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Bifolium from the "Nurse's Qur'an" (Mushaf al-Hadina)
ca. 410 AH/1019–20 CE

Manuscript Leaf with Initial V, from an Antiphonary
German
second quarter 15th century

Receipt of Payment by Colonel Aaron Levy, for the hiring of hands...standards, field pieces, instruments of music, etc., for the Funeral of General Richard Montgomery – $19.00 from The Committee of Arrangements
Richard Montgomery
July 16, 1818

Manuscript Leaf with the Holy Trinity in an Initial T, from a Missal
South German
ca. 1390

The Monkey Prince Angada Steals Ravana’s Crown: Folio from the dispersed Shangri Ramayana series (Style III)
India, Punjab Hills, kingdom of Jammu (Bahu)
ca. 1700–30

Calligraphy Painting
Isma'il Jalayir
ca. 1860

[Correspondence and Ephemera Related to Many Are Called and MoMA Exhibition, "Walker Evans' Subway"]
Walker Evans
1964–70

Playing Card
second half 19th century

[Four-Page Essay: "Enquête"]
Walker Evans
1926

[59 Items of Correspondence from Various Publishers, Publications, and Broadcasting Companies Regarding Requests for Reproduction Rights, Appearances, and Interviews]
Walker Evans
1959–74

"The Story of the Princess of the Blue Pavillion: The Youth of Rum Is Entertained in a Garden by a Fairy and her Maidens", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
1597–98

A Radish Plant, Seed, and Flower
late 18th century

Portrait of Haidar Quli
16th–17th century

"Kharrad Recognizes the "Princess" as being an Automaton", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
dated 741 AH/1341 CE

Night Vigil for Mahavira's Birth: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
1461 (Samvat 1519)

Papyrus Fragment
8th–9th century

[61 Manuscript and Typescript Drafts, Notes, and Carbons, with Related Photomechanical Reproductions and Project Ephemera Including Interoffice Memoranda, Postcards, and Correspondence with Deltiologists Relating to "Main Street Looking North from Courthouse Square", Published in Fortune Magazine May 1948]
Walker Evans
June 7, 1947–June 4, 1948

Bookbinding
17th–18th century

Calligraphic Fragment
14th–15th century

Dala'il al-Khayrat Prayer Book
Muhammad bin Ahmad bin 'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Riyahi
dated 1039 AH/1629–30 CE

Manuscript Leaf with Initial L, from an Antiphonary
German
second quarter 15th century

[Red Cloth-Bound Diary]
Walker Evans
1932–33

"Kai Khusrau is Discovered by Giv", Folio 210v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30

Military Ordinances of Charles the Bold
Netherlandish
1473

Manuscript Illumination with Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist
South Netherlandish
ca. 1515

Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
second quarter 16th century

"Burzuya's Mission" Folio 5v, 6r from a Kalila Wa Dimna of Bidpai
second quarter 16th century

[Essay in French: "Le soir, je me sentais isolé...]
Walker Evans
August 7, 1926

Overflap and Inside Cover of a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Nizami
dated 931 AH/1524–25 CE

Woman Carrying a Vase
17th century

recto: "Portrait of Prince Danyal", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Manohar
recto: late 16th century; verso: ca. 1500

Manuscript Illumination with the Trinity, from a Book of Hours
North French
late 15th century

[95 Items of Correspondence from Fifteen Schools, Including Letters, Brochures, and Memoranda: Harvard University, Oberlin College, Philadelphia College of Art, Phillips Academy at Andover, University of California, Santa Cruz, University of Texas at Austin, Williams College, Yale University, and Various Others, Including Art Academy of Cincinnati, Boston University, New York University, Pennsylvania State University, C.W. Post College, University of Alabama, University of New Mexico]
Walker Evans
1964–74

[71 Grouped Manuscript Notes on Index Cards: Subjects Including Caroline Freud, Ben Schultz, Diane Arbus, Steichen, Lists of People, "To-Do" Lists, Quotations]
Walker Evans
1920s–70s

"Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Chitarman
recto: dated 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50

"Jonah and the Whale", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru
Hafiz-i Abru
ca. 1425

Colophon Page from Iskandarnama Manuscript
Abu Turab Mun'im al-Din
dated 912 AH/1507 CE

Composite Camel with Attendant
third quarter 16th century

Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz
Sa'di
late 15th century

"The Monkey Escapes to the Safety of the Fig Tree", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
second quarter 16th century