Codices

1,172 artworks

"Isfandiyar's Fifth Course: He Slays the Simurgh", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1305

"Nushirvan Eating Food Brought by the Sons of Mahbud", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1305

"The Combat of Qaran and Afrasiyab", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1305

"The Combat of Rustam and Puladvand", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1305

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Ahmad ibn al Suhrawardi al Bakri, 1307

"Design for the Water Clock of the Peacocks", from the Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) by Badi' al-Zaman b. al Razzaz al-Jazari

Al Jazari, 1314

"Design for a Cup to Serve Wine at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Al Jazari, 1314

"Design for a Clock in the Form of an Elephant with an Indian Driver", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Al Jazari, 1314

"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Farrukh ibn `Abd al Latif, 1314

"Design on Each Side for Waterwheel Worked by Donkey Power", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Al Jazari, 1314

"Figure for Use at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Al Jazari, 1314

"Iranian and Turanian Armies in Combat", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1340

Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi

Muhammad ibn Badr al Din Jajarmi, 1340

"Rustam Discoursing with Isfandiyar", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1340

Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi

Muhammad ibn Badr al Din Jajarmi, 1340

"Bizhan Slaughters the Wild Boars of Irman", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1340

"The Four Knights of Kai Khusrau in the Mountains", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1340

"Kharrad Recognizes the "Princess" as being an Automaton", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1340

"Siyavush Displays his Skill at Polo before Afrasiyab," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1341

"Rustam Pleads for Tus Before Kai Khusrau," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1341

Qur'anic Compilation Page

Abu Muhammad 'Abd al Qayyum ibn Muhammad ibn Karamshah al Tabrizi, 1345

Section of a Qur'an Manuscript

`Umar Aqta', 1350

"Bahram Gur Hunting with Azada", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, 1351

Section from the "Qur'an of `Umar Aqta'

`Umar Aqta', 1375