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Talismanic Scroll
11th century

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

Portable Qur’an Manuscript
17th century

"Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the Dark Palace on Saturday", Folio 23v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Nizami
ca. 1430

Qur’an Juz' XIX
probably late 17th–18th century

Opening for the Book of Daniel: Anno tercio, from the Winchester Bible
British
ca. 1150–80

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

"The Combat of Rustam and Puladvand", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1330–40

Manuscript Leaf with the Crucifixion, from a Missal
French
ca. 1270–80

Divan
`Umar ibn al-Farid
dated 1003 AH/1595 CE

[Loose Pages from Scrapbooks of Ephemera and Clippings from Various Newspapers and Magazines, Including Harper's Bazaar, Survey Graphic, Creative Art, Der Querschnitt, Vogue, USA, Advertising and Selling, Architectural Record, Hound & Horn, Art News, The New York Times, Fortune, Vanity Fair, Scribner's, The New York Herald Tribune, The New York Sun, The New York Daily Telegram, The Washington Post, The New Masses, The Partisan Review, Popular Photography]

Walker Evans

1930–46

Equestrian Portrait of Aurangzeb
17th century

"The Tortoise Ferries the Monkey", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
second quarter 16th century

Receipt of Payment by Alexander Miny, for printing 1400 Arrangements of Music by the Handel & Haydn Society, for the Funeral Obsequies of General Montgomery – $25 from the Cincinnati Committee of Arrangement

Richard Montgomery

July 9, 1818

Changes to be applied to manuscript text before printing

Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford

before 1753

Manuscript Illumination with the Annunciation in an Initial R, from a Gradual
Upper Rhenish
ca. 1300

Four miniatures of the life of Christ from a gospel book of 1311 (Presentation, Baptism, Transfiguration, Entry into Jerusalem)
T'oros the Deacon
1311

[Black Leather-Bound Spiral Notebook Used for Yale Lectures]

Walker Evans

1969–70

Prince A'zam Shah Enters Ahmedabad
Chitarman II (Kalyan Das)
ca. 1701

Letter in Ta'liq Script
Darvish 'Abdullah Munshi
911 AH/1505–6 CE

"Bahram Chubina Kills the Lion-Shaped Ape Monster", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1300–30

Page of Calligraphy from a Kalila wa Dimna
second quarter 16th century

"Portrait of Mulla Muhammad Khan Vali of Bijapur", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Hashim
recto: ca. 1620; verso: 1537–47

Attendants at an Imperial Durbar
Hunhar
ca. 1645

Fakirs Resting
17th century

Bookbinding
16th–17th century

"Bahram Gur Slays the Dragon", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
second half 17th century

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

The Right Hand of God Protecting the Faithful against the Demons
Jean Fouquet
ca. 1452–1460

Young Man and Woman in a Landscape
first half 17th century

Manuscript Illumination with Crucifixion in an Initial T, from a Missal
French
ca. 1400

"Kalila and Dimna Discussing Dimna's Plans to Become a Confidante of the Lion", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
second quarter 16th century

Mashq or Practice Page
19th century

"Prince With his Courtiers and Musicians", Folio from the Davis Album
early 18th century

Four European Gentlemen
ca. 1860

"The Servants of One of the Monarchs of Ghur Make Obeisance Before Him", Folio from a Kulliyat (Complete Works) of Sa'di
19th century

Prince Riding Prancing Horse
late 16th century

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

Manuscript Leaf with the Last Supper and the Washing of the Apostles’ Feet Leaf, from a Royal Psalter
British
ca. 1250–70

Ascension in an Initial V
Niccolò di ser Sozzo
ca. 1342–50