ManuscriptsPersian15th century
Bookbinding with Panels of Cut Leather
15th century
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Arrival of Imam Hasan at Kufa (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)
Unknown Artist, c. 1425
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
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Acquisition note of Basile B. Corpi and the right half of the double-page illuminated frontispiece (acquisition note of Basile B. Corpi recto and illumination verso of folio 2) from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami
Unknown Artist, 1489
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
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Bahram Gur meeting a shepherd who hung his dog on a tree (text recto; painting verso of folio 238), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami
Unknown Artist, 1489
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
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The Constellation Cassiopeia (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from an Arabic manuscript of the Kitab Suwar al-Kawakib of al-Sufi
Unknown Artist, late 15th-early 16th century
Ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper
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Iskandar lassoing the Russian demon (text recto; painting verso of folio 163), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami
Unknown Artist, 1489
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
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Folio with ownership notes; text (notes recto, text verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi
Unknown Artist, 1486
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
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Colophon (recto), Khusraw va Shirin of Nizami (verso), folio 74 from a Manuscript of Fragments of Mathnavis by `Attar and Nizami
Unknown Artist, 1423-1424
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
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Bahram Gur gains Ardashir’s quest of the crown (text recto; painting verso of folio 196), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami
Unknown Artist, 1489
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
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Story of the Expedition of the Army of Rum to Iran (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Unknown Artist, c. 1480
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
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Khaqan of Chin invites Iskandar (text recto; painting verso of folio 313), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami
Unknown Artist, 1489
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
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Ardashir Enthroned (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)
Unknown Artist, c. 1425
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
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Poetry (recto), Iskandarnama of Nizami (verso), folio 69 from a Manuscript of Fragments of Mathnavis by `Attar and Nizami
Unknown Artist, 1423-1424
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
15th centuryPersian