Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 124), from a manuscript of Prayers

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 124), from a manuscript of Prayers

Unknown Artist, dated 1837

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

End of Chapter 8 (recto), Note and Stamp (verso), folio 119 from a Manuscript of the Gulistan by Sa`di

Unknown Artist, 16th and 19th century

Ink and gold on paper

16th and 19th centuryPersian

Note and Custom's Stamp (recto), Bistun's Introduction to Sa`di (verso), folio 3 from a Manuscript of the Complete Works of Sa`di

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Frontispiece (blank recto; text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of Ta‘qibat-i Namaz

Unknown Artist, 1817

Ink and gold on paper

Folio 2 from a Manuscript of the Qur'an: Ownership Note and Custom's Stamp (recto), Sura titles (verso)

Unknown Artist, 17th and 19th centuries

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

17th and 19th centuriesPersian

Manuscript of the Ta'qibat-i Namaz

Unknown Artist, 1817

Ink and gold on paper; velvet binding with leather edges

Painting (recto), Poetry (verso), folio 109 from a Manuscript of the Complete Works of Sa`di

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Poetry (recto), Painting (verso), folio 168 from a Manuscript of the Complete Works of Sa`di

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Painting (recto), Introduction to the Gulistan (verso), folio 21 from a Manuscript of the Complete Works of Sa`di

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Illustrated Manuscript of poetry by Maktabi Shirazi, Vahshi Bafqi, and Naw’i Khabushani

Unknown Artist, 1838

Cover: watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard Paintings: ink, watercolor, and gold on off-white laid paper Text: Ink, gold, and colors on paper

Folio 332 from a Qur'an: Zodiac Text and Ownership Stamps (recto)

Unknown Artist, c. 1533

ink on paper

16th and 19th centuryPersian

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