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Qur'an Manuscript
dated 1268 AH/1851–52 CE
Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars) of al-Sufi
`Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
late 15th century
Jaharis Byzantine Lectionary
Byzantine
ca. 1100
Book of Hours
Simon Bening
ca. 1530–35
Hebrew Bible
Spanish
1300–1350 (before 1366)
Khusrau and Shirin
Hatifi
dated 904 AH/1498–99 CE
Persian Travelogue: A Diary of a Journey through the region of Fars
Ahmad Naqqash
1838 CE
Portable Qur’an Manuscript
17th century
The Cloisters Apocalypse
French
ca. 1330
Section from a Qur'an Manuscript
ca. 1320
Workbook Recording the Engraved Firearms Ornament of Louis D. Nimschke (1832–1904)
Louis Daniel Nimschke
ca. 1850–1900
The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France
Jean Pucelle
ca. 1324–28
Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
ca. 1600
Munajat (Confidential Talks) of 'Ali ibn Abu-Talib
ca. 1200
Spanish Translation of Saint Augustine's "City of God"
Cano de Aranda
1446–82
Binding and Text-Block for the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
ca. 1600
Page from a Mahzor (reused in the binding of a printed edition of Four Books of Sentences by Peter Lombard)
first half 14th century (Mahzor); 1475–76 (printed book)
Light Field Cannons (Medium Culverins), from the Inventory of Maximilian I's Armaments in Tyrol
Jorg Kölderer
ca. 1504–08
Plaque with Christ in Majesty and the Four Evangelists
Ottonian
1000–1100
Illuminated Frontispiece of a Bustan of Sa`di
Sultan Muhammad Nur
dated 920 AH/1514 CE
Anthology of Persian Poetry in Oblong Format (Safina)
Sultan Muhammad Nur
dated 905 AH/1499–1500 CE
Four Gospels in Armenian
Armenian
1434/35
A Medieval Bakery, from the Book of Problems of Pseudo-Aristotle, translated into the French by Évrart de Conty
Master of the Second Roman de la Rose of the Duke of Berry,
ca. 1400
Nan va Halva (Breads and Sweets)
Muhammad Baha' al-Din al-'Amili
ca. 1690
Album of Calligraphies Including Poetry and Prophetic Traditions (Hadith)
Shaikh Hamdullah ibn Mustafa Dede
ca. 1500
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
Francesco Colonna
December 1499
Qur'an of Ibrahim Sultan
Ibrahim Sultan
dated 830 AH/1427 CE
Book of Prayers, Surat al-Yasin and Surat al-Fath
Ahmad Nairizi
dated 1132 AH/1719–20 CE
Divan of Sultan Husayn Baiqara
Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
dated 905 AH/1500 CE
Qur'an Juz II
17th–18th century
Anthology of Persian Poetry
Amir Shahi of Sabzavar
16th century
Futuh al-Haramain (Description of the Holy Cities)
Muhi al-Din Lari
mid-16th century
Masnavi of Jalal al-Din Rumi
dated 894 AH/1488–89 CE

Mbanza Kongo (São Salvador) Engraving from O[lfert] Dapper, Naukeurige Beschrijvinge (Amsterdam), pp. 562–63

Olfert Dapper
1668
Divan (Collected Works) of Jami
Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami
ca. 1480
Section from a Qur'an
probably second half 13th century
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
late 13th–early 14th century
Printed Book with Silva Nuptialis Bonis Referta Non Modicis
Johannes Nevizanus
1521
Manuscript Leaf with the Crucifixion, from a Missal
French
ca. 1270–80
The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry
The Limbourg Brothers
1405–1408/1409