 3: 63 - 72 (verso)

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