Codices

1,172 artworks

"Hare", Folio from the Mantiq al-wahsh (Speech of the Wild Animal) of Ka'b al-Ahbar

Ka'b al Ahbar, 1000

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Muhammad al Zanjani, 1136

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Muhammad al Zanjani, 1136

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Muhammad al Zanjani, 1136

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Muhammad al Zanjani, 1136

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Muhammad al Zanjani, 1136

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Muhammad al Zanjani, 1136

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Muhammad al Zanjani, 1136

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Muhammad al Zanjani, 1136

"Physician Preparing an Elixir", Folio from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides

'Abdullah ibn al Fadl, 1223

"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides

'Abdullah ibn al Fadl, 1223

"Pair of Serpents", Folio from a Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'

Ibn Bakhtishu', 1272

"Oxen amongst Foliage", Folio from a Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'

Ibn Bakhtishu', 1273

"Bahram Gur Entertained by the Daughters of Barzin", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1275

"Buzurjmihr Explains the Game of Backgammon (Nard) to the Raja of Hind", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1275

"Gushtasp Kills the Wolf of Fasiqun", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1275

"Kai Khusrau Enthroned Holding a Sword", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1275

"Bahram Chubina Kills the Lion-Shaped Ape Monster", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1275

"Pair of Eagles", Folio from a Manafi' al-hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'

Ibn Bakhtishu', 1275

"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, 1275

Title Page of the Gospel of John

Sargis, 1275

"Buzurgmihr Masters the Game of Chess", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1275

"Nushirvan Receives Mihras, Envoy of Caesar", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1275

"Yazdegird I Kicked to Death by the Water Horse", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1275