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The right half of the illuminated frontispiece (illuminated sarlawh verso, blank recto of folio 3), from a manuscript of prayers
Unknown Artist, dated 1837
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
19th centuryPersianManuscripts
A Manuscript of Zad al-Ma'ad by 'Allamah Majlesi
Unknown Artist, 1696, 1862
Watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over metallic layer on pasteboard (covers) Ink, gold, and colors on paper (text)
18th and 19th centuriesPersianManuscripts
Manuscript of the Farmayishat-i Hazrat `Ali (Commands of Imam `Ali), with lacquer binding
Unknown Artist, 1864
Watercolor, gold-colored pigments, platy hematite particles, and lacquer on pasteboard (covers) Ink, gold, and colors on paper (text)
19th centuryPersianManuscripts
Painting (recto), Poetry (verso), folio 109 from a Manuscript of the Complete Works of Sa`di
Unknown Artist, c. 1805
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th-20th centuryPersianManuscripts
Text folio with colophon (text recto; colophon verso of folio 121), from a manuscript of Prayers
Unknown Artist, dated 1837
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
19th centuryPersianManuscripts
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)
Unknown Artist, early 19th century
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th centuryPersianManuscripts
Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of a Persian religious text, right-hand side of a bifolio
Unknown Artist, 19th century
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th centuryPersianManuscripts
Painting (recto), Poetry (verso), folio 153 from a Manuscript of the Complete Works of Sa`di
Unknown Artist, c. 1805
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th-20th centuryPersianManuscripts
Names of God, folio from a manuscript
Unknown Artist, 18th-19th century
Ink and gold on paper
18th-19th centuryPersianManuscripts
Folio 291 from a Qur'an: Sura 57: 27-29, Sura 58: 1-begin 2 (recto), Sura 58: 2-7 (verso)
Unknown Artist, c. 1533
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
16th and 19th centuryPersianManuscripts
Illuminated colophon and a prayer in a later hand (colophon recto; prayer verso of folio 17) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams
Unknown Artist, 1836
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
19th centuryPersianManuscripts
Frontispiece from a Prayer Book (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript, right-hand side of a bifolio
Unknown Artist, 19th century
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th centuryPersian