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Meeting of a Prince and Poet
mid-16th century
[16 Items of Correspondence and Legal Papers to and from Emmet, Marvin & Martin Regarding Divorce Proceedings]
Walker Evans
1955–60
A Description of Houghton Hall, continued: The Little Dressing Room, the Blue Damask Bed-chamber, the Drawing Room, the Salon
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
1743
[Navy Leather-Bound Diary for the Year 1961]
Walker Evans
1961
Psalter
British
13th century
"Bahram Gur Exhibiting his Prowess in Wrestling at the Court of Shangul, King of India", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1300–30
Manuscript Leaf Fragment
Coptic
4th–7th century
Portrait of a Woman
16th century
Livro da Nobreza e da Perfeição das Armas dos Reis Cristãos e Nobres Linhagens dos Reinos e Senhorios de Portugal (Book of Nobility and of the Perfection of the Coat of Arms of the Christian Kings and Noble Lineages of the Kingdoms and Landlords of Portugal)
António Godinho
ca.1521–41
Portrait of Chuk the Wrestler
ca. 1660–1675
Folio in Maghribi Script
18th–19th century
Marbled Elephant
1630–50
Fragment of a Talismanic Scroll
12th century
Manuscript Leaf with Initial H, from an Antiphonary
German
second quarter 15th century
"Muhammad and His Followers Going to Battle," Folio from a Hamla-yi Haidari (Attack of the Lion)
Muhammad Rafi Khan
ca. 1820
Manuscript Case
European (Medieval style)
19th century
["Disgust in the boat train. // The taxi horns of Paris."]
Walker Evans
1926–27
Dragon Wrapped around Saz Leaves
ca. 1550–70
Scroll
17th–19th century
Building Complex
probably 16th century
Haft Aurang (Seven Thrones) of Jami
Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami
ca. 1570–80
Lion and Dragon in Combat
Muhammad Baqir
second half 18th century
"Rustam Fighting Ashkabus", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
1560–80
Ragini Bhairavi
18th century
Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
1602 (text); 19th century (paintings, illumination, binding)
Bible
French
ca. 1250–75
Study of a Bird
Riza-yi 'Abbasi
dated 1043 AH/1634 CE
[Two Letters to Walker Evans from Two Correspondents: Joan Ziemann and Henrietta Stern Zuckerman]
Walker Evans
1969–74
"Sudaba's Second Accusation Against Siyavush is Judged", Folio 164v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30
"Rustam Blames Kai Kavus for the Death of Siyavush", Folio 202v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30
"The Crows Trap the Owls in Their Cave by Lighting a Fire at the Entrance and Fanning it with Their Wings" , Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
second quarter 16th century
"Zal Slays Khazarvan", Folio 104r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1525–30
Page of Calligraphy
probably 16th–17th century
Bookbinding with Animals in a Landscape
mid-16th century
Portrait of Shah Jahan on the Peacock Throne
19th century
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
Muhammad al-Zanjani
dated 531 AH/1137 CE
Folio from the "Blue Qur'an"
second half 9th–mid-10th century
"Kai Khusrau Crosses the Sea", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1610
The Rylands Haggdah: The Israelites Leaving Egypt and the Pharaoh’s Pursuing Army (right); The Crossing of the Red Sea (left) [fols. 18v-19r]
Catalan
mid-1300s
"The Great Festivity (Maha Utsav): Six Figures Celebrate with Music and Dance," Folio from the "Early Bikaner" Bhagavata Purana (The Ancient Story of God)
India, Rajasthan, probably kingdom of Bikaner
ca. 1610