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Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); recto: a polo game; verso: text, poem on qualities of the beloved and transience of life
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Album page: The Garden of Heavenly Creatures
Youth Reading
Lovers
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Alexander approaches Plato; recto: text
Folio from the Yusuf u Zulaykha in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Man with cat
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); recto: left-hand half of a double-page frontispiece; verso: text, poem of spiritual love and moral rectitude
Folio from the Yusuf u Zulaykha in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; recto: text, Faridun captures Zahhak; verso: Faridun strikes Zahhak with the ox-headed mace
Suwaru-l-kawakib (Description of the Fixed Stars) by 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (incomplete)
Kitab al-khamsa (Book of the five poems) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Khusraw u Shirin by Nizami (d.1209); recto: Sacred conversation; verso: text: On the composing of this book
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Mathhavi heading folio of Layli u Majnun from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio in a Qur'an, sura 114:4-6
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Lamentation over the dead body of Christ
Dish
Bowl
Page of calligraphy
Dish
Architectural fragment
Illuminated folio from a Qur'an (F1932.65)
Folio from a Guy u chawgan (The ball and the polo-mallet) by Arifi (d. 1449): The dervish and the shah on the polo field: A scene in a polo field
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)
Shepherd in a landscape with goats
Shepherd with his flock
Folio from a Rawzat al-safa (Garden of purity) by Mirkhwand (died 1498); recto: illuminated titlepiece, border and text; verso: text
Folio from an unidentified text; recto: Solomon enthroned, left-hand half of a double-page
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d. 1020); recto: Bilqis enthroned, left-hand half of a double-page frontispiece; verso: text
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Bahram Gur before Shangul; recto: text
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